In two-stage course placement systems, students first take a screening test. Students who score at or above the screening test cutoff score "K" enroll directly in a standard college course, whereas those who score below "K" take a placement test. Students who subsequently score at or above the placement test cutoff…

This study tested the effectiveness of a tallying procedure to induce high school seniors to think carefully about considerations relevant to their college choice. The procedure appears to make salient the importance of the decision, helps clarify the merits of the choice and stimulates a search for feasible alternatives. (Author)

Some children in public schools merit special education placement and subsequent status as mentally retarded primarily because of faults inherent in the organizational and instructional system in the regular grades and not necessarily because of any inherent limitations in themselves. The problem is discussed and possible remedies are proposed.…

The article examines present policies and practices in special education affecting those children with mild handicapping conditions. (RD)

Career Counseling and placement are caught between the press for mass education on one hand, and the spectre of projections for too few positions requiring college trained manpower. (Author)

The paper outlines educational options for learning disability students. Five options (from regular class placement with consultation to special education programs in residential facilities) are described along with seven recommendations for improved services (including continuity of programs and services, variety of instructional approaches, and…

Survey responses of 389 elementary secondary teachers to emotionally disabled students were analyzed in terms of types of students served, amount of integration, and teachers' use of time. Results suggested that the levels of the Cascade of Services Model (which depicts levels of service) are not distinct entities. (CL)

Presents a report of the American Chemical Society (ACS) Examinations Committee in which the 1981 testing program is described and condensed norms for the ACS examinations are given. (CS)

For handicapped children to receive adequate instruction in the regular classroom, appropriate placement of the mainstreamed child and sufficient resources and services to support the regular classroom teacher are just as important as teaching skills. (Author)

Court rulings forming the basis for the principle of least restrictive environment for exceptional students are reviewed. The principle is seen to require a continuum of educational alternatives. Implications of state and federal legislation (P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) are discussed for severely handicapped…

Develops a goal programing model for achieving racial balance in segregated public schools. The model is illustrated and offered as an improvement on linear programing, a model previously applied that allows only a single objective function and requires more variables and constraints than goal programing does. (Author/IRT)