Examines alternative schools and a significant art-centered alternative to conventional practice. (Author/RK)

A recent study of former male graduates of selected Idaho high schools during the period 1962-1970 was an attempt to identify what happens to Idaho agricultural education graduates. (Author)

Compares and contrasts the reactions of two predominantly white Brooklyn communities to the assignment in September, 1972 of black students to one of their schools: the resistance of Canarsie and the acceptance of Bensonhurst. (JM)

The Dean of Admissions at Amherst feels that counselors should not reveal personal student data to anyone unless cleared with the student; improper use of testing should continue to be attacked; and that students be advised that responsibility for learning is theirs and not the college's. (CJ)

Presented at the 1969 NCEA Convention.

Examined the interventions used by 105 elementary classroom teachers before referring students for psychoeducational evaluation. Most interventions appeared to be teacher-directed actions, sometimes were influenced by consultation, and implemented for an unspecified time period with few measures of observed success or failure. Most teachers used…

A study examined the effects of academic and nonacademic mainstreaming on mildly retarded boys' expectancy of success and outerdirectedness. Children were asked to perform tasks concerning probability learning and imitation. Findings point to the difficulty of drawing conclusions about the effects of mainstreaming and to the importance of…

A three-step simulation was developed to reflect procedures followed by educational personnel (n=223) when a child is referred by the classroom teacher: (1) receipt of the referral statement, (2) assessment of the student, and (3) decision making about the student's eligibility and classification. (Author/PN)

Guidelines for competitive physical education and recreational therapy programs for multihandicapped children are discussed. Program developers should consider psychological factors, such as conceptualization of competition, anxiety management, and students' motivation and sense of locus of control. Teachers and parents should be trained to act…

Using participant observation and in-depth interviewing, two vocational evaluation facilities, five professionals, and eight clients were studied. A variety of professional and organizational factors were found to be integral and contradictory parts of the assessment, affecting its character and outcome. (Author/SEW)

The American College Testing Program's ACT Proficiency Examination Program credit-by-examination testing model is an effective alternative for determining the advanced standing of students graduated from hospital-based nursing programs who were entering a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program at an upper division university. (Author/PN)

Surveyed 24 senior elementary education majors to determine their attitudes toward placement of problem children in: (1) regular classrooms; (2) regular classrooms with time in resource rooms; and (3) self-contained special education classrooms. Results revealed majority of future teachers favored a resource room placement and behavioral…