The Secondary Program for the Handicapped performs vocational evaluations on secondary handicapped students in order to improve their programming by making their education more relevant to future jobs. Extensive improvement in instructional programming was achieved for one-third of the students served, with modest benefits for another third, and…

A system for evaluating the special services provided to disadvantaged and handicapped students enrolled in secondary-level vocational education programs in Vermont is presented. It was developed, pilot-tested and used to evaluate several local vocational special needs projects during the 1981-82 school year. The evaluation consists of three…

Thirteen secondary special education resource-withdrawal teachers evaluate their roles as teachers, assessors, programmers, liaisons, and consultants. Survey results indicate teachers would like more specific job specialization, a separate department for all school resource teachers, credit given for study skills courses, and resource room credit…

The Vermont Vocational Special Needs Evaluation System is a statewide system for evaluating special projects for disadvantaged and handicapped students enrolled in secondary level vocational education programs. A program used for training individuals to serve as external evaluators for the system is presented. This document consists of four…

This booklet is the final volume in a series of eight that describe the Tenth-Cycle Teacher Corps Program of the Lincoln, Nebraska, Public School System and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and reports research data documenting the achievement of the Program's three goals. The first goal was to improve the delivery of educational opportunities…

The Montgomery County Public Schools, (MCPS), Maryland, annually surveys its graduating classes to help determine whether MCPS adequately prepares its graduates. This is the first follow-up study of MCPS's 10 special education schools' graduates (class of 1983). It investigates: (1) postsecondary education and employment activities; (2) students'…

This program description and evaluation outlines the first year of operating ADAPT (Alternative Direction for Adjustment and Personal Training), an interdisciplinary four-hour daily approach to "total education" for behaviorally/emotionally handicapped high school students. It describes the program's curriculum, which provides a values…

Five residential programs are offered in the summer at Purdue University for gifted youths in grades 4-12. The short-term programs emphasize intensive enrichment courses in many academic disciplines, and focus on recreational activities as well. Student eligibility, teacher selection and training, and program evaluation are described. (JDD)

A project was developed in southern Tel-Aviv to intellectually foster gifted/socially disadvantaged adolescents. The program's components include mastery of mathematics and English, development of excellence in selected areas, peer group support, and critical thinking development. The paper describes problems encountered by the project and program…

The At-Risk Student Program Area, part of the National Center on Effective Secondary Schools, will study how at-risk secondary school students are affected by special programs, efforts toward school improvement, and policies of admission and attendance. This paper describes the testing procedures that will be used. Data will be collected in six…

The volume on current perspectives in distributive education contains 29 individually authored articles organized into three sections. The first section on program conceptualization deals with the following subjects: the evolution of distributive education, program planning, advisory committees, placement services, postsecondary distributive…

In the middle western area of Pennsylvania, four model programs have been developed at the high school level to provide occupational orientation and preparation for the educable mentally retarded: The Community Based Work-Study Program, The Academic Special Education Program, The External Vocational Program, and The Internal Vocational Program.…

A study examined the characteristics of effective secondary vocational education programs for a variety of special needs populations (disabled, disadvantaged, and limited English proficient individuals; single parents; and persons enrolled in programs to eliminate sex bias and sex stereotyping). The following eight states were studied: California,…