Educational linkage is a system for sharing facts, ideas, values, and skills related to educational work. An extensive survey was made of educational linkage programs, and an evaluation procedure for these programs was designed. Over 40 linkage models were classified as to level of sponsorship and/or service, institutional setting, services…

A discrepancy-based evaluation model for international education, developed for a program revolving around a seminar held in Egypt in 1974, is presented. Based on Malcom M. Provus' model, it considered the special problems fo a six-week educational seminar in a non-Western culture, and it questioned what type of individuals can best develop and…

The material reported here was developed as part of a systematic effort to develop techniques to evaluate the effectiveness of a nationally implemented early childhood program. The Classroom Attitude Observation Schedule technique has been implemented in a number of school districts as a means of assessing program implementation of the Tucson…

The following three models in the Rural Youth Program (a program for the economically disadvantaged) were evaluated: (1) The Corn Belt Model (Iowa, 1973-74); (2) The Northern Forest Model (Minnesota, 1973-74); (3) The Central Plains Model (Nebraska, 1972-73). In addition to base line school and community data, occupational, educational, and social…

The final report of the Wisconsin project, which developed a coordinated and comprehensive placement system for secondary/postsecondary schools, includes a project summary and evaluation. Both providers and receivers of placement services in Grant, Winneabago, and Racine Counties were surveyed regarding barriers and facilitations in securing…

A school-based job placement service model, designed to help seniors find suitable employment, has been operational at the Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School since April 1974. The final report discusses the activities of the model since its inception, with emphasis on the period from July 1, 1974 to June 30, 1975 (Phase 3).…

A study was made to determine the effectiveness of the Connecticut "pairing" model in improving the school success of Spanish-dominant children classified as low achievers. The study was concerned with whether a carefully designed model of bilingual-bicultural education can improve reading, arithmetic and language arts skills and enhance…

The Radio Mathematics Project was established to design, implement, and evaluate a prototype system of teaching elementary mathematics using radio as the major medium of instruction. Daily mathematics lessons were presented to first and second graders in rural and urban primary schools in Nicaragua. Lessons had a radio and a postbroadcast portion,…

As the final report on the National Indian Education Association's (NIEA) Library Project, this document presents the following: (1) an introduction (describes the general condition of American Indian library service, the involvement of NIEA, and the project's objectives and time line); (2) the methodology of Phase I: identification of…

One of a series of special studies by Project Baseline, a national effort requested by Congress to gather information about vocational education and manpower training, the report traces the career education movement, beginning with a few isolated State and local activities in the mid-1960's and following it through the decade as it has become…

The purpose of this practicum was to develop and field test a model plan for the Executive Middle School Internship Program at Nova Middle School. The plan was designed to effectuate a marriage between the theoretical and the practical by combining the best elements of classroom analysis with actual experience in the world of executives and…

This monograph presents an overview and evaluation of the three years of development and initial implementation of the Early Childhood-Special Education Teacher Preparation Program (Master's degree level). The Comfield Teacher Preparation Model, a performance-based, field-centered, personalized and systematically designed program of sequences of…

The implementation of year-round schools requires careful planning and management. An activity plan provides an effective technique for implementation and action by necessitating the outlining of goals and the identification of procedures and activities to achieve those goals. Additionally, it provides techniques for monitoring ongoing plans and…

Strategies and systems for evaluating educational programs are detailed in an attempt to fulfill the need for a centralized evaluation capability. Since a fundamental prerequisite for program evaluation is a statement of the objectives of the educational system, a set of system goals is proposed. These goals would provide a framework of criteria…

The State Research Coordination Units (RCU's) are in an optimum position to provide linkage between the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) and its users as part of a comprehensive vocational-technical education information dissemination system. Realizing this, the Center for Vocational and Technical Education developed this guide with…