Intended for personnel of local school districts in Oklahoma, the manual offers guidelines for locating, evaluating, and providing special services for handicapped children. Information is presented in question/answer format in six major sections: introduction; awareness campaign (newspaper articles, radio and television, flyers and brochures,…

The Cost-Effectiveness Analysis Model for Competency Based Education (CBE) Assessment Programs is designed to assist state and institutional decision-makers in the cost analysis of alternative assessment strategies in CBE programs. The general model indicates stages of decision-making related to the use of various assessment strategies within the…

Because there is a growing interest in improving the efficiency, effectiveness, and relevance of health personnel education, the World Health Organization formed a Study Group to discuss the uses of learner-oriented objectives, to examine the bases for identifying and selecting educational objectives, and to devise guidelines for evaluating such…

Included in this document are a conference program, a conference public relations (P.R.) handbook, an evaluation form, and notes outlining discussions and speeches from the conference. Topics covered include getting the most out of the conference; P.R. from the personal point of view; competition in education P.R.; P.R. within the school and the…

Combining community participation in decision making with methods of social investigation, participatory research focuses on involvement of the subjects of the research in the research process. Adult educators are exploring this research method which, unlike quantitative research, serves the needs of individuals and not those of policy makers who…

This handbook is intended to provide guidance to librarians in the collection development of book, non-book, and media materials for education through analysis of collection policies for specialized, non-print material, text, juvenile literature, and reference collections. Policies for each area are analyzed with regard to purpose, clientele to be…

This report presents the proceedings of the pre-conference seminar, "Careers and Management: Strategies for Women Professionals," which concentrated on issues related to (1) practicing techniques and strategies which can be applied to on-the-job situations, especially as related to career advancement and (2) developing methods of overcoming…

A study was conducted to (1) identify basic components included in Texas vocational agriculture summer programs, (2) determine teacher, administrator, state staff, and teacher educator perceptions of the relative importance of groups of activities included in the summer program, and (3) recommend guidelines for basic summer program operation.…

The report evaluates the accuracy with which achievement tests measure social studies learning. Research is based on test items derived from the Social Studies Curriculum Guidelines (1971) and the Multiethnic Guidelines (1976), both prepared by National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS). The major objective of the project was to help test…

One of a series of sixteen knowledge transformation papers, this paper reviews data sources for objective evaluation of vocational education, including the need for such information and the problems associated with its use. First, a list is given of thirty-five data elements necessary to evaluate a skill training problem at the secondary,…

A CONFERENCE WAS HELD FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTABLISHING GUIDELINES FOR A STATUS SURVEY AND RESEARCH PROJECT IN AMERICAN INDIAN EDUCATION. THREE BACKGROUND PAPERS WERE PRESENTED WHICH PROVIDED AN HISTORICAL REVIEW OF PREVIOUS RESEARCH IN INDIAN EDUCATION, ANALYZED CURRENT RESEARCH, AND CONSIDERED CURRENT ACTION PROGRAMS. PANELISTS DISCUSSED THE KINDS…

THE DEVELOPMENT OF A BILINGUAL PROGRAM IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS A PUBLIC PRIVILEGE AND RESPONSIBILITY. THE LANGUAGE TEACHERS, SPECIALISTS, AND ADMINISTRATORS HAVE THE INITIAL RESPONSIBILITY, WITH THE SCHOOL BOARD BEING FULLY ACCOUNTABLE TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. THE FIRST STEP IN THE PROGRAM'S DEVELOPMENT SHOULD BE THAT OF STATING GENERAL OBJECTIVES, OF…

PROCEDURES WHICH LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS MUST FOLLOW FOR PARTICIPATION IN PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED UNDER FEDERAL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACTS ARE PRESENTED. THE GUIDELINES COVER (1) STATE ORGANIZATION, (2) PROGRAM OF VOCATIONAL INSTRUCTION, (3) ANCILLARY SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES, (4) CONSTRUCTION WITH SPECIFIC APPLICATION TO AREA VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, (5) A…

THE CREATION OF A DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTUS FOR THE GROWTH OF A PERMANENT CAMPUS FOR THE OKLAOOSA-WALTON JUNIOR COLLEGE IS DESCRIBED. FACILITY REQUIREMENTS WERE INFLUENCED BY AN ANALYSIS OF FACTORS RELATED TO PRESENT AND PROJECTED ENROLLMENTS. FACTORS INCLUDED THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS IN PRESENT AND PROJECTED DEGREE PROGRAMS AND A POPULATION PROJECTION…

THIS ARTICLE DESCRIBES THE POLICY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE FOR ENFORCING SCHOOL DESEGREGATION GUIDELINES. THE NEW GOAL SET BY THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION'S COMPLIANCE SECTION, THE OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS, IS TO END THE DUAL SCHOOL SYSTEM IN THE SOUTH BY 1969. MANY CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS CONTEND THAT THE NEW DEADLINE IS…