Approximately three years after a sample of vocational education teachers in Florida took the General Examinations, College-Level Examination Program (CLEP), the impact of the use of CLEP scores by teachers (392) in their professional development was assessed. Indicators of professional growth were teaching rank, salary, and degree status.…

Randomly selected students (932) at the University of Washington completed a questionnaire on health insurance needs and preferences during the autumn quarter, 1976. The primary reason given for rejecting the university's plan was the possession of other coverage. Subscribers to the university plan did not differ from non-subscribers in most…

A study was undertaken to discover and examine the attitudes of private liberal arts college presidents toward accreditation. The motivating factor was evidence of concern among these presidents that institutional accreditation is not meeting the needs of their colleges, and may actually challenge the viability of a college at a critical time in…

This publication describes, in three sections, a high school Communication Arts Curriculum (CAC) program designed to further students' communication skills as they participate in student-centered learning activities in the fine arts, the practical arts, and the performing arts. "Program Operation" includes a course outline and inventories for…

This booklet for practitioners and others working with groups of older adults with chronic pain describes a model for a program for learning about factors associated with pain and about coping. An overview is provided of the model developed at the Turner Geriatric Clinic that has an education and support group format and involves both an…

The goal of this study was to interpret patterns of consonance and dissonance between the parenting behaviors that parents report and those that their middle-school children expect them to report. A questionnaire was developed and administered to a sample of middle-school children in grades 6-8 in Felton Laboratory School at South Carolina State…

This report provides a summary of and recommendations from a study which investigated the cost structure of 16 Head Start grantees and delegate agencies. The study came about when the Office of Evaluation and Technical Analysis, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) issued a…

In the summer of 1981, 92 participants of 2 Migrant Personnel Training Projects, 20 participants of a local school district Migrant Education Summer Program, 14 participants of a university class studying school supervision and administration, and 209 participants of 7 summer Migrant Personnel Training Institutes were surveyed, using the Migrant…

Based on the evaluation of 24 faculty development programs in the United States and other scholarly activities, the benefits of systematic planning and evaluation of faculty development programs are considered. In addition, a set of field tested instruments for planning and evaluation and case studies of institutional programs are presented, and…

Part of a research series on learning disabled (LD) secondary students, the document reports findings of a study to investigate the social/emotional, cognitive/academic, and coping mechanisms of adolescents in secondary schools. Ss were 234 LD, 222 low achieving (LA), and 215 normal achieving (NA) students and their parents. Two instruments, the…

The characteristics and attitudes of 982 incoming freshmen who attended 2-day orientation programs at the University of Maryland, College Park, were compared to those of 566 incoming freshmen and 378 transfer students who attended 1-day orientation programs. The University New Student Census (UNSC), a 78-item questionnaire consisting of…

The second of four volumes, this report documents the implementation, evaluation, and institutionalization of the Alaska Administrative Communications Network, an electronic mail system (EMS) developed by the Educational Telecommunications for Alaska Project in response to the need for faster, more efficient communication in support of the…

A study was conducted by the South Side Child Care Committee (SSCCC) primarily to assess the future child care needs of parents residing in seven neighborhoods of South Minneapolis and to involve community members in policy formation and program planning processes. Initially, a pilot study utilizing the Delphi approach and a SSCCC-developed…

Reported in this document are findings from an evaluation of three kinds of prosocial children's programming broadcasted by the NBC network during the 1980-81 season. The prosocial programmings evaluated were "Drawing Power,""Play Alongs," and "How to Watch TV". The primary goals of the study, as stated by NBC, were…

A Farm Practice Certificate course piloted in the Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, during 1979-80 was evaluated during its development and implementation. Three areas were examined: trainee and master farmer characteristics, effectiveness of off-property education and training activities and the theory modules, and the effectiveness of on-property…