A group of 14 institutionalized delinquent girls received individual psychotherapy from one therapist who interviewed the girls, usually for 50 minutes twice a week for an average of 23 interviews. Fourteen control subjects received only the institutional training. Psychological and behavioral changes were compared using a behavior rating scale,…

This followup study of the field test and evaluation of selected adult basic education systems was begun in July 1966 and carried out in California, New Jersey, and New York, where the earlier study had been held. The study focused on the impact which the field test and other education and/or training programs had on the participants in terms of…

A followup study was made of 200 graduates (50 from each program) of different kinds of job training in Detroit, Michigan, during 1968 through the Northern Systems Company Training Center, the McNamara Skills Center, the Concentrated Employment Program Orientation and Operation Mainstream (CEPO-Mainstream), and the Direct On-the-job Training…

The annual report gives data on the United States contribution through the Agency for International Development (AID) toward the training of persons from the less developed countries, in the U.S. or a third country. Included is background information on AID-sponsored training as regards: (1) relationship to program goals (2) cost sharing; (3)…

The College Discovery Program in New York City's Community Colleges was established to facilitate higher education for high school graduates who could no t afford college and who, though having the necessary intellectual ability, had low high school scholastic averages. The Program was to enable students to complete two years at a community…

The follow-up study evaluating the effectiveness of occupational education programs in Illinois focused on six principal dimensions: the basis on which occupational decisions were made; the post-high school status of occupational program completers; employment experience of program completers; alumni assessments of program helpfulness and…

This report describes the post-closure vocational status of a random sample of five separate Minnesota Division of Vocational Rehabilitation program groups: (1) physically disabled; (2) mentally ill; (3) mentally retarded; (4) public assistance recipients; and (5) workmen's compensation recipients. The study, based on benefit/cost theory,…

As a manpower development program, Training and Technology (TAT) combines the resources of industry, education, and government to offer skill and technical training to the unemployed and underemployed. This follow-up study is an attempt to collect and analyze comprehensive information about the post-placement experiences of TAT graduates during…

The influence of the Three Week Residential Seminar in PPB offered by the Civil Service Commission on the job performance, attitudes, and career development of participants who attended the first 15 seminars was studied. The seminar program was developed to retrain experienced analysts (financial, budget, and management) and PPB output user…

As part of a follow-up study of 1971 entrants to Suffolk County Community College, a questionnaire was sent to 717 former full- and part-time students matriculated in associate degree programs to determine whether the students' objectives in attending the college had been achieved. Of those surveyed, 370 responded. Analysis of data obtained from…

In 1971, a comprehensive study was made of mathematics and reading achievement in the Borough of North York, Ontario. In 1974, a replication and followup study was carried out. The purposes of the study were to replicate the 1972 study, and to obtain a measure of growth in reading and mathematics achievement between grade 3 and grade 5, over the…

In this replication of the 1972 and 1974 studies of reading and mathematics achievement in North York, Ontario, approximately 20 percent of the students at each of the proposed grade levels were included in the sampling. Again, the Metropolitan Achievement Test, the Sequential Tests of Educational Progress, and the School and College Ability Test…

This paper reviews the efforts of 28 intervention programs designed to train parents to teach school-related skills to their young children. Programs reviewed range from the federally funded Home Start program to non-funded programs run locally by volunteers. Evaluations of the 28 programs, which were designed and carried out by the program…

This is a report of a pilot study performed by the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) of the New York State Education Department. The study investigated the post college experiences of HEOP graduates and dropouts at three institutions in Western New York: Canisius College, Buffalo; Rosary Hill College, Snyder; and Niagara University. The…

In 2002, a survey was sent to every local educational agency's superintendent. After a period of four weeks, a follow-up survey was sent to the superintendents who had not responded. The respondents to the survey totaled 505 of a possible 894. The intent of this survey was to develop a perspective of local school district superintendents. A…