The manual suggests local approaches for childfind in Washington state. After a brief introduction, community resources are focused on in terms of surveying agencies, maintaining contact, and developing interagency agreements. A rationale is presented in Section III for using agency resources. Public awareness procedures are addressed in a fourth…

Following a brief history of literacy from the dawn of civilization in Egypt to the founding of the community college movement in the United States in 1945-55, this paper describes the Guided Studies Program at Clackamas Community College. The aim of the program is to increase literacy, which is viewed as a means to help students' self improvement…

Children in the kindergarten and first grade classes at 14 London (Ontario) schools were selected to participate in a pilot project that compared procedures for the early identification and remediation of children likely to experience difficulty acquiring reading skills. Analysis of the results indicated that the six screening systems tested did…

This paper reports the implementation of teacher-made, early education screening practices and materials for identifying pre-kindergarten and kindergarten children with developmental risks. A total of 105 children were screened in the spring of 1979 using screening tests devised by the researcher, another kindergarten teacher and a special…

FOUR VISION SCREENING METHODS WERE STUDIED DURING THE 1966-67 SCHOOL YEAR IN FOUR SELECTED SCHOOLS WITHIN A FOUR COUNTY AREA IN IOWA. SCREENING METHODS STUDIED WERE (1) SNELLEN CHART FOR DISTANCE VISION, (2) SNELLEN CHART FOR DISTANCE PLUS THE READING CARD-SNELLEN RATING FOR NEAR-POINT TESTING, (3) KEYSTONE VISUAL SURVEY TESTS, AND (4) T/O SCHOOL…

TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE UNDEREDUCATED WHOSE SKILLS APPROXIMATE FOURTH TO EIGHTH GRADE READING LEVEL AND THOSE FOR WHOM LEARNING ENGLISH AS A NEW LANGUAGE IS THE FIRST STEP IN JOB TRAINING, 20 OCCUPATIONALLY-ORIENTED UNITS OF INSTRUCTION IN READING AND RELATED SKILLS AND A SECTION ON TEACHING THE COURSE ARE OUTLINED. UNITS, PLANNED FOR 20 40-HOUR…

The Regents Competency Testing Program has been designed to assure that all students develop adequate skills in reading comprehension, writing, and mathematics before graduation from high school in New York. This bulletin provides information on two of the program's three basic elements that contribute to the accomplishment of this goal. First,…

This paper summarizes the views expressed by various conference participants concerning current screening, diagnostics, and assessment procedures at the preschool, infant school, and junior school levels. The variety of practices employed by different educational psychologists, advisors, and teachers at different levels are discussed. References…

A STUDY EXAMINED THE VALIDITY OF TWO BRIEF INTELLIGENCE SCALES, THE PEABODY PICTURE VOCABULARY TEST (PPVT) AND THE COLUMBIA MENTAL MATURITY SCALE (CMMS), TO SEE IF THESE TESTS OVERESTIMATED THE INCIDENCE OF INTELLECTUAL RETARDATION AMONG POVERTY AREA CHILDREN. THESE TWO TESTS AND AN EXPERIMENTAL MEASURE OF INTELLIGENCE, THE JOHNS HOPKINS…

A total of 2,052 US high school boys and girls, selected from 10 geographical regions, were tested on consecutive half days using the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Form 2 and ASVAB Form 5. Effects of fatigue, training, environment and proctorial variation were minimized by experimental design. An extensive program of optical…

This report presents initial findings of a field study which focused on the academic achievement and behavioral and social adjustment of 148 kindergarten children who entered first grade early. The study took place in Broward County, Florida, following implementation of the 1973 state legislation permitting early entrance into first grade for…

This paper addresses the question, How can the teacher become an instructional manager, turning informal feedback into pupil progress? Particular attention is given to ways teachers may use test data to help them plan lessons for the students. A number of suggestions for improving students' reading skills are also provided. (RB)

This study investigated the extent to which trained nonprofessional personnel under nursing supervision could effectively conduct health screening of Head Start children. Results of screening by nonprofessionals were compared with results of the traditional pediatric examinations. The nonprofessionals were trained by a pediatrician and a…

This booklet describes the written portion of the Foreign Service Officer examination process. Sample questions and answers from the various components of the General Ability, English Expression, and General Background tests are provided, as well as the rationale for each type of question. (DLG)

A COMPARISON OF AN ENGLISH LANGUAGE READING COMPREHENSION TEST WITH ITS TURKISH TRANSLATION AND RETRANSLATION WAS CONDUCTED. THE INSTRUMENTS CONSISTED OF TWO PARALLEL FORMS OF A READING TEST OF COLLEGE ENTRANCE LEVEL. THEY WERE TRANSLATED INTO TURKISH, AND THEN RETRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH. SUPPLEMENTARY MEASURES WERE ALSO EMPLOYED. THE SAMPLE…