The document contains papers, working group and discussion reports, and statements by participants of a UNESCO Workshop on the evaluation of functional literacy projects, held at the University of London Institute of Education, August, 1969. The objective of the workshop was to enable people engaged in the evaluation of functional literacy and…

The American Industry Project was initiated to develop and field test a secondary school curriculum which had as its central purpose the study of industry. An evaluation system was adopted to provide data for curriculum design dxecisions and to measure program effects. Three courses were developed to introduce and provide experience in utilizing…

The goal of the Research and Development Project in Career Education was to expand, synthesize, and evaluate a school based K-Adult career education program in a rural school system. Components designed to meet project objectives were: elementary school component (assembly of materials, development of curriculum packages, providing occupational…

The School of Library Science of North Carolina Central University continued for a second year its Title II-B Higher Education Act project designed to help meet the manpower needs of the public library profession as well as to recruit and train librarians for more effective use of the diverse learning media and resources appropriate for young…

Summarizing vocational educators' perceptions of how well they are able to execute specific performance tasks after completion of inservice training programs in Mississippi, the report is the second in a series of three. The effectiveness of two types of inservice programs was evaluated: those conducted by institutions and those conducted by the…

During the summer of 1968, the Los Angeles City Unified School District completed a proposal which was funded for the establishment of the Jordan Educational Complex. The goals of this program were to: develop programs in early childhood education; develop programs to expand the individualization of instruction; develop programs to increase the…

The goal of this project was to develop and implement a program of career education in a pilot cluster of schools in Cobb County, Georgia. The approach fused aspects of vocational education, guidance, and a broad-based curriculum into a systematic and sequential effort within the elementary, middle, and secondary schools. Such an effort was…

The conference was held to exchange updated information concerning alternatives to the traditional 9-month school year; question motives and methods relating to established and planned year-round programs; and identify problem areas in year-round school operations. Presented in chronological order are all the speeches given at the conference.…

During the first two years of operation the Marin Social Studies Project field tested a variety of newly developed social studies curriculum materials throughout Marin County. This document is a compilation of the data which was collected from teachers and students regarding these materials. The results are reported in three sections: primary…

The purpose of this report is to present a description of the instructional program, funded in part under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, and the findings of the study which assessed pupil performance in reading and mathematics and related estimated costs to pupil performance. The following projects were utilized as…

The Atlanta public schools, Federal and state assistance, and community services provided the following resources for Walden School's instructional program: The Instructional Assistance Program provided a team comprising a lead teacher, a language arts teacher, a social studies teacher, a foreign language teacher, a mathematics teacher, a science…

During the 1969-1970 school year, the Pontiac School District conducted a demonstration program in which 15 junior high school classes received instruction utilizing the "World of Construction," a curriculum developed by the Industrial Arts Curriculum Project of The Ohio State University. Program evaluation was accomplished at the end of…

Algebra I and General Mathematics courses using tutorial instructional programs under computer control supplemented by "off-line" materials (included in the computer controlled testing) have been developed for a ninth grade student population. This summary report (preliminary reports are EM 011 046 and EM 011 050, and the teacher's manual is EM…

The primary topic of this evaluation report is the summer quinmester that extended from June 14 to August 16, 1971. The report also explores the concept of the extended school year program through questionnaire responses from parents, pupils, teachers, administrators, the business and industrial community, the educational community, and other…

A progress report describes the design and demonstration of the computer-based Instructional Management Systems (IMS) for the period March 1, 1967, through February 29, 1968. The rationale and design considerations of IMS, development of its system components, functioning of the components during the first field trial, and data collected during…