This paper describes a computer-assisted instruction program which was used in a senior high school local government course. In the fall of 1978, a contract was worked out between four senior American government students who were also studying fifth year mathematics. In return for writing a computer program on local government, which would count…

Results of the evaluation of Title I and Impact Aid programs conducted in District 27, Queens, New York, are presented in this report. Program components described include: (1) reading resource centers organized in 14 Title I elementary schools and 4 junior high and intermediate schools as well as the Impact Guidance Program operated in…

The evaluation of the third year of Project OMEGA, an experience-based career education project, focused on three general areas of student ability: career education knowledge, basic skills, and competency in career areas. Experimental and control groups were assessed using the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills, Career Education Skills Tests, and…

The study of early school leavers was the first phase of a three-year project which looked at the social processes implicated in the transition from school to work or to further education. Data for the study was obtained by mail questionnaire during the summer of 1978-79 from an Australia-wide sample of 4,919 individuals who were between seventeen…

The 1973 British Green Paper on post-school education is considered with respect to emphasis in higher and further education, the structure of higher and further education, the comprehensive principle, and recurrent education principles. The Green Paper recommended the restructuring of the education of the post-16-year-olds into two sectors based…

An alternative high school is proposed to meet the needs of the substantial number of Yuma students who are dropping out of school at increasing rates. In the period from 1974 to 1978 enrollment at Yuma's 2 high schools increased by only 8% while the drop-out rate increased by 56%. Enrollment figures show that the drop-out rate is highest in grade…

In order to compose equivalent certification tests in the basic skills in reading, mathematics calculations and applications, and writing for high school graduation requirements, the San Jose Unified School District, California, used the Rasch computer program to arrive at the scaled difficulty level of test items. The procedure for achieving a…

As part of a series of annual evaluations of the knowledge, understanding, skills, and attitudes of Massachusetts public-school students, this report represents the assessment of basic skills attainment of grade 12 students. The first three chapters contain a summary of the design and methodology of the testing program. The remaining five chapters…

This junior high school career education curriculum guide contains lesson plans intended to serve as a basis for a nine-week minicourse in career education. Sixteen lesson plans are included in the guide: (1) Social Security, (2) A Career Is Calling, (3) Stereotyping, (4) Values Clarification, (5) Decision-Making, (6) Aptitude Tests, (7) Career…

This plan of instruction, lesson plans, and study guides and workbooks for a secondary-postsecondary-level course in carpentry is one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instruction and curriculum development in a civilian setting. Purpose stated for the 233.5-hour course is to provide…

These student materials--study guides, handouts (some are manuals), a workbook, and programmed texts--for a secondary-postsecondary-level course for communications computer programmer are one of a number of military-developed curriculum packages selected for adaptation to vocational instruction and curriculum development in a civilian setting. A…

THE HOMEWORK HELPER PROGRAM INVOLVES APPROXIMATELY 250 ACADEMICALLY SUPERIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO ARE TUTORING APPROXIMATELY 600 FOURTH- AND FIFTH-GRADE RETARDED READERS. THE PURPOSES ARE TO PROVIDE MODELS SO THAT THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN CAN IDENTIFY WITH SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS, TO GIVE THE CHILDREN HELP WITH BASIC SKILLS, TO ENCOURAGE…

THE ORIGINS OF MASS POPULAR EDUCATION IN NINETEENTH-CENTURY MASSACHUSETTS ARE STUDIED IN TERMS OF THE RELATION BETWEEN REFORMER IDEOLOGY AND STYLE OF REFORM WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF FUNDAMENTAL ALTERATIONS IN THE LIFE CONDITIONS IN MASSACHUSETTS. THREE SIGNIFICANT EVENTS ARE ANALYZED IN DETAIL--(1) ABOLITION OF BEVERLY HIGH SCHOOL IN 1860, (2) ATTACK…

THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA, BOARD OF EDUCATION TRACES THE HISTORY OF SCHOOL DESEGREGATION IN BERKELEY. HE DESCRIBES THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE COMMUNITY, THE PROCEDURE FOR SCHOOL FUNDING, AND THE CHANGE IN MAKEUP OF THE BOARD FROM "CONSERVATIVE" TO "LIBERAL." UNDER THE AEGIS OF A MORE PROGRESSIVE BOARD,…

THE STUDY FOLLOWED THE COLLEGE AND NONCOLLEGE CAREERS OF 10,000 HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES FOR FOUR YEARS THROUGH PATTERNS OF WORK, COLLEGE, AND MARRIAGE, AND FOCUSED ON THE IMPACT OF COLLEGE VERSUS EMPLOYMENT ON CHANGE OF VALUES AND ATTITUDES. EVENTUAL COLLEGE PERSISTERS DID NOT DIFFER WIDELY FROM THEIR CLASSMATES ON PERSONALITY SCALES ADMINISTERED IN…