For use in planning high school vocational education programs, a study examined the success of Georgia vocational cluster programs in finding jobs, the adequacy of program training, and student attitudes towards the cluster approach. (The cluster concept involves broadly defined instructional programs around families of occupations.) The study…

The manual sets forth regulatory and procedural guidelines for serving exceptional students in Department of Defense Dependents Schools (DoDDS). The following topics are among those addressed: referral procedures; case study committee; assessment, evaluation, and placement procedures; descriptions of programs for exceptional children and youth…

In order to establish competency based entrance requirements for freshman composition, a midwestern university sampled six freshman composition and four basic writing classes for errors in their essay writing. ACT English and social studies scores and several reading scores were also gathered. All this data was computer analyzed by the multiple…

Project HIRE is a special program conducted by Middlesex Community College since October 1978 to help people 55 years of age and older find paid employment. The specific goals of the project, as it was originally conceived, were to: (1) open three intake centers; (2) register clients at the centers; (3) provide career counseling; (4) offer…

A study examined the relationship between vocational education rehabilitation agency placement policy and field office productivity. A total of 112 counselors and 25 supervisors from twenty-two Division of Vocational Rehabilitation field offices from seven states were given questionnaires covering different facets of placement policy including…

This guide, designed to assist pupil personnel specialists in developing placement programs, presents a comprehensive model covering the idealistic and realistic aspects of a placement program. Forms, procedures, and suggestions are included which emphasize an adaptable, open-ended approach to placement. The section on theoretical aspects provides…

Two tests of oral English ability are described and presented: (1) the Oral Placement Test, and (2) the Oral Production Test, which contains three forms for three levels. The tests may be used for placement or diagnosis. Each student is tested individually; the placement test takes five minutes, and each achievement test takes less than ten…

Designed to help administrators involved with the deinstitutionalization of Arizona's severely and profoundly handicapped children, the manual details cooperative planning decisions and describes components of the educational program which are different from those previously delivered to less handicapped children. In the first section,…

In order to determine the validity of using the Cooperative English Test (CET) for placement in remedial writing, Queensborough Community College initiated a study using the Holistic Reading Method to rate essays written by a random sample of 204 incoming freshman in fall 1973. Three regular English and three remedial English instructors were…

A survey of 30 colleges, 15 with predominatly black students and 15 with predominantly white students, was conducted in 15 different states. The major objective of this study was to provide knowledge about the effectiveness of the placement process in a representative sample of four-year colleges with predominantly black student population and…

A survey of 30 colleges, 15 with predominantly black students and 15 with predominantly white students, was conducted in 15 different states. The major objective of this study was to provide knowledge about the effectiveness of the placement process in a representative sample of four-year colleges with predominantly black student population and…

The placement of students in the correct level of English composition classes is approached in a variety of ways by two-year open admission colleges. This report describes the analysis of a potentially quick, effective method of student placement, based on structural linquistics, which asked each student to combine as many brief kernel sentences…

As part of an annual graduate follow-up study, questionnaires were sent to all students who graduated from Montgomery College (MC) during the 1976-77 academic year in an associate degree or certificate program; 691 (62%) responded. Major reasons for attending MC were low cost, program offerings and convenient location, the same reasons reported in…

The composition of the ideal faculty for continuing adult education programs is described in this speech along with a discussion of ways to compensate faculty members. It is suggested that the faculty of continuing education programs should contain: the best adjunct faculty available from the professions, business, industry or government; and…

Annotations of twenty English placement tests are presented, providing for each a general description, information on content, publication of results, diagnostic capabilities, and predictability. Tests are arranged in three categories: (1) standardized English placement tests, including The College English Placement Test, Comparative Guidance and…