Research investigated the feasibility of a diagnostic media test system. Two distinct tests were developed for sixth grade and university populations, each having: 1) a main phase with three specific teaching sequences, one for each media form; 2) test items for each teaching sequence; and 3) a validation phase with one teaching sequence…

To investigate the feasibility of applying benefit-cost analysis to poverty programs, participants in Job Corps and Neighborhood Youth Corps Out of School programs were surveyed. Program participants were compared with control groups of accepted applicants who did not show up for enrollment. Program effects were measured in terms of economic and…

Little is known about the extent of private skill training, with regard to the number and characteristics of trainees, the programs, or their costs. Yet Federal policies need to be based on full knowledge of existing private efforts. This survey was conducted to determine the feasibility of conducting a national mail survey of employers and to…

This study attempted to determine the feasibility of adopting out budgeting, the English term for a management system using planning-programing-budgeting system (PPBS) techniques, for the Department of Education and Science, and the appropriate form of system to be used. The study team concluded that output budgeting would be practicable for all…

To overcome communications failures which tend to impede useful educational change and to achieve the goal of an educationally informed public, the feasibility of a Communications Coalition was investigated. Two other long term goals were identified: to promote a national concern for educational change and to design a system which would be…

A study was conducted to investigate and measure the foreignness of ten languages. Forty-five listeners judged the relative foreignness of 2,250 paired utterances, and ordinal scales were made from their judgments. The purpose of the investigation was to determine the feasibility of the development of an auditory, foreign-language aptitude test…

The report of the feasibility study for construction of a second high school in the Snowflake Union High School District includes discussions of student population data, educational factors, high cost factors for school operations, the educational planning process, and second high school plant facility needs. Based on outcomes of the feasibility…

Using data gathered from 15 local agencies, this study sought to identify the number of physically handicapped individuals who could benefit from educational experiences in existing technical and occupational programs in the city colleges of Chicago. Answers were sought to questions such as the following: (1) What are the categories of…

This study explored the feasibility of using unemployed persons with engineering backgrounds in industries contributing to health care. According to the researchers, nearly 15,000 jobs for persons with engineering backgrounds could be generated in the health field over the next three years if an active program of job development were initiated. In…

A 4-phase project, this study was conducted to determine the feasibility of a bilingual vocational skill training program for out-of-school youth and adults of the Perth Amboy Hispanic community. Sampled were 494 out-of-school youth and adults in the area. Findings include: (1) There is a significant need for an adult vocational skills training…

Concerned with the possible redesign of training incentives developed by the Neighborhood Youth Corp (NYC) for use in its former project so as to enhance program desirability for trainees who have difficulty sustaining training programs, 149 disadvantaged NYC applicants were asked to rank their preferences among ten luxury and basic items as…

This study examines the costs and operating problems associated with a national center which in response to telephone calls would provide any one of 1000 five or six minute recorded messages; in this case there are envisaged to be on patient-care problems. The phone calls are assumed to arrive via Inward Wide Area Telephone Service (INWATS) lines…

This report provides statistical and narrative data on innovative projects and methods developed in Fairfax County's Center for Effecting Educational Change. These study activities focused on effecting changes in the kindergarten, child study, fine and performing arts, and educational technology programs. A broad outline provides an overview of…

This document, the result of research conducted to resolve some of the confusion surrounding the question of merit pay, synthesizes information and professional opinion about teacher compensation. The material is presented in two major sections, one devoted to the concept of merit pay and the other to a discussion of alternative methods of…

A feasibility study was made of the Gallup/Kettering plan for support in locally conducted surveys of public opinion about the public schools by implementing the plan in Richmond, Virginia. The methods used in the local survey, as well as the findings and conclusions of the feasibility study, are reported in this document. A related document is ED…