The role of evaluation in the development of evolutionary procedures is briefly described and highlighted. Four aspects of evaluation technique which distinguish efficient from inefficient CAI programs are identified. Evaluation of products is also characterized. Findings of a continuing survey of students via questionnaire as to the value of…

As part of a UNESCO program to assist the government of Greece in the preparation and implementation of a five-year plan for the development of adult education, an expert in the field and four Fellows were chosen to study adult education trends in Scotland, England, Denmark, France, Switzerland, and the Federal Republic of Germany. As a result of…

A background manual for tutors explains and defines their role in a system of individualized education in some detail. Differences between the role of teacher and the role of tutor are analyzed. Methods of forestalling cheating and other "black-market operations" are discussed. Tutoring procedures are outlined and individualized education manuals…

One of a series of reports evaluating the Durham Education Improvement Program, this study concentrates on assessing the influence of age-of-entry on subsequent changes in performance on intelligence tests. Changes in intelligence quotient scores for two age-at-entry groups (3-, 4-, 5-year-olds combined and 6-year-olds) were correlated after one…

A study was conducted to investigate empirically the nature of program development, testing Everett Rogers' model of collective adoption of an innovation against the data, and distinguishing between the developmental patterns of high and low quality programs. Subjects were 34 school districts representing a 10 percent sample of 340 districts…

Papers which explore the aspects of current work in instructional technology and promote research and development in the field are collected in this bulletin. An introductory paper provides some general perceptives on the current state of instructional technology in relation to the contemporary educational scene and the various problems and…

The third volume of the Georgia feasibility study on elementary teacher education provides information on the kinds of personnel required to develop and operate the model program. Detailed job descriptions are provided for 21 key positions and for 72 supporting positions. These should not be regarded as complete, but will require further…

This dissertation reports on a study of the planning and development activities of the Michigan-Ohio Regional Educational Laboratory (MOREL). The study attempted to assess (1) whether MOREL has accepted a change agent role, and (2) whether it has taken action that indicates recognition of what is known through the literature and research about…

While the concept of decentralization does highlight parent participation in school affairs, the actual process of getting parents involved in educational decision making is one of progressively building up confidence, knowledge, and skills of strategies which the system has withheld from them in the past. A small group of risk-taking parents can…

Product development has emerged very recently as an area of specialization within the field of education, having received its greatest impetus with the establishment of the federally funded educational research and development centers in 1964 and the regional educational laboratories in 1965. The first part of this three-part document defines…

Initiating a planning effort in school districts requires attention to the mechanics of its adoption as well as the communication of planning concepts. Such a system has been developed by the Administering for Change Program of Research for Better Schools, Inc. This package emphasizes involvement of teachers and administrators through…

A review of experimental activities in educational broadcasting shows that mass television and instructional television, as we think of them today, are likely to constitute two points on a greatly expanded spectrum of television concepts in the future. Television will become much more like the publishing industry, with its mix of pamphlets, art…

Despite the voluminous array of comparison studies, educators have little for purposes of administrative decision making or for the establishment of scientific generalizations about how students learn from television. Of interest to cable adherents is the off-campus home viewer of instructional television (ITV) offerings. Research evidence…

On May 4, 1970, the State of Pennsylvania entered upon a new era of school administration with the passage of Act 102. This act established the Intermediate Unit (IU), which provides consultative, advisory, or education program services to school districts, as the middle echelon of a three-echelon educational system (school district, intermediate…

This paper comprises a revision of an earlier model of planned school change developed by the authors. The revision is based on data from several large school curriculum projects. A model explicates interactions between the roles of school-related personnel and stages of change. Eleven major stages have been subdivided into critical points, around…