A description is given of interactions between institutions of higher education and the public schools that exist in a consortium known as PREPS (Program of Research and Evaluation for Public Schools). The major purpose of PREPS is to provide research and evaluation services to its member schools, with heavy emphasis upon evaluation research and…

This paper is a reassessment of an original research project (Oliver, 1980) that analyzed the way teachers had decided on lateral job change (i.e., change from one teaching position to another in the same district without a significant increase in pay). The purpose of the reassessment is to examine how the results obtained from the original…

This study sought to determine if there were significant differences in the performances of student teachers trained in the curriculum materials designed to implement findings from research on effective teaching and those of student teachers trained in traditional curriculum. Thirty-six students enrolled in an upper level course, Principles of…

The way in which findings from a statewide study on permanency planning were utilized and integrated within an accredited undergraduate social work curriculum is described. The concept of permanency planning (through the provision of in-home services to help the child remain in his/her biological home or the removal of the child and placement in…

This paper presents an overview of recent psychological research relevant to the assessment and instruction of culturally and linguistically different students. First, general research by cross-cultural psychologists is described, focusing on the observation that types of thinking and learning behavior are influenced by social organization and…

Case study research, as presented here, is a way to interrelate the theory and practice of education and to improve the contributions of comparative and international research studies. This paper argues that there are four levels of concern in comparative and international education: the development and transmission of ideas about education; the…

The purpose of a study was to develop a curriculum for the National 4-H Executive Development Institute. The Extension Committee on Organization and Policy approved five 1-week sessions to be held every 6 months for 2 years. A Delphi panel selected items for a questionnaire used to determine curriculum content. Using a random numbers table, a 50…

A professional development program was designed and implemented to help teachers gain new research knowledge and skills. An interactive research strategy was used to bring teachers, researchers, and staff development personnel together as a team to examine classroom problems and to plan a means to disseminate research findings. This process…

A summary and critique is presented on research of effective schools, based primarily on a review of the reviews written about that work. It is pointed out that the majority of research findings came from studies of elementary schools and focused upon the characteristics of effective schools for minority and poor students. Most research reviewed…

A recognition of problems and priorities of Title VI outreach programs to encourage and facilitate international studies in grades K-12 is important in light of current trends to reduce funding. Title VI programs consist of networks among regional studies coordinators (e.g., African Studies, East Asian Studies) and linkages that disseminate…

This case study, one in a series of research efforts designed to investigate the utilization of the Administration on Aging's research, examines two elder abuse projects whose research was widely disseminated and used. The two studies are first described--one conducted at the University of Maryland's Center on Aging with another at the University…

This paper shares the outcomes of a developmental process designed to create a comprehensive teacher assessment program within a local school district. The paper includes a rationale that helps to explain the need for developing teacher evaluation systems different from most current models, the processes used to create the assessment program, and…

A training program in computer educationtTested in 89 secondary schools focused on the use of computers as tools in all subject areas. Each school received enough computers and software from IBM to equip a full computer laboratory. The schools were organized into local networks in eight regions and received training and continuing support in these…

One of a series of papers developed as part of a project to improve planning and evaluation in community colleges, this working paper discusses the outcomes approach to evaluation in higher education and describes current projects utilizing outcomes measures in community colleges. Section I defines the outcomes approach as an analysis of the end…

The fiscal and demographic realities of the 1980's require increased levels of cooperation between universities and community colleges. Motivated by their mutual self-interest, a large midwestern university, the University of Kansas (KU), and one of its feeder institutions, Johnson County Community College (JCCC), a large comprehensive community…