Intended for school districts and/or other agencies and groups in New York State (but having applicability to other states) which plan to begin career education programs or desire to improve or modify a program already in existence, this catalog summarizes the ideas contained in the more than 250 products reviewed. The catalog does this in two…

This study sought to determine whether the curricula of master's level health administration programs in the United States are relevant to professional needs and whether these programs change appropriately as professional needs change. The content is in seven chapters. The first covers the research design and survey methodology. Chapter 2…

An evaluation of the "Recycling the Community School" program at Alexander Shepherd Elementary School in Washington, D.C. was conducted. The program's major objectives were: (1) initiation of the development of a multi-modal curriculum that focuses on raising of achievement of 80 percent of students in the essential skills as measured by…

A three-stage model of instruction was used to coordinate the development of 13 areas of leadership instruction designed for use by high school vocational educators. Leadership literature was reviewed in order to identify the areas of leader and group member skills. A separate three-stage leadership unit and teachers' manual were developed for…

This final report on guidelines for staff development and educational effectiveness in physical-therapy clinical education contains data concerning the selection and use of clinical facilities, selection and roles of clinical faculty, the process of clinical education, and the evaluation process in clinical education. Issues include: manpower…

These two articles focus on opportunity programs in higher education, the first of which notes that the state of the art of designing and delivering these programs is confused, contradictory, and yet encouraging. Positive and negative research findings and program variation contributes to the confused state of the art. Another problem concerns the…

The evaluation report for the 1973-74 project year examines Pennsylvania's four major career education projects. The grade 10-14 component at Edenburg focuses on identifying 20 career areas, identifying behaviorally described skills required for the various occupations, developing the required skills through the use of tasks, modules, and units,…

This evaluation study assessed the effectiveness of an Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) funded Secondary Reading Project (SRP) in aiding secondary students to overcome a lack of developmental skills in reading. General procedures and specific techniques used in the evaluation are outlined and discussed. During the 1973-74 school year ESAA-funded…

The ultimate goal of the Navajo Adult Basic Education (NABE) program is to make the participants responsible parents so they may partake in community affairs and re-evaluate their own family affairs. The final report surveys the program's specific objectives and evaluates the year's progress toward achieving them. Major accomplishments of the…

Sources of the materials presented are: (1) Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) publications, (2) Dissertation Abstracts, (3) Masters' Theses in Education, and (4) Nursing Research. In addition, approximately 200 letters were sent to governmental agencies, universities, schools, and professional organizations to locate studies relevant…

This document provides an analysis and synthesis of some of the research in technical education since August 1966, and in some instances includes articles published prior to 1966 which were judged to be significant for showing trends or making comparisons. An overview of research is provided in the following areas: (1) Philosophy, (2) Manpower…

Spanish/English bilingualism, grade-level academic achievement, and ethnic pride remained the goals of the bilingual education program in its second year of operation. A number of positive outcomes justify its continued operation and vertical expansion. Specific recommendations are made for continuation of staff training, development of bilingual…

What schools can do and are doing to prevent the abuse of drugs by their students is the focus of this report. The first section of the report "An Overview of Current Efforts" presents the findings of a one-year study of drug education in the United States, with a subjective analysis of the various approaches in the field. In the second…

This document describes the work of the Spanish Curricula Development Center, a project funded by the Bilingual Education Program Branch of the United States Office of Education. It is the function of the Center to develop multidisciplinary resource kits to help support the major areas of instruction in Spanish at the primary level. Forty-eight…

The Instructional Planning Team is based on the Research and Instruction Unit of the Wisconsin R & D Center for Cognitive Learning. To determine if the IPT as an organizational arrangement would increase the ability of a group of classroom teachers to use research-based information to improve their instructional program, a pilot test was conducted…