Twenty-six health manpower experts met to: (1) recommend criteria for selecting proposals for local/regional demonstration projects; (2) recommend criteria for selection of areas or sites in which to implement demonstration projects, and (3) develop guidelines for a national program to involve the health professions in alleviating the problem of…

A theoretical proposal for a government-sponsored system of licensed parenthood is suggested, based on the premise that overpopulation, child abuse, and emotional, intellectual, and physical handicaps in children could be controlled through legislation. The three-part legislative proposal for licensed parenthood outlined would include: (1)…

The Program of Special Directed Studies (PSDS) identifies persons with intellectual ability whose academic achievement, as indicated by traditional measures, is inadequate to secure admission to selective colleges. Then, through a program of supervised college courses, special services and individual tutoring, it attempts to prepare these students…

The Junior High School/Middle School Evaluative Criteria is the product of an effort by the National Study of School Evaluation to develop evaluative materials for these schools. The Manual section describes the organization of criteria and provides directions for their use. The sections on "School and Community" and on "Philosophy…

To ascertain, classify, and evaluate the quality of prose and poetry read to pupils in grades 4-6 by their teachers and to determine some of the situational factors that affected this reading, a 30-item questionnaire containing objective multiple-choice items (concerning teacher background, library facilities, and read-aloud practices) and…

A January 1970 conference on the changing role of the art supervisor in relation to new program content, media, and facilities consisted of presentations by six experts in specific fields, task-oriented laboratory sessions, related activities to stimulate thought and discussion, and on-going evaluation sessions. (Seven priorities were implicit…

The study traces the structural and organizational changes involved in the process of "Moroccanization." Free access to all civil services ranks and cadres became available to Moraccans only after independence in 1956. Moroccanization involved (a) the replacement of foreign employees by Moroccans, and (b) the emergence of new…

The purpose of this study was to answer the basic question: What is the gap between published articles on black admissions and actual practices in the schools? Eighty-seven (90 percent sample) large, primarily white institutions returned questionnaires concerning their admissions policies for black students. Results indicated that very few blacks…

The suppressor variable, a variable wholly uncorrelated with a criterion, but which nevertheless improves prediction because of its relationship with a predictor, is critically examined. For a suppressor so defined, formal identities are shown with part, partial, and multiple correlational procedures. It is demonstrated that if maximum prediction…

Objectives of this project were to identify and catalog all existing reports on contracted evaluation studies by the Community Action Program (CAP) evaluation branch and the various program offices; to analyze a sample of contracted evaluation studies in terms of their adequacy as research projects; to assess a sample of CAP inhouse evaluations;…

An alternative to monitoring instruction via standardized tests is proposed for objective-based individualized instructional programs. The set of behavioral objectives upon which the procedures are based is taken from the Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development. Procedures that can be computerized and applied to data from…

In order for vocational education programs to meet the needs of youth and industry in our constantly changing society, curriculum, personnel, instruction, and methods must be continuously evaluated. Evaluation must lead to continuous program improvement, and direct the objectives of future training programs. Evaluation criteria to measure various…

An alphabetical directory of educational resources in many geographic areas (United States and overseas) is intended to assist the minister in uncovering further educational possibilities for professional church workers. Doctrinal theology, church history, comparative religion, social ethics, community action, group dynamics and 11 other subject…

The purpose of this study was to determine statistically significant linguistic features of oral and written discourse rated quite high or low by teachers, and to make recommendations based on these findings to supplement existing guidelines for teaching composition. Fifty-five paired oral (tape-recorded) and written compositions were elicited…

The Michigan English Study of Structure for Curriculum Evaluation (MESSAGE) training session involved 40 leaders of English curriculum study in a 7-day intensive program. They studied objective evaluation in terms of behavior, instruction, and institution; approaches to the English curriculum through instructional objectives that include…