A comparison was made of the quality of 24 inclusive childcare classroom environments serving toddler-age children with and without disabilities and 25 segregated early intervention classroom environments serving children with disabilities only. The Infant Toddler Environmental Rating Scale documented that the inclusive classrooms scored higher on…

A variety of assessment techniques to measure and document the outcomes of interdisciplinary study at the college level are examined, focusing on the contexts and problems of such assessments. Several programs are profiled, suggestions for assessment design are offered, and an annotated bibliography of information sources is presented. (MSE)

Fourteen female teachers participating in Montgomery County (Maryland) Public Schools' Students Achieving Independent Learning Program, which promotes strategies-based instruction to enhance reading comprehension of elementary school students, were interviewed about program effects. Teachers identified both strong points and shortcomings of the…

Evaluates the mentoring component of the Business Students Success Initiative at the Community College of Philadelphia in terms of faculty and students' reactions to the program. Finds students less positive about mentoring achieving its goals than faculty. Compares student responses by sex, age, and racial/ethnic group. (DMM)

Reports on Foxfire's Teacher Outreach Program, 1986-1991. Discusses numbers and characteristics of participating teachers and students. Reviews program components, describes assets, evaluates progress, and determines future directions. Concludes that Foxfire's careful work and "quiet" progress lead to new levels of development and…

Assesses Foxfire Teacher Outreach Program using data from surveys, classroom observations, and site-visitation. Describes how participating teachers incorporated "Foxfire philosophy" in classroom. Discusses evaluation, school climate, teacher burnout, and data's implications for program. Concludes that Foxfire training benefited…

Four articles are included: (1) a study that identified barriers to effective extension programing for at-risk youth; (2) Project LEAD, which is designed to prevent delinquency by positively affecting attitudes of youth at risk; (3) Illinois extension's approach to drug education; and (4) Ohio's Tobacco Risk Awareness Program. (JOW)

Assesses, using the Urban Development Action Grant as a case study, why the evaluation of American urban economic initiatives has declined. The authors conclude that this decline occurred because of such evaluation's perceived lack of utility for policymakers and ineffectiveness in actually informing either policy or practice. The problems…

Discusses the success of the partnership between the Cone Elementary School and the Verner Springs Head Start Center in Greenville, South Carolina. The collaboration provides a full-day program for four-year-old children which addresses curriculum and assessment, enrollment, transportation, health services, nutrition, and the concerns of special…

An evaluation of efforts by the Carter and Reagan Administrations to reduce fraud, error, and mismanagement in social programs is provided, examining the food stamp program as an example. Data available do not make it possible to say whether these administrative and political efforts actually decreased fraud and error. (SLD)

A four-week summer program at Georgia State University prepares entering African-American students for college work through instruction in mathematics, reading, composition, study skills, word processing, tutoring, academic and career counseling, mentoring, and follow-up. The program has been well received and succeeded in enhancing retention.…

Analysis of patient logbooks kept by 75 medical students in a family medicine clerkship provided a great deal of information about the nature of students' experience, changes taking place as the year progressed, the degree to which program objectives were being met, and differences between sites. (MSE)

Studies the immediate effects of the Summer Institute of the National Writing Project upon the classroom practices of English teachers. Utilizes multiple sources of data for evaluation. Considers how teachers implemented the concept of writing process in their classrooms. Concludes with implications and questions for further study. (HB)

Compared the cross-cultural effectiveness of a 10-hour psychoeducational program with 82 Mexican and 63 American mothers of very young children. Found that both groups significantly increased their expectations and use of nurturing strategies and reduced their use of verbal and corporal punishment following the program. Reported child behavior…

Examined the effectiveness of computerized infant simulator that provided realistic infant care experience to prevent teen pregnancy. Surveys examined changes in intervention and control group students' attitudes and sexual behaviors. Overall, the program did not significantly affect intervention students. Many students reported that it taught…