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Roe, Daphne A. – 1978
A study examined the feasibility of using standardized health evaluation, counseling, and rehabilitation to increase employability of welfare recipients and to develop a demonstration model for health service suitable for national implementation in the WIN (Work Incentive Program). Health evaluations of referred welfare clients showed that the…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Counseling Services, Demonstration Programs, Emotional Problems
Jacobson, James A. – 1975
An eighteen-month project was designed to integrate career education with the regular curriculum offerings at Alameda Junior High School in Pocatello, Idaho. Objectives were (1)to increase self-awareness and career awareness of each student, (2) to develop favorable attitudes about the world of work, (3) to assist in developing and practicing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Counseling, Career Education, Career Guidance
Steenhausen, Nancy E., Ed.; And Others – 1981
A three-year project to develop and implement a regional planning and communications model for vocational education was conducted in the River Hills Region of southern Indiana. The project attempted to facilitate communications and coordinate the efforts of educational institutions, community agencies, and employers in providing efficient…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communications, Community Cooperation
Portage Township Schools, IN. – 1981
An Indiana 310 Project was conducted to determine the needs of very low level adult basic education students (0-4th grade). Specifically, the study sought to answer the following four questions: (1) What brings low academic level students into ABE programs? (2) What aspects of the ABE programs do low academic level students dislike? (3) Why do low…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Dropout Attitudes, Dropout Prevention
Doss, David A.; And Others – 1981
The second-year (1980-81) evaluation of the Austin Independent School District's court-mandated comprehensive desegregation remedy affecting Black and Mexican American students, focuses on broad questions relevant to the systemwide impact of the desegregation order. Chapter I presents names of persons who have been provided portions of the design…
Descriptors: Blacks, Data Collection, Desegregation Methods, Educational Legislation
Raivetz, Mark J.; And Others – 1982
The School District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was ordered by the Commonwealth Court to begin a voluntary desegregation plan in February, 1979. To support the desegregation process, the school district applied for and received grants from the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) to develop programs around eight basic models: pairing, enrichment,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Court Litigation, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Methods
Conti, Gary J.; Giles, Wayne E. – 1978
Designed to develop competency-based adult education (CBAE) as an alternative adult education delivery system, the Illinois CBAE Project provided a series of three workshops and a consultation for 48 Illinois adult education practitioners. The workshops consisted of an awareness workshop, a module development workshop, and an evaluation and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Fused Curriculum
Strand, Kenneth; Werner, Luceille – 1981
The purpose of this report is to provide summary information regarding the evaluation of the Early Prevention of School Failure Project (EPSFP). Initially funded by the state of Illinois, the EPSFP encourages school districts to identify and remediate deficiencies in students which appear to be related to early school failure. Immediately…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods
Yarrington, Roger; And Others – 1982
This series of Junior College Resource Reviews focuses on the community college's role in literacy development. After Roger Yarrington's overview of the topic, Robert McCabe and Susan Skidmore consider "The Literacy Crisis and American Education." In light of the changing nature of work and the severe decline in the communication skills of youth,…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Allied Health Occupations Education, Basic Skills, College Role
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1982
This report provides comments and opinions from National Science Foundation (NSF) officials on proposed agency budget cuts which could affect three NSF Directorates: Science and Engineering; Biological, Behavioral, and Social Sciences; and Scientific, Technological, and International Affairs. Specific topics discussed focus on personnel levels,…
Descriptors: Behavioral Sciences, Budgeting, Budgets, Elementary Secondary Education
Wichita Public Schools, KS. – 1981
A desire for greater accountability in the basic skills areas in the Wichita (Kansas) Public Schools led the board of education to establish a 58-member task force to study the situation. This document comprises the final reports of subcommittees in six areas of investigation: reading, mathematics, social studies, written composition, vocational…
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Yarger, Gwen P.; Broadbent, Frank – 1982
Program evaluations obtained from teachers who participated in Summer School in Action (SSIA), an inservice teacher training program in Syracuse, New York, are analyzed in this report. The program was designed to help teachers discover methods and materials best suited for their teaching activities. The evaluation focused on determining…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Followup Studies
Briggs, Vernon M., Jr., Ed.; Foltman, Felician F., Ed. – 1981
This conference sought to identify and evaluate critical developments within the contemporary apprenticeship training system. Input came from educators, scholars, federal officials, and persons from labor and management. Conference participants stated that more persons are in apprenticeships (395,000) in the United States than ever before, but…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Age Discrimination, Apprenticeships, Blacks
Townsend, Brenda S. – 1981
As part of the work from the Content Area Reading Project (CARP), which focuses on inservice teacher education in content area reading, a study examined the effects of an inservice content area reading program reflecting the CARP model on student reading and study skills achievement. The study also compared the uses of norm-referenced tests versus…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Hayes, William A.; And Others – 1981
This document contains the report of the preliminary analysis of data collected during site visits to Head Start centers conducted in the fall of 1980 as part of the Child And Family Mental Health (CFMH) Evaluation Project. The report is limited to data from two of the three components of the evaluation project -- the process component and the…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods, Family Environment
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