The evaluation process should serve as a guideline for the teacher and administrator to serve as equal partners in helping children learn, the author stated. Article expounded on the Pemberton Township's Education Association report on evaluation. (Author/RK)

Summarized are subtopics of the 1974 Manpower Report of the President. Specific topics covered are: the employment and unemployment record; manpower programs; migration and the American worker; patterns of occupational opportunity; and special programs. (DS)

Congress held in Varna, Bulgaria, September 3-8, 1973. (HK)

Presents a brief account of the activities of the ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading and Communication Skills during the past year. (TO)

A reprint of a speech delivered at the Conference on Open Learning in Higher Education held in January, 1974, in Lincoln, Nebraska. (HB)

Background description, project summary of the first year, results of a survey of project participants, and second year summary are included in this final report of the Human Resources Information Network (HRIN) project of the Bridgeport Public Library. Objectives, activities, budget, and planning are reported for this project, which was designed…

A catalog committee operating within the University of California library system investigated ways to standardize subject and name entries for the National Union Catalog (NUC). Two sources identified as the contributors of most of the unreliable NUC card copies were research libraries with large special collections requiring expanded or refined…

Reported are issues considered at a professional symposium on child abuse case identification and reporting. The general information needs, considerations, and decision-making processes that seem to be held in common across professional disciplines are identified. The ways in which a particular professional's background, training, and work setting…

This eighth annual report considers the state of the environment and new or continuing efforts to improve it. The publication is divided into two chapters. The first chapter summarizes important environmental events of the past year. Events include new legislation, court rulings, major accidents, policy changes, and similar material. The second…

The participants in this conference represent the fields of law and medicine, government and private agencies, foundations and academia. The papers presented deal with: justice in child health; the pursuit of justice for children in contemporary society; legal rights of children to health care; the role of the private sector in securing the rights…

This report summarizes and highlights the major formal activities and outcomes of the Bay Area Learning Center (BALC) conference. Two major areas of concern are (1) teacher centers and (2) knowledge bases. Excerpts from oral presentations, notes from reporters, summaries of discussions, and an interview with the BALC chairperson are presented. A…

To aid the student or researcher in the development of an effective procedural schematic (a graphic description of a research plan showing the steps needed to reach a stated objective), guidelines are presented under three topic headings: Compositional elements, taxonomy of research terms, and examples of procedural schematics. An introduction…

This digest provides a historical summary of the key findings reported in the annual evaluations of each of the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania school district's Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act projects since 1975. The 1976-1977 management information, the 1975-1976 key findings, and the preliminary findings for 1976-1977 are presented.…

Progress in meeting project objectives, statistics, and information gathered from an evaluation questionnaire are reported. Objectives in the following areas are listed with a brief summary of activities for that year: (1) Administrative; (2) Reference; (3) Media; (4) Staff Development; and (5) Public Relations. Appendices include statistical data…

One approach, the Special Science Programs Department, manages the American Institute of Biological Sciences (AIBS) advisory functions and conducts symposia, seminars and other meetings. The second, a full time Public Responsibilities Department, provides a continuous flow of research data and information into the public. Each approach is…