This paper reports on the development of an error-coding instrument and a computerized continuous feedback system for the diagnostic evaluation and remedial treatment of unstructured second-language performances and the use of such a system in an instructional setting. The system does the following: it allows quick, objective, accurate, and…

The goals of Project Outreach were: to place library materials in agencies throughout the county; to offer film programs, filmstrip presentations, and talks; to continue cooperative ventures in the use of braille and talking books; to continue to utilize tape cassettes; to provide materials to handicapped persons; to make available large print…

The Portland Board of Education had requested that the Oregon Central Evaluation Department provide student achievement data so as to allow comparisons with other school districts by reporting national grade level equivalent (GLE) scores on standardized tests of reading and mathematics for grades 4 and 8. For years, the position of most research…

The cooperative education planning study provides an overview and initial analysis of the varied postsecondary cooperative education goals and realities and identifies key issues and indicators of program success to be considered in evaluation cooperative education programs. The study involved several data sources and approaches, including: (1) a…

Measures, tools, and techniques applicable to the performance measurement of computer communication networks are described for technicians who procure computer services from a remote access network. Cost considerations are discussed as a major component of evaluation, and measurement and evaluation methodologies are surveyed. External measurement…

This report presents a description and a brief evaluation of the Child Center Project, a bilingual-bicultural early childhood development program designed to prepare preschool Latino children to succeed in school without losing their bilingual-bicultural identity. Funded by the Office of Child Development, the three-year project was initiated in…

The teacher directed guide presents resource materials for developing home economics curricula in Pennsylvania schools related to home management and family resources. Home management is described as the decision-making aspect of homemaking, requiring conscious planning, control, and evaluation of family resources to achieve satisfying family…

PETC-III is one of several instructional systems currently under development in the Improving Teaching Competencies Program of the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory. The PECT-III materials include training strategies and procedures plus participant instructional materials for use with a select group of educators in a workshop setting.…

The sequence of prelinguistic patterns in the infant and young child is described and explained to aid in identifying the nonverbal child's level of signal and symbol communication. Child-object and child-adult interactions are grouped into the following levels (with sample characteristic behaviors in parentheses): sensation (ceasing crying upon…

This document is a transcript of the proceedings of a one-day meeting held in Austin, Texas on March 29, 1967. Participants included representatives of the national Head Start Planning Committee, the Head Start Research and Evaluation Division in Washington, D. C., and the staff and study directors of the regional Child Development Evaluation and…

A distinctive model for gathering and sharing information and planning was developed. Essentially, the model is a 90-day issue-identification and solution-planning strategy that can be applied to any concern deemed by a school board and its constituency to be sufficiently critical to warrant involving significant numbers and kinds of persons in…

A mail survey was conducted to study the differences among group ratings of the same instructor. A population of 72 teachers of differing background levels, teaching in the field of trade and industrial education, was selected. Each instructor was rated by one school administrator, a local supervisor, two teaching colleagues, all of the students…

The study investigated the failure of foreign culture studies to create awareness of human universality. Major objectives were to: (1) analyze the relationship of several independent variables such as sex, intelligence, dogmatism, and socio-economic status to the ethnocentrism expressed by children toward pre-Western Eskimo culture, (2) determine…

Abstracts of articles appearing in periodicals and newspapers comprise this quarterly publication of annotated bibliographies on the subject of education in India. Some of the many topics, briefly described in ED 049 989, covered by the 182 documents include organization, curriculum and methods, educational psychology and sociology, teacher…

This document is an update of the first Statewide Plan published in 1973, and it incorporates the format required by the Executive Planning Process. The Plan focuses on the long- and short-range goals and objectives of the State Board for Community Colleges and the 16 institutions which comprise Maryland's community college system. Chapter I…