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Gress, James R. – 1977
This study investigates selectivity in teacher education. Using perspectives afforded by institutional admissions practices, teacher effectiveness research, and selected public school influences, the study explored both current policies and procedures in the selection of preservice students and the usefulness of a number of biographical,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Enrollment Influences, Followup Studies
Download full textEvans, Joyce S. – 1976
Presented is the technical report on development of the Observational Checklists for Referral (OCR), developed to assist teachers of young children in identifying problems that interfere with learning, making appropriate referrals to other professionals, and communicating with parents and professionals. Sections cover summaries of external…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Clinical Diagnosis, Early Childhood Education, Handicapped Children
Schaefer, Earl S.; Edgerton, Marianna – 1980
This study of handicapped and non-handicapped preschool and early elementary school children and their older normal siblings was designed to determine (1) the intercorrelation of parent and teacher ratings of the child's academic competence and social adjustment, and (2) the correlations of mother, father and teacher ratings with the child's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Disabilities
Gabert, Trent – 1981
Youth sport programs must offer children the opportunity to participate successfully and without injury, and the optimum development of each child should be the ultimate aim of all sport programs. A classification system can achieve these goals by accurate testing and placement of participants. Classification is needed because children do not grow…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Athletics, Child Development, Competition
Sennett, Kenneth H. – 1981
The paper describes development of the Brockton Battery: A Special Needs Assessment for Minority Students, a collection of four independent instruments designed for special education assessment of minority students. Initial sections review demographic information on the city of Brockton, Massachusetts, and on special education in the city.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Culture Fair Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicap Identification
PDF pending restorationWashington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. Div. of Special Services. – 1980
The manual suggests local approaches for childfind in Washington state. After a brief introduction, community resources are focused on in terms of surveying agencies, maintaining contact, and developing interagency agreements. A rationale is presented in Section III for using agency resources. Public awareness procedures are addressed in a fourth…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Agency Cooperation, Community Resources, Coordination
PDF pending restorationEpstein, Donald B. – 1978
Following a brief history of literacy from the dawn of civilization in Egypt to the founding of the community college movement in the United States in 1945-55, this paper describes the Guided Studies Program at Clackamas Community College. The aim of the program is to increase literacy, which is viewed as a means to help students' self improvement…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Humanities, Individual Counseling
Howlett, S.; Stennett, R. G. – 1978
Children in the kindergarten and first grade classes at 14 London (Ontario) schools were selected to participate in a pilot project that compared procedures for the early identification and remediation of children likely to experience difficulty acquiring reading skills. Analysis of the results indicated that the six screening systems tested did…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Comparative Analysis, Feasibility Studies, Foreign Countries
Moore, C. Rochelle; Sunal, Cynthia S. – 1978
This paper reports the implementation of teacher-made, early education screening practices and materials for identifying pre-kindergarten and kindergarten children with developmental risks. A total of 105 children were screened in the spring of 1979 using screening tests devised by the researcher, another kindergarten teacher and a special…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Diagnosis, Kindergarten Children, Learning Problems
KINDWALL, AUDREY – 1967
FOUR VISION SCREENING METHODS WERE STUDIED DURING THE 1966-67 SCHOOL YEAR IN FOUR SELECTED SCHOOLS WITHIN A FOUR COUNTY AREA IN IOWA. SCREENING METHODS STUDIED WERE (1) SNELLEN CHART FOR DISTANCE VISION, (2) SNELLEN CHART FOR DISTANCE PLUS THE READING CARD-SNELLEN RATING FOR NEAR-POINT TESTING, (3) KEYSTONE VISUAL SURVEY TESTS, AND (4) T/O SCHOOL…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Grades (Scholastic)
HOLLIS, JENNIE-CLYDE – 1966
TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE UNDEREDUCATED WHOSE SKILLS APPROXIMATE FOURTH TO EIGHTH GRADE READING LEVEL AND THOSE FOR WHOM LEARNING ENGLISH AS A NEW LANGUAGE IS THE FIRST STEP IN JOB TRAINING, 20 OCCUPATIONALLY-ORIENTED UNITS OF INSTRUCTION IN READING AND RELATED SKILLS AND A SECTION ON TEACHING THE COURSE ARE OUTLINED. UNITS, PLANNED FOR 20 40-HOUR…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Arithmetic, Audiovisual Aids, Curriculum Guides
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1980
The Regents Competency Testing Program has been designed to assure that all students develop adequate skills in reading comprehension, writing, and mathematics before graduation from high school in New York. This bulletin provides information on two of the program's three basic elements that contribute to the accomplishment of this goal. First,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Graduation Requirements, Handicap Identification
Centre for Information and Advice on Educational Disadvantage, Manchester (England). – 1977
This paper summarizes the views expressed by various conference participants concerning current screening, diagnostics, and assessment procedures at the preschool, infant school, and junior school levels. The variety of practices employed by different educational psychologists, advisors, and teachers at different levels are discussed. References…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Diagnosis
ROSENBERG, LEON A.; STROUD, MICHAEL
A STUDY EXAMINED THE VALIDITY OF TWO BRIEF INTELLIGENCE SCALES, THE PEABODY PICTURE VOCABULARY TEST (PPVT) AND THE COLUMBIA MENTAL MATURITY SCALE (CMMS), TO SEE IF THESE TESTS OVERESTIMATED THE INCIDENCE OF INTELLECTUAL RETARDATION AMONG POVERTY AREA CHILDREN. THESE TWO TESTS AND AN EXPERIMENTAL MEASURE OF INTELLIGENCE, THE JOHNS HOPKINS…
Descriptors: Culture Fair Tests, Economically Disadvantaged, Grade 1, Group Testing
Fletcher, John; Ree, Malcolm J. – 1976
A total of 2,052 US high school boys and girls, selected from 10 geographical regions, were tested on consecutive half days using the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Form 2 and ASVAB Form 5. Effects of fatigue, training, environment and proctorial variation were minimized by experimental design. An extensive program of optical…
Descriptors: Aptitude Tests, Armed Forces, High School Students, Measurement Instruments
