Opinions of the general public and of special interest groups on the subject of day care are examined. The opinions are discussed as to concept of day care, family versus center care, location, grouping, program cost, and staff. The special interest groups studied were child development professionals, minority groups, industry, and women's…

The work of this Panel for the Evaluation of Experimental Literacy Projects was the assessing of how the pattern of evaluation it had previously formulated had been applied in the Experimental World Literacy Programme (EWLP). In the judgment of the Panel, by 1974 evaluation specialists will be able to present a report that will enable Member…

The study estimated costs to the State of Pennsylvania and to local school districts for establishing and maintaining instructional materials media centers including materials and personnel. Results indicated that State subsidized regional media centers would be less costly for both the State and local districts and that the range of available…

The training complex is conceived as a new kind of mechanism within which teachers will be trained with the assistance of protocol and training materials. It is to be operated by a consortium of universities, schools, and other agencies. Each training complex would be the core of an Educational Service District, which would be responsible for…

This report examines in detail the cost-estimating model developed for a study of reading-program costs, undertaken as part of a large-scale evaluation of compensatory reading programs. Results of the cost-analysis were presented in a separate report. Here, the confidence which can be placed in the cost-assessment model is evaluated in terms of…

Physical, emotional, and health-related social problems impede the usefulness of the school experience for many children. Effective health education programs and health services in the schools would help to alleviate many of these problems. (Author/GC)

The evaluation stage in instructional design should extend beyond the preparation of tests to measure student learning to include evaluation of such outcomes as program costs, program effectiveness and efficiency, student attitudes and opinions, teacher and staff reactions, and follow-up evaluations. (CMV)

The latest data on public expenditures show that since 1973 world expenditures on education have exceeded military expenditures in developed nations, but that the opposite situation prevails in developing nations. Beginning with 1965, this article summarizes these expenditures for the world as a whole, including developed and developing nations.…

Examines a three-tiered class structure: a mass lecture followed by small group instruction followed by student-directed discussion sessions. Course evaluations by staff and students were generally favorable to this approach. Discusses the design of other economically efficient educational processes. For journal availability, see SO 506 073. (JK)

Giving a child the chance to select and keep a book for her or his very own is the Federal Inexpensive Book Distributions Program's strategy for stimulating an interest in reading. (Editor)

Briefly summarizes the development of programs for young handicapped children primarily through the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (BEH), surveys seven nationally validated models for educating young, handicapped children, reviews characteristics of exemplary programs, and discusses the replication of one exemplary program, particularly…

The author discusses the problems associated with the rules and regulations governing the "set-asides" and "excess costs" for programs for handicapped and disadvantaged students in vocational education as set forth in P.L. 94-482. He explains that the rules may limit rather than expand these programs and delineates six elements…

Compares the cost-effectiveness of two delivery systems for elementary learning-disabled students--the self-contained special learning disabilities classroom, and the regular classroom with resource room or learning center. (JG)