The article describes a kind of intelligence testing which assumes that the potential of a "retarded performer" may be greater than his demonstrated knowledge, and therefore tests him in the process of learning. (CD)

The author tries to refute all the misinterpretations of the law enacted by Congress which prohibits sex discrimination in education. He concludes that this law has achieved long due improvements in the status of women in colleges. (SE)

Problems and needs of unprepared adult learners are identified and purposes and processes for programs designed to hold them and encourage them on to more systematic study are outlined. Includes description of released time and multi-media programs at Sheffield University Department of Extra Mural Studies for trade unionists and housewives. (JT)

This article examines the practice of academic tracking--how it operates and how it is perceived in a school. An attempt is made to detail how the stigma generated by low track placement is managed by students. (Author/EB)

Teachers and testers should encourage children to repeat or restate verbal stimuli in order to enhance their comprehension. Changing the administration of a language comprehension test to include such restatement significantly raised the mean test scores of four- and five-year old Head Start children. (CTM)

Given the essence of the Bakke decision, it is now incumbant upon committed faculties in the nation's universities to continue to implement affirmative action policies which do, in fact, articulate race as a legitimate criterion for admission. (Author/EB)

By providing an educational alternative, Further Education or Adult Education was believed to be providing an alternative in social terms--that is, a form of education to which working-class youths had relatively easy access. Is the concept applicable to Scotland and does it provide an alternative route that is used by the working class? This…

Presents comments by a school board member regarding the obligation of educators to be accountable to parents for the quality of education their children receive. Concludes that equality of opportunity should not rest with the tax-raising ability of local school districts. (DB)

Findings of a study undertaken to discover conflicts that may exist between state consitutional and statutory provisions governing education, and federal laws and regulations in three areas: education of the handicapped, education of the disadvantaged (including migrant and bilingual) and vocational education. (Author/MLF)

Describes Dolci's most recent project, an experimental school for children of the peasant community in Partinico, in western Sicily. In no other place in Italy is public education available to children on a full-time basis. (Author/AM)

In 1974, the Parliamentary Select Committee on Race Relations and Immigration criticized Liverpools' education system, for leaving immigrants and their descendants at a disadvantage in school and out, for allowing their problems to go unrecognized in an atmosphere of self-satisfaction. Author just visited Liverpool, to find out how those…

The substance of current educational reform neglects disadvantaged students while their numbers have increased 30 percent since 1960. Raising standards without providing strategies for helping disadvantaged students will increase the already high dropout rate. Discusses ways to mobilize instructional and community resources for disadvantaged…

This article outlines the types of school programs that will build on the strengths of educationally disadvantaged students, bring them into the mainstream, and prepare them for economic, political, and social participation. (MT)

Discusses research on the impact of environment on identity and mentality, the need for major reform of practices at odds with American ideals of equality, and overcoming biased research. Calls for further research on the impact of difference and unequal treatment on learning. (KH)

Presents a model for simultaneously addressing the problems of illiteracy and the counseling requirements of the skill training programs in Third World countries. The model includes advisory committees, needs analysis, staff development and training, program assessment, and a placement and follow-up component. (KH)