In 2009, Vanderbilt University's Peabody Research Institute, with the assistance of the Tennessee Department of Education's Division of Curriculum and Instruction, initiated a rigorous, independent evaluation of the state's Voluntary Prekindergarten program (TN- VPK). TN-VPK is a full-day prekindergarten program for four-year-old children expected…

Over 47 percent of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) projects have been in the field of business. This report reviews progress in developing these training programs in California over the past two years and identifies characteristics of some of the procedures involved in organizing, supervising, and evaluating such training. By June…

This appendix contains materials on the development and validation of instruments and scales used to assess the nursing program of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute in Toronto, Canada. Some of the instruments included the following: (1) Introductory Information Questionnaire, which investigates students' socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds,…

TO GATHER INFORMATION FOR EVALUATION OF THE ASSOCIATE DEGREE NURSING PROGRAM, THE CLASSES GRADUATING IN 1959 AND 1960 FROM CALIFORNIA JUNIOR COLLEGES WERE STUDIED BY QUESTIONNAIRE. OF STUDENTS ENROLLED IN THESE CLASSES, 43 PERCENT HAD OTHER EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL, AND 14 PERCENT HAD SOME PREVIOUS TRAINING, BUT 86 PERCENT FELT THIS PROGRAM…

A survey found that the majority of learners enrolled in literacy schemes in Great Britain were making progress in their acquisition of reading and writing skills and that most tutors and learners were satisfied with the rate of progress being made. (CT)

The Regents External Degree Program of the University of the State of New York offers college degrees to anyone who can qualify. Discusses its development, its content, how credit is determined, and its meaning for students and their on the job performance. (Editor/RK)

FOLLOWUP STUDY TECHNIQUES APPLICABLE TO VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS WHICH WERE CURRENTLY AVAILABLE OR LIKELY TO BECOME AVAILABLE IN THE NEAR FUTURE WERE IDENTIFIED AND DESCRIBED FOR PURPOSES OF PROGRAM EVALUATION. PROCEDURES CONSISTED ESSENTIALLY OF GATHERING AND ANALYZING SECONDARY SOURCE MATERIALS, INCLUDING PERTINENT PUBLICATIONS AND STUDIES.…

A program for improving and expanding dental education concerning treatment of the handicapped was evaluated and compared to dental education programs that were not funded to address the needs of the handicapped. Eleven dental schools received funding during 1975-1978 from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation for the special training. Various kinds…

This report contains tables pertinent to the first three chapters of Volume I of "Stability and Change: A Study of Selected Students Entering Central YMCA Community College, 1969-72." Included are tables from Central YMCA Community College records on the target population, tables from the response group questionnaires, and tables of…

The performance of students who transferred from Harrisburg Area Community College (H.A.C.C.), Pennsylvania to 56 4-year colleges and universities in 1966 is evaluated in this study. Building on data provided during a previous study on success of transfer students after an initial semester of work, this study follows their performance during the…

This was a follow-up study of participants in National Science Foundation Student Science Training Program (SSTP) projects designed for students from high schools which provided limited opportunities for training in the sciences or mathematics. Data were collected by means of questionnaires from the participants, high schools attended…

This study was conducted primarily to determine the educational and employment activities of all of the graduates of Bucks County Community College since its founding. A secondary purpose was to elicit evaluative reactions from the graduates regarding the services available at the college. Of the 2,070 graduates who received a mailed…

The Cooperative Urban Teacher Education (CUTE) program enrolled 295 volunteer teachers in their senior year of college and trained them for one semester in an inner-city school. The program, operating from the fall of 1967 through spring 1970, included three components: sociology, mental health, and teacher education. The 1971 follow-up study of…

Research was conducted to evaluate the effects of the College Discovery Program (a program designed to facilitate higher education for underachieving, financially impoverished high school graduates) on the 1965 class. The report deals with the problem of attrition from the program and the probable effects of the college experience on students. The…

This report evaluates the Portland Public Schools Title I preschool education program. Organized into four sections, the report provides comments and recommendations, a description of the program, a discussion of evaluation method and findings, and reports of a follow-up study of former program participants. The comments and recommendations…