Reports on an effort to develop indicators for vocational education. Recommendations include (1) the process of indicator development must be continuous; (2) the need for both reflective thought and experience is important to indicator development; and (3) some of the indicators must be pushed to the stage of actual use. (Author/CT)

Walla Walla Schools (Washington) designed a demonstration project using the Marzano thinking skills model, which emphasizes learning preparation, content thinking, and basic reasoning skills. Placing selected thinking skills within specific curriculum areas and grade levels proved so successful that teachers then collaborated on a content-free…

Applies the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to help high school juniors understand their own personalities and the personalities of Shakespearean characters. Provides a format for interdisciplinary learning where teachers and counselors work together in the classroom. (LLL)

This paper reports on the development and piloting of a systematic review and meta analysis of research on the effectiveness of problem based learning (PBL). The systematic review protocol was pilot tested with a sample of studies cited as providing "evidence" about the effectiveness of PBL. From the 5 studies mentioned in the sample of reviews,…

This report, the third in its series, examined the implementation of the pilots, assessed their costs, and estimated their impacts on a set of outcomes designed to measure the success of the school meal programs in providing free or reduced-price meals to their target population without providing benefits to ineligible students. This report…

This pilot study looks into how information technology practices are being conducted in student affairs. It compares common practices against which exemplary programs and best practices can be measured. After gathering information from five universities, a model was created that encompassed policy, staffing, technology, and practice as the best…

In 2001, Arizona's Children's Action Alliance (CCA) developed a resource for community groups interested in exploring the need for care for school-age children. Titled "School-Age Care Tool Kit: A Guide for Measuring Needs in Your Community," the resource provided step-by-step advice to community organizations on how to identify the need…

This paper reports the results of a pilot intervention designed to improve students' mathematics proficiency through self-efficacy training. Seventeen pre-first year college students participated in a five-week summer program that included whole class instruction, small group tutoring, and individual meetings with instructional coordinators. As…

This report describes one of a series of pilot studies conducted to evaluate the instructional effectiveness of the "Harcourt Reading" program. This particular study focused on 7 kindergarten classes that started the study in the fall of 1999 and continued throughout the entire academic year. Students were taught selected themes using the…

Western Electric's accelerated management development program for hand picked college graduate students consists of a high risk training project in which the management candidate accomplishes his task or is terminated. The success of such projects puts candidates in third level management in seven years or half the normal time. (DS)

This study examines a neglected area: the relationship between personality and academic achievement for school children in a non Western culture. (Editor)

At New River Community College in Dublin, Virginia, a variable merit-pay plan is underway. The plan, designed by the faculty's Improvement of Instruction Committee uses a variety of inputs from students, peers, and supervisors. The variety of subjective inputs are used to assure a relatively objective assessment of faculty. (DS)

This paper describes the utilization of the MRG process within the twenty-six schools only, some of the changes and innovations that have occurred, and how the methodology for implementing the MRG process has been transferred from the consultants to the district. (Author)

A pilot career counseling outreach program is described in this article. Bringing the idea of a counseling booth from the comics, California State University, Los Angeles, seeks out students rather than waiting for them to visit the office. (JC)

In 1969-70 the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene received $400,000 in state funds to conduct a drug education pilot program in Metropolitan New York. While drug information activities were not evaded, primary emphasis in each project was placed on dealing with drug-related social and economic problems and finding alternatives to drug…