The media center concept of education implies making available many types of materials to aid children in learning. The success of the media program depends on continued cooperation between teachers and the media specialist. A media program encourages and enables pupils to pursue individual interests while teachers or media specialists are engaged…

This status report is an attempt to provide a comprehensive picture of Head Start home-based programs which aimed at helping parents provide children with the same kinds of activities and support in their own homes that children would receive in any quality child development center. Data was collected through: (1) Children (1st) First, Inc.'s…

The product of an Ad-Hoc Committee formed to assess the future of the Rennselaerville primary school in Rensselaerville, New York, this document describes the way in which a small school has developed a "partnership" agreement with the larger Greenesville School District and has managed to keep its primary grades operative in the face of…

One of eight sections of a handbook for use by vocational teacher educators in improving vocational teacher education linkage with business, industry, and labor, this first section focuses on use of staff development programs as a means to increasing faculty interaction with the private sector. Although the guidelines are intended for use by…

One of eight sections of a handbook for use by vocational teacher educators in improving vocational teacher education linkage with business, industry, and labor, this sixth section deals with the use of site visit experiences for promoting vocational teacher education department linkages with the private sector. (Site visits, as defined here,…

High school students and administrators continue to meet in courtrooms to dispute the extent to which freedom of expression is granted to writers and editors of student publications. A review of more than a dozen such cases decided by state and lower federal courts in the last two years shows that judges have given increasingly greater freedom to…

This study presents guidelines that were designed as references to help professionals and paraprofessionals create new resources or modify existing materials to meet the changing needs, interests, and abilities of persons with reading problems. Four procedures were used to develop the guidelines and to test their validity: materials that were used…

The handbook provides guidelines for regular and consulting teachers serving rural children with learning or behavioral problems. Mutual expectations of the classroom and consulting teacher are outlined. Guidelines and appropriate forms are provided for the following aspects of the program sequence: referral, observation, initial parent contact,…

Designed as a comprehensive guide to the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience (NLS), this handbook is intended for two major categories of readers. For persons who wish to ascertain whether their research interests can be served by the NLS data, the handbook can provide the detailed description of the objectives of the surveys,…

In the final stages of drafting the 1974 revision of the Standards for Educational and Psychological Tests, it became clear to the committee members that the various drafts of the revisions emphasized the assessment of individuals, rather than program evaluation. Because of its concern, the committee decided to finish the present draft and to…

Current regulations and guidelines established by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare for the maintenance of confidentiality in educational research are summarized. Key terms, such as "system of records" are defined and elaborated upon. The responsibilities of the funding agency and its research contractors are enumerated and…

This manual is written as a direct followup to the "Exploring Occupation in Manufacturing Student Manual," the purpose of which was to (1) promote an understanding of manufacturing industry; (2) acquaint students with structures of the many careers, occupations, and jobs contained within manufacturing enterprise; (3) explore selected career fields…

The sixth in a series of nine publications on state budgeting for higher education, this report focuses on the dilemmas involved in the design of budget processes, along with a step-by-step analysis of budget progress through the maze of state agencies and processes. Separate chapters in this volume deal with: theoretical perspectives on processes…

Intended for use by local school districts, this guide provides assistance to curriculum planners, members of boards of education, administrators, supervisors, classroom teachers, and others involved in and concerned about the development of science curriculum for elementary and secondary education. It is designed to assist in: (1) establishing…

This curriculum guide provides a model for a postsecondary medical office assistant program. It is divided into 10 sections. Section 1 overviews the philosophy, purpose, and goals for vocational education in Georgia. Contents of section 2 include a definition of the guide's purpose and program objective. Section 3 describes the occupational field,…