Two separate studies were conducted to determine what factors contributed to and predicted mainstreaming of handicapped youngsters, and to study the impact of early intervention and P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act) on mainstreaming. In Study A, 434 elementary-level special education student records were examined, and…

Residential facilities for mentally retarded people surveyed in a national study in 1977 were re-contacted in a 1982 replication of the earlier survey. Among facilities surveyed in 1977, 61.6% were found to still be open at the same address in 1982 (did not close, move, or stop serving mentally retarded clients). Stability rates varied…

A followup questionnaire was sent to 100 families of mentally retarded children, 5 through 9 years of age, treated between 1951 and 1966 in a clinic. (MC)

A professor conducted a study of research methods students on the job. The findings gave general support of the course, but leave questions still to be researched. (Editor/PG)

This followup to a previous study questioning the use of the Academic Achievement score on the SVIB to predict the academic achievement of women supports the earlier study's results. (HMV)

Described are procedures used in the location of a sample of individuals not responding to follow-up questionnaires, eleven years after they were originally interviewed in 1960 as 10th graders. The individuals in question were a subset of more than 400,000 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade students used in Project TALENT's longitudinal study of the…

This three-part study of early identification of developmental deficiencies in high risk infants was undertaken to determine whether infant performance can be predicted from neonatal and developmental criteria. Part I of the study began in 1977 and used 284 high risk infants as subjects. Part II was initiated in 1978. Subjects were 14 full-term,…

FORTY-FIVE DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS, STAFF STUDIES, AND MASTERS' THESES IN AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION ARE REPORTED IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS -- ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT, ADMINISTRATOR ATTITUDES, ADULT FARMER EDUCATION, AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION AGENTS, AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, CONTESTS, CURRICULUM, EDUCATIONAL NEEDS, EMPLOYMENT…

AN IN-DEPTH INVESTIGATION OF THE REASONS QUALIFIED LOW-INCOME STUDENTS IN THE EVENING DIVISION LEAVE SCHOOL WHILE IN GOOD STANDING WAS CONDUCTED. FULL DATA WAS OBTAINED ON ONLY 64 SUBJECTS WHO COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES AND WERE INTERVIEWED BY COUNSELORS. ACCORDING TO QUESTIONNAIRE RESPONSES, THE MOST IMPORTANT REASON FOR LEAVING WAS FINANCIAL…

THE MAJOR PURPOSE WAS TO DEVELOP A GENERALIZED PROCEDURE FOR MAKING AN EVALUATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION USING THE SCHOOL'S OWN PERSONNEL RESOURCES COMMUNITY RESOURCES, AND STATE CONSULTANT SERVICES. A VARIETY OF ONGOING ACTIVITIES BY THE DIRECTOR, THE CONSULTANTS, AND THE STAFF IN THREE COOPERATING SCHOOLS IN MICHIGAN…

A study of the Windsor (Ontario) Early Identification Project's (WEIP's) longitudinal results on 464 students who had been kindergarten participants in the original study (1975) is described. Attempts to test the WEIP for use with younger children revealed that the current assessment battery was unsuitable for this age group. Followup of original…

TO DETERMINE THE RELATIONSHIP OF SEVERAL DIVERGENT, CONVERGENT, AND AFFECTIVE MEASURES ASSESSED IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL WITH DIVERGENT THINKING AND CREATIVE PERFORMANCE FOUR YEARS LATER IN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, DATA WERE OBTAINED IN 1962 ON SEVENTH-GRADE CHILDREN CONCERNING IDEATIONAL FLUENCY AND ORIGINALITY, SPONTANEOUS VERBAL FLEXIBILITY, CREATIVE…