The attainment of curricular goals, rather than improved IQ scores, was the basis for evaluation of the effectiveness of a program for disadvantaged preschoolers. Featured is the development of an Inventory of Cognitive Skills and Visual-Motor Functioning to evaluate the child's level of functioning in curriculum-related areas. (KW)

The following major variables in preschool intervention programs for disadvantaged children, and the effects of these variables on intellectual development of the children involved, are examined: curriculum models, home intervention, age for intervention, and length of intervention program. (KW)

Community colleges are failing in their educational promise by not providing programs for all members of the community. From a checklist, services and programs that each community college should provide if disadvantaged students are to be served are discussed. (CA)

The educational and other conditions at the Parks Job Corps Center in Pleasanton, California are analyzed in detail. Drawing on this analysis, the author remarks on the dangers of the trend toward heavy corporate involvement in education. (JB)

Suggests that proposed education voucher systems may not serve as a panacea for the nation's educational ills. (JH)

The purpose of this study was to develop a battery of perceptual and perceptual motor integrative tasks that would be appropriate for administration to young disadvantaged children. (Author)