This monograph is one of four reports that describe the Model Schools Project of the National Association of Secondary School Principals. The Model Schools Project involved 32 junior and senior high schools in a five-year effort to provide individualized learning strategies for their students. This particular monograph describes the evaluative…

The most serious problem confronting correctional institutions is recidivism, the proneness of many criminals to continue a life of crime. A recent study estimated that 30 to 75 percent of the offenders leaving prison would return within 5 years. Data were collected by a literature review, correspondence with administrators of prerelease programs,…

This brief report presents results of a statistical study comparing the effectiveness of full-day, alternate day kindergarten programs with the more traditional half-day, every day programs. An introduction to the data tables traces the development of kindergartens in the U. S. and Minnesota, in particular. Data were collected on 787 kindergarten…

In June of 1975, students at Templeton Secondary School used a procedure called "arena scheduling" to assist in the construction of their timetables for the 1975-76 school year. Although courses had been selected previously with the aid of a counselor, arena scheduling allowed students some freedom in the choice of the teacher or time of…

This paper presents the results of an opinion poll given to a sample of parents, parent association board members, staff, and the principal at Cedar Park and Sand Point schools where the dual principalship experiment has been under way since September 1976. The data provided by this limited experiment do not justify a conclusion that the dual…

This report reviews evaluations of two instructional systems that the faculty of the College of Agriculture, University of Illinois, are now using in their extramural teaching. The systems are (1) "Univex Net," which transmits audio and visual signals via telephone lines from one campus classroom to another classroom located somewhere…

This report evaluates an experimental trimester plan adopted by a Birmingham (Alabama) high school during the 1976-77 school year. The Birmingham trimester plan maintained the usual length school year, simply dividing it into three "mesters," rather than the traditional two. The plan also lengthened each class period to 85 minutes, so…

This report briefly describes Philadelphia's Joint Public Parochial Planning Councils (JPC) project and presents an evaluation of the project's impact during the 1975-76 school year. The JPC project is intended to provide sustained interaction between the Philadelphia School District and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. During 1975-76, 102 joint…

Describes the aims, design, and procedures of a project which provided experience with teleconferencing to isolated educators in the Northern Territory of Australia to enable them to judge its advantages, limitations, and potential for alleviating isolation and improving educational services. Issues identified by teachers and administrators are…

The purpose of this practicum was to develop, implement, and evaluate a humanistic system for student registration and self-scheduling in a comprehensive high school. The author developed a model registration and scheduling system, which was introduced on an experimental basis in a Baltimore-area high school and then evaluated by staff members and…

This paper evaluates an experimental humanities program combining English and Social Studies materials in which students discussed topics of social concern. Grade distributions, teacher complaints, planned improvements, and responses to a student questionnaire are examined. A copy of the questionnaire is included. (DLG)

Dramatic changes in school calendars create the need for compensating changes in routines of family and community life. For schools undertaking year-round programs the extent to which families and communities are willing and able to make necessary adjustments certainly bears on the educational programs. Therefore well conceived efforts to evaluate…

Developed by the University of Maryland for the Maryland-D.C. Nursing Home Association, these two series, each containing 84 hours of instruction in four three-day seminars, were designed to meet nursing home administrators' need for managerial skills and to prepare them for licensing. (Based on experiences with the first series, course materials…

This volume contains information on a pilot writing program, involving approximately 900 kindergarten through fifth grade students, designed to test the impact of emphasizing written composition during the language arts instructional period only, as compared to emphasizing composition skills during both language arts and social studies/science…

A study was begun of the impact of Project JET (Jobs, Education, Training), a program of on the job training and literacy education for disadvantaged groups, on 187 participating companies in Buffalo, New York, during 1966-68. A questionnaire was devised for top managers, inplant project administrators, and a sample group of nonparticipating…