Under Corrective Mathematics Services for Disadvantaged Pupils in Non-Public Regular Day Schools, 1969-1970, funded under ESEA Title I, corrective mathematics services were to be provided by licensed teachers from the New York City Board of Education for approximately 16,100 children from poverty areas who attended 146 non-public regular day…

Under the Title I Secondary Reading Program in the Kansas City, Missouri School District, two to four reading consultants were assigned to each building to assist social studies and English teachers in grades 7 through 10. The reading consultants and the secondary reading coordinator were responsible for planning and conducting a monthly inservice…

Compared is the post high school adjustment of graduates of two types of special education programs for the educable mentally handicapped: a self-contained, vocationally oriented program separate from general education (School A) and a program integrated into the general high school, where job experience is concurrent with general education and…

The primary objective of this study was to describe, analyze, and compare the vocational office education programs of the six European Economic Community countries. In these programs, specific emphasis was placed on the secondary school level. Facets of programs studied included: (1) philosophy and objectives, (2) organization, administration, and…

In order to evaluate vocational agriculture education in 21 Connecticut high schools for the purposes of developing or updating curriculums, this study intended to: (1) determine employment rates of vocational agriculture graduates in agricultural areas, (2) determine post-secondary educational attainment levels, (3) determine variables affecting…

Cooperation between the Appalachia Educational Laboratory, International Business Machines, and the Computer Assisted Instruction Laboratory of the Pennsylvania State University led to an attempt to provide inservice education in modern mathematics for elementary school teachers throughout Appalachia and other areas which are geographically…

The nature of on-going instructional processes and pupil experiences were studied in two classes of a British infant school. Using PROSE (Personal Record of School Experience) as the primary observation instrument, 24 children, aged five through seven years, equally divided as to sex, were observed during seven days. A total of 9 cycles and 45…

The Cassette Review Program (CRP), developed by The American College of Life Underwriters, is organized into 10 sections corresponding to the 10 courses of the American College C.L.U. diploma program. It includes both audio tapes and notebooks. The formative evaluation of the CRP carried out in 1971 resulted in a restructuring of both the tapes…

In November, 1971, the 106 Years 4 and 5 pupils of Area C at MacCorkindale School were assigned to two groups--2/3 stayed in the open area and the remainder were moved into a self-contained room within the Area where they could have more structure and direction. This study includes a comparison of Area C pupils with a control group and an…

Since a large number of the pupils at each of the three schools examined in this document had shown a need for compensatory services, they were classified as Title I schools and thus were qualified to receive supplementary funds and additional personnel through Title I, 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act grant allocations. In addition,…

The Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965 Title I Transition Classes were designed to establish a more stable yet flexible learning environment specifically adapted to the adjustment needs of selected disadvantaged pupils in the initial year of junior high school. Unique dimensions of the project included sefl-contained classes, teacher-team…

This report describes and evaluates a sequential Learning to Learn Program (L.L.P.) for four- and five-year-old children. The long-term plan was for these children to be kept in a continuous sequential program through the first grade. Since another aspect of this project is a systematic attempt to learn how differing lengths of exposure to the…

In the 1971-1972 school year, the Alternative Learning Center Program, originally funded in the 1970-71 school year under Title I, Elementary Secondary Education Act, was expanded to include eight centers, each intended to serve 25 youngsters. Seven of these centers were operationally funded through carryover funds under the Tydings Amendment to…

This analysis of current and available information on the evaluation of vocational education and its policy implications includes a methodological appendix showing major studies of cost-effectiveness analysis, a critique of the various techniques employed in these studies, and an extensive bibliography of relevant source materials and related…

Local district personnel are responsible for collecting evidence that categorically aided projects have an impact upon disadvantaged learners' behavior. The district personnel requested assistance in designing evaluation methods to meet their needs. In keeping with the State Education Department's policy of maximizing service to the field, this…