Environmental and institutional barriers faced by individuals and families living in economically distressed areas prevent them from benefiting from education to the same degree as other populations. A high level of economic and social distress is associated with high dropout rates. To help institutions to more effectively address the needs of…

A comprehensive delivery system offers several advantages in career counseling programs serving adult clients. Systematic delivery is advantageous because of its developmental emphasis, effective use of resources, amenability to change, provisions for built-in ongoing evaluation, and focus on process and product. A comprehensive adult career…

Formula for Your Future, the comprehensive career guidance program that was developed by the Van Buren Intermediate School District in southwestern Michigan, was recognized as an exemplary guidance program by the United States Office of Education in 1986. According to the program model, students work with counselors on a one-on-one basis to make…

Designed as a model to demonstrate one way in which English language arts common curriculum goals can be extended throughout grades K-12, this document is the integated work of English language arts educators and curriculum specialists. Following an introduction that outlines the steps necessary to adapt the model to fit local needs, the first…

The Transparent Computer, a computer simulation designed to teach programming concepts to non-programmers, provides a graphic representation of the computer and illustrates information flow within the units of the computer. The emphasis of the simulation is on the acquisition and application of concepts and comprehension of the structuring of…

A data-collection model is presented for the gathering of timely information on population demographic characteristics, as well as economic, educational, environmental, and social trends. First, the paper discusses the importance of anticipating internal and external changes and establishing priorities for resource allocation in the design of a…

Designed to offer direction for classroom teachers and administrators in the development of an exploratory computer literacy program for grades 7 and 8, this resource unit comprises four major sections, four appendices, and two resource lists. The introductory section provides information on the history of Hawaii's computer literacy program; cites…

Designed to offer direction for classroom teachers and administrators in the development of an exploratory computer literacy program for grades 9-12, this resource unit comprises four major sections, four appendices, and two resource lists. The introductory section provides information on the history of Hawaii's computer literacy program; cites…

This technical report outlines the evaluation methodology used to conduct the 1984-85 High School Equivalency Programs/College Assistance for Migrant Programs (HEP/CAMP) National Evaluation Project, with special emphasis upon how this methodology might be adapted to meet evaluation requirements of local HEP and CAMP programs. Section 1 describes…

The requirements for vocational assessment of special needs students in the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act are not well served by the traditional kinds of vocational assessment often practiced. Instead, vocational assessment for the purposes of responding to the mandate of the Act should be defined within the context of answering service…

A study of the ways adults socialize children into particular patterns of literacy by helping them develop the literary and social knowledge necessary for using and understanding print is described in this monograph. Specifically, the monograph focuses on adults and children observed over a period of 18 months at a preschool, and provides insights…

National language planning involves four interdependent processes that ideally constitute a cycle: fact-finding, policy formation, implementation, and evaluation. Each of these processes is more difficult in the relatively young but highly pluralistic nations of Africa. A community-based model of language planning offers ways to alleviate or…

The Urban Job Center was designed to help break the poverty cycle for single parents and their children by increasing single mothers' participation in job training, providing them with such supportive services as child care and transportation assistance, helping them gain access to higher-paying jobs, and informing parents about realistic…

The manual addresses the design and implementation of personnel practices for improving the preparation and performance of paraprofessionals who work with developmentally disabled persons in community-based settings. The first part of the manual describes components of a comprehensive system of career development (entry level positions, career…

This study investigated the feasibility of the use of the three-parameter item response theory (IRT) model in Florida's minimum competency testing program. The paper includes the following sections: (1) a description of the procedures currently being used by the assessment program, with an emphasis on procedures currently involving the Rasch…