Information regarding multiple college application practices was collected from a large sample of Virginia high school seniors. Results indicated that most college applicants file fewer than three applications and that more applications are filed by students with high academic ability. (Author)

To improve accountability in its vocational agriculture program, Fort Frye High School, Beverly, Ohio, developed a student placement folder. It includes the student's picture, autobiography, information sheet, equipment and skills sheet, references, letters of recommendation, and a copy of his high school transcript. The confidentiality of the…

In response to a critique of their earlier article (EC 052 338), the authors reiterate their belief that Section 4407 of New York State Law might be inviting the use of an extreme treatment alternative (placement in private residential schools) with an unnecessarily large number of children. (GW)

Comparison of programs for the visually disabled and orthopedically disabled shows parallel development indicating similar direction toward integrating the disabled child in the regular classroom, but with a significant lag in program implementation in the area of the orthopedically disabled. (Author)

This article defines four types of student evaluation: placement, formative, diagnostic, and summative, and indicates the multiplicity of evaluative roles and techniques applicable to evaluating students. We must conceive of evaluation as involving a much broader role than simply grading student achievement at the end of instruction. (Author)

The article discusses behavior modification techniques designed to prepare the child for integration into the regular class setting. (CD)

Reviews educational and social change, and suggests need for reexamination of old social premises and new educational promises. First of three articles on the '70s, all in this issue. (CJ)

Reviews special education court cases regarding support services, student placement, limit on number of designated school days, disciplinary procedures, minimum competency testing, and educational malpractice. (JM)

Three hypotheses adduced from social comparison theory were tested by assessing the self-concepts of 138 normal children, 138 mildly handicapped children in three special education settings (from partial to total segregation), and 46 children with academic difficulties in regular classes. (Author/MC)

Two experiments were designed to see (1) if a cloze procedure is a valid measure of language proficiency (it seems to be) and (2) whether a cloze procedure can distinguish accurately between groups at various instructional levels (it distinguishes levels but the levels overlap). (EKN)