An evaluation technique is described which assessed all major parts of a local Follow Through project. The two most valued characteristics of the porgram were "classroom aides" and "individualized instruction in small groups." The two least valued characteristics were "parent involvement" and "parent…

Alumni service resources available to a large Chicago-area community college were studied. A six-year followup study was conducted at Harper College with a population of students who completed 48 or more semester hours during the 1974-1975 academic year. A sample of 543 alumni were asked whether they would be willing to provide a variety of…

The report presents findings of an examination and followup of language intervention for language delayed preschoolers. Three objectives were addressed: to develop and use a strategy for assessing the long-term outcomes resulting from language training programs, before, during, and after the transition period from special preschool programs to the…

This set of papers documents evaluation research methodologies that have emerged during the course of evaluating arts in the schools programs over a 6-year period. The papers follow in chronological order, from an early program involving practicing artists in inner city schools, to a report of a follow-up evaluation study 5 years after the…

The purpose of this study was to test the predictive validity of the Ramak--a vocational interest inventory based on Roe's (1956) classification of occupations. In this follow-up, 81 percent of the original sample, tested 7 years earlier, was located. The effectiveness of the Ramak in vocational counseling is evaluated. (Author)

A 16-year-old boy, first seen at 4 years of age because of his severe language difficulties, was reexamined to provide data on the later functioning of language-delayed children. (Author/DB)

Investigates the ability of the HSRS to identify prekindergarten or prefirst grade children who will be academically unsuccessful. Results, based on a five-year followup study, indicate the HSRS accurately predicted school failure 81 percent of the time. (Author/HMV)

The initial phase of a follow-up study of rehabilitation counseling graduates from 1957 to 1971 at the State University of New York at Buffalo is described. Results indicated that the majority of graduates secured jobs in the rehabilitation field related to their training. (Author)

The relationship of bilirubin (a red bile pigment that is sometimes found in the urine and occurs in the blood and tissues in jaundice) in infancy to later intellectual development was investigated in 241 infants with moderately elevated and high bilirubin levels. Ss were administered motor, psycholinguistic, and intelligence tests at age 8…

The results of this follow-up study indicate that, after intensive language programs, children who were economically and educationally disadvantaged upon entry to kindergarten were nearly up to par in reading with the exception of bilingual boys, by second grade. (HMV)

Evaluated was retinal functioning of 15 4-year-old children who had received phototherapy for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia (jaundice). (DB)

Sixteen Texas projects for handicapped infants participated in a study to determine followup service placement of project graduates and cost of early intervention. Analysis of completed survey forms indicated that an overall success rate for finding children after graduation from a project was 81% of the total attempted. For more than three-fourth…