Over 50 educational leaders representing academic and vocational-technical interests met for a 3-day conference to identify curriculum needs and techniques used in curriculum development and to suggest curriculum priorities and coordinated projected plans to attain recommended goals. Conference objectives were accomplished through small group…

Extensive recommendations by workshop participants on the preparation of graduate students in speech pathology and audiology are followed by four resource papers given at the workshop. Recommendations concern provision of services based on total management of communication disorders in hearing and speech centers, general philosophies and…

The Four Corners Regional Commission (FCRC) is a state-Federal partnership, the purpose of which is to initiate long-range planning, provide data for specific plans, promote private investment, promote legislation, establish plans and program priorities, and initiate and coordinate economic developmental districts in 92 counties in Arizona,…

The Arizona State Employment Service (ASES) provides employment and manpower services to Arizona's American Indian labor force. Functions of the ASES include the standard services of placement, testing vocational guidance, and manpower information dissemination, which resulted in the placement of Indians on 19,595 jobs in 1970. The ASES has…

In Piaget's dynamic conception of the child's cognitive growth, the transition from sensory-motor intelligence to the developmental stage of representational intelligence occurs during 5 to 7 years of age. The development proceeds from undifferentiation to differentiation, from unintentional to intentional, from unintelligent to intelligent, and…

This paper describes a secondary school in Baltimore, Maryland, and presents a chronological account of how the school developed and implemented course registration and grade reporting procedures. The school aims at (1) providing "focused flexibility" to the students, enabling them to select among quarterly offerings of courses; and (2)…

The material included in this print version of the "Motivation and the Right to Read" conference has, for the most part, not been edited. Due to the problems of translating audiovisual presentations into print, these are not included here. The discussion periods are also omitted. Following the "Welcome" the presentations at…

The 1968-69 annual progress report of the Arizona Commission of Indian Affairs deals with the conditions of the American Indians residing within the state of Arizona. The Commission works with various state and Federal agencies which have service relationships with Indian reservations. The Commission is charged by its enabling legislation to…

While the WISC and Bender-Gestalt are widely used for differential diagnosis, there is a need for empirically determined criteria for classification. Multivariate techniques seem especially promising in classification problems. This study determined the extent to which such an approach can classify children into rational, a priori categories of…

A year-long study to evaluate the relative educational outcomes of open and traditional education is being conducted at the O. W. Huth Upper Grade Center, Matteson, Illinois. Midpoint analyses and evaluations of the study are presented. The open plan group includes 140 randomly assigned 7th- and 8th- graders in a single, specially constructed…

The desirable characteristics of criterion referenced test items and sets of items are described. A two-stage item tryout and item selection procedure are also described. The paper presents the results of using the procedure as compared with traditional item selection procedures used in selecting items for norm referenced tests. It was found that…

Criterion referenced testing has received considerable theoretical, but only limited practical, application. Grand Forks School District has developed mathematics criterion referenced tests for grades three to nine. The tests are keyed to a hierarchical set of approximately 50 performance objectives and 40 individualized contracts per grade level.…

A study was conducted comparing the self-perceived training needs of Tennessee county extension agents with their training needs as perceived by their district supervisors. Factors considered were supervisory district, sex of worker, percent of time devoted to 4-H work, and years of tenure with the Tennessee Extension Service. Questionnaires were…

This paper is intended as a proposed framework for discussion at UNESCO's Interdisciplinary Symposium on Life-long Education. It synthesizes the papers submitted by re-grouping the questions posed, the problems identified, and the steps taken or considered in order to determine the scope, the nature and the modalities of the process leading to…

The annual report of the National Advisory Council on Adult Education is presented. The objective of the Council is to provide more learning opportunities for a larger number of adults. Subjects discussed include: Authorizations of Appropriations, Allotments Among States, State Plans, Special Experimental Projects, Graduate Fellowships, Federal…