THIS REPORT EVALUATES THE PROGRESS OF 14 PILOT INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS ORGANIZED IN SEPTEMBER 1966 INTO EITHER A 6-7-8 OR A 5-6-7 GRADE STRUCTURE. NINE OF THE SCHOOLS SERVE CHILDREN IN ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AREAS. A SPECIALLY REVISED CURRICULUM WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE PILOT SCHOOLS AT THE SIXTH-GRADE LEVEL. EXTENSIVE TEACHER TRAINING PRECEDED…

INTENDED FOR THERAPISTS, THE BOOK FOCUSES ON WAYS OF HELPING THE CHILD WHO STUTTERS TO MODIFY HIS BEHAVIOR. THE APPROACH, AN OPERATIONAL ONE, IS PRESENTED, AND THE NATURE AND CONDITIONS OF RESPONSIBLE THERAPY ARE DESCRIBED. DIAGNOSTIC AND EVALUATIVE PROCEDURES ARE PRESENTED. THERAPY IS ELABORATED FOR THE MODIFICATION OF INCIPIENT STUTTERING, THE…

The 15 educational objectives presented here were arrived at through a process for long-range, continuous effort to improve education in South Carolina. This process included a needs assessment that identified 25 educational needs, examination of those needs by the State Board of Education, reduction of the needs to 15, prioritization of the 15…

A third party evaluation was conducted of the first phase, 1976-77, of the three-year Appalachian Maryland Experienced Based Career Education Project (EBCE). During this year, the project provided combined learning activities outside and within the classroom for twenty-four twelfth grade students. These experimental students and twenty-three…

To identify the perceived counseling and guidance needs of students as expressed by students, teachers, and administrators, a project was conducted to develop and field-test a set of needs appraisal instruments which would objectively determine the counseling and guidance needs for elementary, junior high, and secondary schools in Louisiana and…

A survey was carried out at the request of the London, Ontario, Board of Education in order to assess the attitudes of the London community toward the public school system French program. Thirteen groups were identified whose attitudes and opinions concerning French programming were to be sampled. Each group received one of the five forms of the…

Social studies education is irrelevant to most students and will not be improved by either of the two most frequently suggested solutions: teacher accountability and inservice programs. A better way of improving social studies programs is to reform teacher education. Problems currently facing teacher training include indifference on the part of…

During the 1974-75 school year, all second and third grade pupils in California were tested in reading achievement, and all pupils in grades 6 and 12 were tested in the basic skills of reading, written expression, and mathematics. The Reading Test: Second and Third Grades was the instrument used to assess reading achievement; it was developed…

This document records proceedings of the joint hearings on the Child and Family Services Act, 1974 (bills S.3754 and H.R.15882). The bills would provide for child care, health, nutritional, educational, and other services for children and their families on a voluntary basis. Included are the texts of both bills, a brief section-by-section analysis…

This document records proceedings of the joint hearings on the Child and Family Services Act, 1975 (bills S.626 and H.R.2966). The bills would provide for child care, health, nutritional, educational, and other services for children and their families on a voluntary basis. Included are the texts of both bills, witnesses' testimony of February 20,…

This document records proceedings of the joint hearings on the Child and Family Services Act, 1975 (bills S.626 and H.R.2966). Included are witnesses' testimony of February 21, 1975, statements presented, and additional information (including related publications and communications). (SB)

This document records proceedings of the joint hearings on the Child and Family Services Act, 1975 (bills S.626 and H.R.2966). Included are witnesses' testimony of March 12, 1975, statements presented, and additional information (including related publications, communications, and questions and answers). (SB)

This document records proceedings of the joint hearings on the Child and Family Services Act, 1975 (bills S.626 and H.R.2966). Included are witnesses' testimony of March 13, 1975, statements presented, and additional information (including related publications and communications). (SB)

This document records proceedings of the joint hearings on the Child and Family Services Act, 1975 (bills S.626 and H.R.2966). Included are witnesses' testimony on March 14, 1975, statements presented, and additional information (including related publications and communications). (SB)

This document records proceedings of the joint hearings on the Child and Family Services Act, 1975 (bills S.626 and H.R.2966). Included are witnesses' testimony of April 25 and 26, 1975, statements presented, and additional information (including related publications and communications). Appendices contain questions submitted to witnesses…