Describes and assesses the success of New York City's Hillcrest High School, an educational alternative offering a variety of courses and services. (DS)

This is the final report of the General Learning Corporation's planning effort for the Fort Lincoln New Town school system. Designed as a "Comprehensive Plan", it summarizes the educational plans developed to date, and presents some new elements of planning while it serves to "tie together" all previous planning to provide the reader with a broad…

A scale is provided for assessing the degree to which a particular program is individualized, accompanied by instructions for administering the instrument and scoring the results. The scale consists of 70 items divided into three major sections: observation of students, student interviews, and a teacher self-inventory. Taken together, the items…

A three-year project in the Watertown (S. D.) Public Schools was designed to produce greater integration of career education into the existing curriculum of all grades. Individual development was emphasized in the elementary and junior high programs, with more emphasis placed on specific decision-making situations during the final years of high…

The study compares two methods of evaluating vocational programs in Tennessee: an on-site instrument used by the Tennessee State Division of Vocational Education and a self-evaluation method using Ray's Self-Checklist of Quality Vocational-Technical Programs. The study evaluates vocational programs in office occupations and distributive,…

Evaluates a one-day drug education program, embedded in a week-long workshop for high school journalists. Results indicate a one-day program is probably insufficient to change entrenched attitudes and behavior, and such programs may have unintended side-effects. Good program evaluation research cannot be planned as an afterthought to the program.…

The purpose of this study was to describe and assess the Continuing Consultant Program as operated by the Tennessee Appalachia Educational Cooperative (TAEC) during the 1969-70 school year and to develop a climate profile of these schools using the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire. Eleven schools with continuing consultants and 11…

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA) Driver Education Evaluation Program and this initial report to Congress on that program are concerned with the first countermeasure within the driver programing area. Primary concern in this report is to provide the following information: (1) the context within which the driver education…

This monograph describes, step-by-step, a coordinated system for involving former high school students, graduates, and transfer students in the evaluation of educational programs and services in American schools overseas. Although the system has been field-tested in an overseas setting, its use by schools within the United States requires only a…

The course structure of a program offering sixth-form students an opportunity to hear from guest speakers in science-related industries and to study the industry's contributions to science is provided. Student evaluation of the program is also included. (CP)

The evaluation identifies the 19 vocational education planning districts reviewed by Ohio's Program Review for Improvement, Development and Expansion (PRIDE) during 1973-74. Components of the review program included: (1) administrative review by the local superintendent, (2) process variable review with a lay advisory committee, (3) product review…

This supplemental report accompanied the project termination report and deals specifically with the design, development, piloting, revision, and evaluation of the secondary curriculum materials developed during the third year of the project. The report is divided into four main sections. Section 1 contains a brief description of the purpose and…

This publication is composed of four parts. Part I, The Final Report, consists of the program foundations, description of the target group, description of resources, analysis of processes developed, creating the resource role, creation awareness, developing a problem solving orientation, curriculum integration, evolution of the group process,…

The purpose of a planned career education program was to provide rural students in grades seven through ten a variety of experiences and knowledges which would form a basis for future educational and occupational choices. The program explores occupational models in the home, family, and local community; occupational choices available in the State…

The Research for Better Schools (RBS) Career Education Program in Philadelphia focuses on experience-based instruction and includes career exploration and specialization, career guidance, and basic skills. An evaluation of the program's effectiveness is presented based on an analysis of t-test results of two experimental groups and a control…