An evaluation of the Michigan Occupational Information System (MOIS) was conducted. (The MOIS is a system designed to provide reliable and current career information organized in a readily accessible system for individuals involved in career exploration and decision making.) Three types of survey instruments (site, staff, and client surveys) were…

Six migrant educational programs were conducted in Iowa during fiscal year 1980. In the 4 programs held during the regular school year, 7 teachers and 3 aides (all bilingual) served an enrollment of 211 children, 187 of whom were Spanish dominate. During the 2 summer programs, 8 bilingual teachers and 6 bilingual aides served 154 children, 110 of…

An overview is presented of the objectives of the Far West Teacher Corps Network. A description is given of the development of the network and achievements in the areas of community involvement, inservice teacher education, exceptional child programs, management information systems, and project management and evaluation. Chapters are included on…

Individually Guided Education (IGE) is a complex educational system intended to enable the elementary school to provide an environment where students learn at a rate and in a manner appropriate to their own learning styles. This descriptive study concerns the implementation of the Developing Mathematical Processes (DMP) instructional program,…

Individually Guided Education (IGE) is a complex instructional system intended to enable the elementary school to provide an environment where students learn at a rate and in a manner appropriate to their learning styles. This desriptive study concerns the implementation of the Pre-Reading Skills Program (PRS) which was created to be compatible…

A study of college placement offices was conducted to determine types of student services, staffing patterns, computer use, and strengths and weaknesses. The survey was limited to the 226 placement offices that returned the questionnaire. From the data gathered in the study, the following conclusions can be drawn: (1) most placement offices are…

Four problems underlying the delivery of technical assistance in Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I evaluation are discussed: (1) the dual missions of facilitating the implementation of the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System and of facilitating the local use of evaluation information frequently require tradeoffs between…

This report presents evaluations of the programs implemented by District 17 in Brooklyn, New York which were funded by Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Impact Aid during the 1978-1979 school year. The following programs are discussed: (1) Upgrading Reading Grades 3-9, (2) Program for Learners of English as a Second…

A project evaluated a delivery system instituted during the 1978-79 school year at a New Berlin, Pennsylvania, area vocational-technical school. Replacing the three-year, two-week-about (alternate two-week periods) system previously in use, this twelfth-year program permitted students to enroll in a one-year, full-time program of instruction.…

Focus in this evaluation report of Iowa secondary vocational education is on jointly administered programs--those contracted services which are established either between two or more secondary schools or between a merged area school and one or more secondary schools. The report is a synthesis and discussion of information gathered from field…

The Yale Child Welfare Research Program was a comprehensive, service centered, longitudinal, intervention project for low-income families and their children. Eighteen children from inner city, low-income, predominantly black families participated in the intervention program from before birth to 30 months of age. Each family was assigned a team of…

This evaluation handbook is the third in a series of three handbooks developed for individuals, school districts, and agencies interested in implementing career education programs. It is a user's manual with easy-to-follow directions for the implementation of specific evaluation activities. The handbook is divided into the following nine sections:…

During its fourteenth year, the Hartford (Connecticut) school district's Higher Horizons 100 Program (HH100), a supplementary program providing groups of 100 educationally disadvantaged students with an integrated academic, cultural, and counseling program, produced a series of substantial student gains. In all but one instance, fall to spring…

TO DETERMINE THE MOST EFFICIENT USES OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SPEECH CORRECTIONIST'S SKILLS AND TIME, A STUDY WAS UNDERTAKEN TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INTERMITTENT SYSTEM AND THE BLOCK SYSTEM OF SCHEDULING SPEECH CASES. WITH THE INTERMITTENT SYSTEM THE CORRECTIONIST IS ASSIGNED TO A NUMBER OF SCHOOLS AND GENERALLY SEES CHILDREN TWICE A…

The major purposes of this study were to develop a process for the application of a "judgemental procedure" to program construction in vocational and practical arts education, and to apply the process in a selected local community. The "judgemental procedure" was that proposed by W.O. Stanley in 1953. After applying seven…