The purpose of Project CMYC (Catch Me if You Can) was to develop and test a model for longitudinal study of local (Texas) Early Childhood Intervention (ECI) program graduates and their families. The model called for comparison of ECI graduates and families to a group of children with similar disabilities and of comparable age, who had not…

Follow-up data are often a neglected part of the evaluation of community programs. Yet, they should be an essential part of the information input to the process of judging effectiveness and whether or not the program should continue. This paper presents follow-up data on a juvenile diversion program which has been operating in a small Western…

A followup study of currently and previously enrolled students of the Michigan School for the Blind (MSB) and the Michigan School for the Deaf (MSD) is reported. Eligibility guidelines, services, enrollment, costs, and nature of the student body at each institution are described. Development and use of four questionnaires to evaluate eight…

As part of a student retention project conducted at Spoon River College (SRC), specific populations served by SRC were identified; strategies to increase retention of particular student populations were developed; students in need of assistance were identified; and a transfer graduate follow-up study and two cohort tracking studies involving all…

This executive summary presents the major conclusions of the initial feasibility and design phase of a two-phase study to determine the outcome of referrals and placements and the actual wage and job duration of selected employment service placements. The first chapter details the study scope and activities and describes the study design for each…

Significant findings are presented from a study conducted to ascertain what work tasks a university's Industrial Technology (IT) graduates were performing, their salaries, and their curriculum evaluations. More than half were involved in 20 people-oriented work tasks; respondents indicated that vital interpersonal skills should be emphasized in IT…

A longitudinal design was employed to study the relationship between drug use and school dropout in a general high school population. The results supported previously reported findings by demonstrating greater use of most licit and illicit drug categories by school dropouts following their withdrawal from school. (Author)

Follow-up survey was undertaken to assess the changes in knowledge and existing attitudes or opinions about drugs by freshmen through seniors from the same high school previously reported in a 1971 study. In comparison to the 1971 study, there was a decrease in interest in all phases of drug useage. (Author)

The author emphasizes follow-up in the historical sense of keeping track of the new worker and helping him adjust to adult life. Other benefitting aspects (accountability as a useful school tool and the program's legislative support) are discussed. (Author/BP)

Compared effectiveness of a computer-based counseling system with a counselor-based system in helping students explore and select high school courses. No significant student differences were found in grades received and number of courses changed. (Author)

A study of the effectiveness of a fifth-year teacher certification program at the graduate level in Early Childhood Education was completed at Bloomsbury University of Pennsylvania in summer of 1988. Results from the two instruments that were sent to teachers who were certified in the program, and their immediate supervisors, indicated that…

A study to obtain follow-up information on graduates from small Iowa school districts was conducted in 1988 to identify rural youth's "educational pathways" during the first 5 years after high school graduation. The sample of high school graduates was randomly drawn from 11 of 98 rural Iowa school districts with an enrollment fewer than…