Resources in Education and the Current Index to Journals in Education were computer searched to identify documents and journal articles which discussed various methods of evaluating the effectiveness of alternative schools and also presented such evaluation studies. The bibliography covers the evaluation of alternative schools at both the…

Several external degree programs of institutions in the United States are described. Some of the unique factors featured in these programs are: geographically accessible learning centers, few or no residency requirements, student designated curricula, independent study programs, and work experience programs. Florida International University, the…

This project was organized in an attempt to provide local schools and school districts with the best available information regarding slow learners in secondary school mathematics. The information was disseminated through two workshop conferences (spring and summer), a newsletter, and follow-up field visits to the participating school districts.…

The National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children (NACEDC) is required to review and evaluate all federal compensatory education programs and report its findings and recommendations to the Congress and the President. This work is directed to members and staff of the Council and describes proposed activities for the 1977…

A basic function of the Diffusion/Adoption Network is to assist interested school districts in becoming aware of successfully demonstrated, innovative educational ideas, products, and programs; and in aquiring, through training, the competencies necessary to adopt or adapt a proven educational program. There are five basic components of the…

This report characterizes the resources that exist in the state of California which might be more fully utilized through legislation providing incentives for its development. Selected existing postsecondary education programs and selected information systems are reviewed to exemplify successful uses of instructional and informational media. An…

The major educational needs of potential students and ways these needs can be met by New Dimensions, a special component of the Los Angeles Community Colleges designed to offer new kinds of educational services, are explored. Barriers to regular college enrollment, special learning needs and interests not generally met through regular college…

This book is designed to give administrators and faculty a model to follow in developing and maintaining a Learning Center of any size at any educational level, from preschool to college. Basic to the Learning Center concept presented here are the following four services: (1) a multimedia library, (2) audiovisual services, (3) nontraditional…

This book is a collection of articles loosely arranged under the topics of alternatives to schools, educational governance and politics, and other issues in education. The introduction states that the collection is intended to inspire thinking about non-school settings in which teachers can be employed and people can pursue continuing education,…

This paper is a discussion of The Churchill School, founded in 1972 as an alternative approach to serving the educational needs of children diagnosed as hyperactive, hyperkinetic, brain damaged, neurologically impaired, or suffering from minimal brain dysfunction. The school has a student body of 65, ranging between 6 and 13 years of age. The…

These papers focus on (1) alternatives to and within education, (2) critical issues for the 70's and beyond, and (3) affective/humanistic education. While some papers are on very specific subjects (i.e., teaching emotionally disturbed deaf children, reading readiness tests, peer influence on students, alcohol education, visual learning in…

In the spring of 1975, three alternative secondary schools in the Federation of Alternative Schools, with the help of the Minneapolis Public Schools' Research and Evaluation Department, surveyed their students. The 66-item questionnaire, which was developed to provide an overall assessment of student attitudes and information for program…

In response to the Presidential/Secretarial Educational Objective of 1975 which called for a statement from American Indian communities relative to their educational management preferences, the Office of Indian Education Programs (OIEP) established a program for gathering and disseminating educational management options to Indian people. A seven…

This paper describes research in progress to define and measure the operational manifestations of five sociological functions of schooling proposed by William Spady: selection, custody/control, instruction, socialization, and evaluation/certification. The paper briefly presents the theoretical framework, describes the elaboration of this theory…

Sequential plans are suggested as a basis for developing decision rules for accepting or rejecting instructional materials. The technique allows inferences to be drawn concerning the effectiveness of the instruction for the target population, from formative evaluation sample data. The procedure calls for explicit statements of the required level…