SIX ACHIEVEMENT TESTS IN DIFFERENT SUBJECT AREAS THAT WERE ADMINISTERED TO COLLEGE FRESHMEN RESULTED IN BETTER PERFORMANCES BY STUDENTS WITH A FOREIGN LANGUAGE BACKGROUND. DESPITE VARIOUS EXPLANATIONS OFFERED (INTELLIGENCE, MOTIVATION), THE SUPERIORITY PERSISTS WHEN COMPARISON IS MADE WITH CITY HIGH SCHOOL PRODUCTS, GRADE POINT AVERAGE, OR HONOR…

FIFTY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, RANGING IN AGE FROM 33 TO 56 MONTHS, PARTICIPATED IN A 7-MONTH PRESCHOOL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR LANGUAGE AND SOCIAL SKILLS. THE ILLINOIS TEST OF PSYCHOLINGUISTIC ABILITIES, THE PEABODY PICTURE VOCABULARY TEST (FORM A), AND THE VANCE LANGUAGE SKILLS TEST MEASURED THE CHILDREN'S DEVELOPMENT IN…

FOR A REPORT ON COLLEGE PROGRAMS IN FRESHMAN COMPOSITION, THE ASSOCIATION OF DEPARTMENTS OF ENGLISH OBTAINED SYLLABI AND COURSE DESCRIPTIONS FROM DIRECTORS OF FRESHMAN COMPOSITION AT 66 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. AMONG THE DATA ASSEMBLED FOR THE FULL REPORT (AVAILABLE AS TE 500 190) ARE THE DESCRIPTIONS OF FRESHMAN ENGLISH PROGRAMS AT FOUR…

THE CRITICAL INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF UNEMPLOYED YOUTH AND THE EVIDENCE THAT A LARGE NUMBER OF THESE YOUTH DID NOT MEET EVEN THE MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR PEACETIME MILITARY SERVICE PROMPTED PRESIDENT KENNEDY, ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1963, TO CREATE THE TASK FORCE ON MANPOWER CONSERVATION, COMPOSED OF THE HEAD ADMINISTRATORS OF THE DEPARTMENTS OF DEFENSE,…

The achievement of more adequate vocational guidance services in the nation's schools through the improvement of state supervisory service, was the major objective of the seminar. In additon to 72 state guidance supervisory staff members from 47 states, seminar participants and leadership personnel included 14 counselor educators, 12 state-level…

In a prekindergarten program in the economically disadvantaged area of Harlem, the teacher, curriculum, daily activities, behavior, school, and parents of the 15 enrolled children were studied. Evaluations emphasized the outcomes of learning rather than the social, emotional, and intellectual processes of learning. The following conclusions were…

The objective of this study was the development of evaluation techniques and the assessment of these techniques when compared with standard procedures of the national Head Start program. Assessments of cognitive behavior, social behavior, and teachers' perceptions--as opposed to aides' perceptions--of children were made. The subjects were 33…

The Buffalo English Linguistics Project was planned as a controlled experiment testing the comparative effectiveness of two general approaches to English language study on the secondary school level--the traditional and the linguistic. Paired groups of high school English classes matched on the basis of grade level and socio-economic criteria were…

This book is addressed to language teachers, teachers in training, school inspectors, local education authorities, and researchers. Its three concerns are the analysis of language, method, and teaching. Under language analysis, attention is directed to language theory, description, differences, and learning. The section on method analysis begins…

This book discusses a plan for "learning to read through experience." It is a plan for developing reading ability as an integral part of the development of all the communication skills. It is intended to build on and to continue to provide individual experiences for each child while increasing the common group experiences. Although the plan…

The Threshold by Identification of Pictures (TIP) Test and the Discrimination by Identification of Pictures (DIP) Test were evaluated. Test cards used pictures of items from the first 500 words of Basic Vocabulary for Elementary Children, and the children pointed to the article named. After each item, the tester's voice was reduced 5 decibels. In…

The possibility of using translations of American reading tests for the evaluation of pupils belonging to different foreign groups was explored. Two parallel forms of a reading comprehension test geared to United States high school graduates and college entrants and the translations of these into Turkish and the relative retranslations back into…

The Department of Adult Education of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education is involved in a project to document programs and services in continuing education for women in other countries as a frame of reference for policies that would facilitate more adequate provision for such education in Canada. Included in this document are…

The Florida Statewide Assessment Program annually tests students on their achievement of statewide objectives in the basic skills areas of mathematics, reading, and writing. The objective-referenced tests, which measure entry-level skills, are administered in the fall of each year. Results are provided for each student, school, district, and the…

Activities of the Test Development and Research Office (TEDRO), a division of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), are described. The WAEC is an international educational and professional testing organization established to serve its four member countries: Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, and The Gambia. The U.S. Agency for International…