This module on guidance and counseling is one of a set of seven on vocational students and is part of a larger series of thirty-four modules constituting a core curriculum for use in the professional preparation of vocational educators in the areas of agricultural, business, home economics, and industrial education. Following the module objective…

Described are findings from a review of the organization, administration, and effectiveness of special education services in Alberta, Canada (1975-1976). The first part provides an analysis of the relationship of variables (such as district size, per pupil expenditure, and ratio of students to special education staff) to the distribution of level…

On June 1, 1970 The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Houston Division, entered its Memorandum and Order requiring the Houston Independent School District to operate its schools beginning with the 1970-71 school year under an equi-distant zoning plan. The pairings and rezoning as finally ordered were fully…

The handbook is designed to provide assistance to school personnel in the development and operation of a cooperative occupational home economics program. It can serve as a guide to the teacher-coordinator as a new program is developed or as a resource for strengthening an existing program. Topics covered in the handbook's 22 chapters are:…

The final report of the Wisconsin project, which developed a coordinated and comprehensive placement system for secondary/postsecondary schools, includes a project summary and evaluation. Both providers and receivers of placement services in Grant, Winneabago, and Racine Counties were surveyed regarding barriers and facilitations in securing…

The document describes one component of a New Hampshire Experimental Schools Program (ESP) project to develop a K-12 career/vocational education program. By placing selected students at community resource sites, the program has taken advantage of both physical and human site resources. Skilled community craftsmen/tradesmen function as off-campus…

This position paper on the articulation of foreign language programs considers many of the problems caused by the transfer of students from junior and community colleges to four-year institutions. The establishment of uniform assessment procedures of foreign language levels, procedures for placement of college freshmen, and the development of…

The project of Children's Assessment Placement Instruction Center (CAPIC) is described as a multi-disciplinary approach to the study of children with developmental and learning disorders beginning with pilot units and eventually developing a center for assessment and clinical teaching prior to placement. The evaluation of activities includes the…

Background and followup data were obtained for 183 subjects who had been enrolled in the School Adjustment Program (ASP), a public school program for emotionally disturbed children. Average age of the subjects at the time of followup was 16-7; mean age at entrance was 10-10; mean IQ, 96.9; average length of stay in the program, 16.7 academic…

The handbook is directed to teachers of economically and culturally deprived, Spanish-speaking migrant pupils having a limited command or a complete lack of English. Several suggestions are given for providing a wide range of opportunities for meaningful oral communication as a means of overcoming this obstacle and promoting the use of standard…

A description of Project Talent includes discussions of preceding research indicating that acceleration was effective and beneficial and outlines provisions utilized for acceleration (early admission, ungraded primary and elementary, individual and advanced placement, grade skipping, combination grades, and time compression). Detailed are the…

This guide for Adult Basic Education (ABE) teachers in reading instruction was developed at a Mankato State College workshop. It is divided into three sections: (1) the placement of students in reading materials and instructional programs, (2) the diagnosis of basic word recognition skills (sight words, phonics, and structural analysis), and…

The survey of foreign language testing described in this paper resulted in the issuing of three handbooks and a special validation report, encompassing the results of research, consultation with professional committees, and significant position statements in four major areas of foreign language testing: placement of incoming students in foreign…

Contents of these hearings include the following: (1) the testimony and prepared statements of Dr. Mark Lohman, assistant professor, School of Education, University of California, Riverside; (2) "On the road to educational failure: a lawyer's guide to tracking,"--Em Hall, reprinted from "Inequality in Education," No. 5, Harvard Center for Law and…

Defines multicultural education and its goals. Matches multicultural learning options with related areas of the affective and cognitive instructional environment. Identifies educational structures and processes that need modification in order to achieve the goals of multicultural education (e.g., institutional philosophy/norms; staff…