Data are presented in support of the validation of the competency-based basic skills curriculum which was implemented in the District of Columbia Public Schools in 1978-79. Strategies for conducting the validation are outlined in detail, including review of tests used, orientation of participants, integration of curricular hierarchies, and…

BASED ON AN EARLIER PILOT PROGRAM, THIS PROGRAM, CONDUCTED FROM JANUARY 1966 TO MARCH 1967, WAS DESIGNED TO PREPARE HOME ECONOMISTS FOR LEADERSHIP IN TRAINING ADULTS AND OLDER YOUTH FOR HOMEMAKER SERVICES AND DEVELOP METHODS AND A CURRICULUM FOR TEACHING THE NECESSARY COURSES. TWENTY-EIGHT QUALIFIED HOME ECONOMISTS ATTENDED A 3-WEEK WORKSHOP TO…

A STUDY WAS MADE IN NORTH CAROLINA OF ROLE EXPECTATIONS OF SUBJECT MATTER SPECIALISTS AS IDENTIFIED BY 83 WHITE COUNTY AGRICULTURAL AGENTS AND 78 WHITE SPECIALISTS. A COMPARISON OF THE AGENTS' CONCEPT OF THE SPECIALISTS' ROLE, AND THE SPECIALISTS' CONCEPT OF THEIR OWN ROLE WAS MADE, AND THE VARIABLES OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE WERE ANALYZED.…

IN 1966, THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT FARMINGDALE DEVELOPED THREE NONCREDIT DAYTIME PROGRAMS IN EDUCATION FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE. GATEWAY TO CAREERS FOR WOMEN, A 15-SESSION WORKSHOP, PROVIDED FIELD ASSIGNMENTS, JOBFINDING SKILLS, AND COUNSELING. NEW HORIZONS FOR LATER YEARS WAS A 10-SESSION PROGRAM FOR OLDER MEN AND WOMEN PREPARING FOR…

THIS VOLUME ADDRESSES ITSELF DIRECTLY TO PROBLEMS RELATED WITH TEACHING THE EDUCABLE MENTALLY RETARDED, AND CONTAINS NON-TECHNICAL INFORMATION, SUGGESTIONS, EXAMPLES, AND METHODS OF TEACHING FROM THE PREREADINESS STAGE TO THE PREVOCATIONAL AREAS. THE CONTENTS WHICH ARE DIRECTED TO PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER WORKERS DISCUSS CHARACTERISTICS OF THE…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO EXAMINE THE ROLE OF SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN THE JOB-SEEKING EXPERIENCES OF UNEMPLOYED WORKERS. A SAMPLE OF MORE THAN 450 BLUE COLLAR WORKERS AND NEARLY 80 WHITE COLLAR WORKERS SELECTED FROM THE FILES OF THE STATE EMPLOYMENT SERVICE OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, WAS INTERVIEWED. ONCE EMPLOYED, 62 PERCENT OF THE…

A MODEL INTENDED TO PREDICT THE RELATIVE COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF ALTERNATIVE EDUCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS WITHIN THE SAME SCHOOL-COMMUNITY SETTING IS DEVELOPED. THE MODEL IS AN ATTEMPT TO AID IN DECISIONS CONCERNING ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS OF TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT OF 1965. COSTS ARE ESTIMATED FROM BUDGET ALLOCATIONS.…

IN 1966-1967, NEW YORK UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION CONDUCTED DISCUSSION GROUPS IN HARLEM IN CHILD DEVELOPMENT, CONSUMER AND EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS, AND NEGRO HISTORY, TO TEST THE FEASIBILITY OF EXTENDING UNIVERSITY INFORMAL ADULT EDUCATION INTO THE POVERTY AREAS OF NEW YORK. THE INSTRUCTORS (FOUR NEGROES AND TWO WHITES, ALL WITH…

TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON CURRENT PROBLEMS CONFRONTING THE PROFESSION, THE 1966 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE ON THE TEACHING OF FOREIGN LANGUAGES PUBLISHED ITS WORKING COMMITTEE REPORTS ON LANGUAGE LEARNING RESEARCH, WIDER USES FOR LANGUAGES, AND THE SUPERVISION AND COORDINATION OF FOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING. THE FIRST REPORT, "RESEARCH AND LANGUAGE LEARNING,"…

FORD FOUNDATION INTEREST AND INVOLVEMENT IN ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, LINGUISTICS, AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE TRAINING IS DESCRIBED. FOUR OF THE FOUNDATION'S NINE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THESE AREAS. "INTERNATIONAL TRAINING AND RESEARCH" IS CONCERNED WITH IMPROVING AMERICAN COMPETENCE IN THE INTERNATIONAL FIELD.…

THE MULTIPLE ACTIVITIES PROGRAM, A COMPREHENSIVE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECT FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH, IS EVALUATED IN THIS REPORT. THE BASIC DATA IN THE FIRST SECTION DESCRIBES THE NUMBER OF THE PROJECT'S PUBLIC AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOL PARTICIPANTS, PROJECT PERSONNEL, DROPOUTS, STUDENTS CONTINUING THEIR EDUCATION BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL, AND THE…

THE PLAN FOR EXPANSION AND DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN CORRECTIVE INSTITUTIONS IS ORGANIZED INTO FIVE TIMED PHASES TO BE COMPLETED IN THREE YEARS. A CHART REPRESENTING THE PROGRAM, AFFILIATED RESEARCH AND AGENCIES DELINEATES PLANNED ACTIVITIES. PHASE ONE (15 WEEKS) WILL SURVEY EXISTING PROGRAMS (VOCATIONAL AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES,…

THE VOCATIONAL EXPERIMENTAL-DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AT DRAPER CORRECTIONAL CENTER, AN EXPERIMENT TO REDUCE RECIDIVISM THROUGH VOCATIONAL TRAINING, IN ITS FIRST 21 MONTHS TRAINED 173 YOUTHS IN SEVEN TRADES AND PLACED 150 GRADUATES IN JOBS. DETAILS OF SELECTION, COUNSELING, TRAINING, PLACEMENT, AND FOLLOW-UP OF INMATES THE USE OF INDIVIDUALIZED…

WRITTEN TO PROVIDE INVESTIGATORS OR ADMINISTRATORS WITH A REVIEW OF THE PROBLEMS OF PLANNING, CONDUCTING, OR INTERPRETING STUDIES IN HUMAN RELATIONS TRAINING, THIS PAPER DISCUSSES RESEARCH PROBLEMS AND WAYS TO OVERCOME THEM. PROBLEMS OF SELECTION OF CONTROL GROUPS, TEMPORAL CHANGE IN TRAINING OUTCOME, DESIGN RESTRICTIONS IN OBSERVATION OF…

TITLE III-B OF THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY ACT OF 1964 AND TITLE I OF ESEA REPRESENT THE FIRST MAJOR FINANCIAL EFFORTS DIRECTED TOWARD THE PROBLEMS OF EDUCATING MIGRANT CHILDREN. OEO HAS ESTABLISHED LITERACY CENTERS FOR ADULTS, AND MADE VOCATIONAL TRAINING AVAILABLE TO MANY MIGRANTS. THE STATE DEPARTMENTS OF EDUCATION, WITH MONEY FROM ESEA, HAVE…