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Neumann, Idell; And Others – 1968
A recently initiated research program, designed to develop tests and other procedures for improving the selection of military personnel for language training, has attempted to amplify the traditional language aptitude requirement to include systematic non-cognitive measures of the prospective trainee's motivation. (Author/AF)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Aptitude Tests
Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (Dept. of State), Washington, DC. – 1969
Information about exchange programs between the United States and nearly 130 countries and territories for students, research scholars, teachers, lecturers, and international visitors is presented in this report. Programs are discussed in general terms by geographical area. A review of the international visitors program including foreign leaders,…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Education, Cultural Exchange, Exchange Programs
Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. – 1973
The State of Idaho submitted this 1972-73 annual report to the Bureau of Indian Affairs in compliance with Federal regulations governing Johnson-O'Malley (JOM) funding. There has been a drastic decrease in the use of JOM funds for basic school support due to P.L. 874 and local funds provided for Indian education. District administrators, working…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, American Indians, Annual Reports, Educational Innovation
Idaho State Dept. of Education, Boise. – 1974
The 1973-74 Idaho State annual report to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) was submitted in compliance with Federal regulations governing Johnson-O'Malley (JOM) funds. Program accomplishments discussed fell into four categories: (1) creation of a State Advisory Council for Indian Education; (2) early completion of contract negotiations; (3)…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, American Indians, Annual Reports, Educational Administration
Rebert, Robert – 1973
This conference report was a finale to the first National Indian Bilingual Education Conference (NIBEC) and a prelude to the second. The first conference was inspired in part by a 1972 meeting called by the U.S. Office of Education in Denver for participants in the Indian Title VII programs. The report covers the first NIBEC held in Albuquerque,…
Descriptors: Administration, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Bilingual Education
Kutschner, Ronald E.; And Others – 1973
This report presents the results of initial research performed on the manpower impact of selected Federal grants, summarizes the status of existing study in the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), and examines the manpower impact of other types of expenditures. The past study by BLS assessing employment effects of direct expenditures by the Federal…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Economic Research, Employment Statistics, Federal Aid
Mervine, Kay; Sproull, Lee – 1972
This document presents a compilation of suggested research and development initiatives abstracted from current educational R&D planning and policy documents. The objectives is to create a reasonably thorough picture of the current state of proposed possibilities and priorities in educational R&D. Each initiative abstract includes, whenever…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Education, Archives, Early Childhood Education
Van De Riet, Vernon; Resnick, Michael B. – 1973
This evaluation report consists of a description and longitudinal analysis of the long term educational impact of the Learning to Learn Program on children from poverty backgrounds. The program is based on the principle that children's development follows an orderly sequence of growth from motor to perceptual to symbolic stages. The results of…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1973
This report discusses actions needed in the training and assignment of personnel to achieve adequate foreign language capability in the Federal government. Eight chapters relating to the U.S. Government's official policies involving language training programs and assignments for government personnel overseas include: (1) development of foreign…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Opportunities, Employment Opportunities, Federal Government
Educational Computer Corp., Radnor, PA. – 1972
Trainees with low reading achievement (0 to 4th grade levels) were recruited, tested, and selected for training in four areas: auto mechanics, appliance repair service, heating services, and electronics, especially radio and television repair. The project employed a work simulation device, the SMART simulator, to help overcome the traditional…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Career Development, Computer Oriented Programs
National Society of Professional Engineers, Washington, DC. – 1972
This final report describes the Skills Conversion Project conducted by The National Society of Professional Engineers under contract to the Department of Labor to study methods of utilizing the large pool of highly skilled unemployed technicians and professional personnel who were formerly employed in the aerospace and defense industries. If…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Aerospace Industry, Career Development, Demonstration Programs
National Planning Association, Washington, DC. Center for Priority Analysis. – 1972
This first volume reporting the results of a study of duplications and gaps in public skill training programs in 20 major American cities was conducted by the National Planning Association under the U. S. Office of Education at the request of the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education. The report contains both a summary of findings for…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Agency Cooperation, Career Development, Coordination
Cobb, Herman; Hunter, Earl – 1971
The effectiveness of the Nichols Avenue Follow-Through Program, in Washington, D.C., and the extent to which it provides for improving opportunities for children of low-income families to learn and achieve up to and above national norms in the areas of reading and mathematics were evaluated. The program goals were to assure that: (1) by the end of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Federal Programs, Grade 1
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1976
The National Assessment of Educational Progress is a project which annually surveys the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of young Americans. Its basic mission is to provide information useful to educational decision-makers and practitioners. The project has contributed to American education, but its assessment results have been of limited…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Criterion Referenced Tests, Data Collection
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Div. of Compensatory Education. – 1976
An overview of federally funded activities for educationally deprived children in Georgia schools and institutions for fiscal year 1976 is presented in this document. The major directional change for Georgia's ESEA Title I has occurred not in dollars allotted or in numbers of children served, but in concentration of effort. Since 1973, the funds…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change
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