Eleven reviews in this issue pertain to evaluation and accreditation. They are organized under these topics: (1) "Cost Analysis" presents review and synthesis information on the economics of vocational education and a research attempt to cost analyze 32 schools, (2) "Follow-Up Studies" summarizes half of a national survey in secondary trade and…

To measure the effects of group programed instruction on aspects of reading in Head Start children, the Sullivan Associates Readiness in Language Arts series was used with approximately 15 children in each of five Head Start classes. An equal number served as controls. Pretests and posttest were Lee-Clark Readiness Test, Murphy-Durrell Analysis,…

This evaluation of 110 projects in which 17,298 disadvantaged children of the State of Hawaii participated in 1967 is based on professional observations, standardized test scores, and teacher-made tests. The report covers the following topics in the operation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I projects: (1) major achievements,…

The Oregon State Plan for Migrant Education consists of 4 components: the district project programs providing direct services to migrant children; the Migrant Education Service Center; the Eastern Oregon College Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program; and project supervision. During fiscal year 1970, 4,293 students in 16 regular and 11 summer…

Results are presented of evaluation of the Research and Development Project in Career Education, Milford, Nebraska. Eleven instruments were used in the K-12 evaluation: Questionnaire on Occupational Units, Counselor Questionnaire, Student Ranking of Occupations, List of Occupations You Know Something About, Occupational and Educational Information…

The preface states that this report was developed from interviews of college administrators, staff, and students; from department self-studies; and from open hearings. The intent of the report is to present the framework for a changed administrative structure, a new academic design, and a system for policy determination. The document is divided…

This report describes the first phase of a longitudinal study of the Sixth Cycle Teacher Corps program, focusing on the relationship between intern background characteristics, Teacher Corps Program characteristics, and intern exit characteristics. Data about all Sixth Cycle projects that prepared elementary school teachers were collected at each…

Through the use of questionnaires and interviews, handicapped students and graduates, teachers and employers were surveyed to determine how effective they found vocational schools to be in meeting the vocational adjustment needs of handicapped students. While results of the survey indicate that students were generally satisfied with their…

The first-year activities of the Publishers Alert Service (PAS) a service that announces the availability of USOE-funded educational materials and products, are described in this report. A brief discussion about the current status of the service is followed by 22 of the 26 announcements produced during the first year. Following each announcement…

During 1970-71 partial or full semester systems were in operation at different secondary schools. Principals, teachers, students, and parents from schools in each of three categories: partial semester plan, full semester plan with a static timetable schedule, and full semester plan with a rotating timetable schedule, were sent separate…

This measuring instrument was designed for use by school boards, advisory groups, faculty, students, and the general public in evaluating vocational and technical education programs. Desired program characteristics are presented in check list format and may be arranged along a five-point rating scale to ascertain the degree of agreement with…

This Region VI conference called by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, brought together 240 participants from New Mexico, Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana to discuss how career education needs of youth and adults and the needs of the economy are being met, to determine the role of vocational education in the process, and to…

To evaluate the Follow Through portion of the Planned Variation program (1967-1970) eight distinct approaches were studied. The approaches rest on differing philosophical and psychological premises and employ a variety of pedagogical strategies. A battery of 14 existing and specially developed measures were used to cover the cognitive area.…

The Croft In-Service Reading Program was one program selected for the inservice training of the District of Columbia public school teachers. It proposed to help teachers at every grade level to acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to be successful in teaching word attack skills, but was mainly designed for elementary teachers. An evaluation…

The strategies and problems involved in designing the North Carolina Assessment Program are described. After being given the mission statement and continuing objectives of the North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI), the basic decisionmaking needs of State-level educational planners were identified by the NCDPI/Research…