Metropolitan Achievement Tests (MAT) and Otis-Lennon Mental Ability Tests were administered to elementary school students of the Oklahoma City Public Schools. Results of the testing are presented in tables and consist of: elementary school test results as compared to the national means in reading, language, and mathematics; a comparison of scores…

This Arkansas State Annual Evaluation Report on programs, projects, services, and activities funded in whole or in part under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act for Fiscal Year 1973 is organized into four parts. Part One, "Basic Statistics" includes sub-sections focusing on the following topics: Local educational…

This State of Wyoming evaluation report on programs, projects, services, and activities funded in whole or in part under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III, is divided into two parts. Part 1 includes summaries of the implications and recommendations drawn from on-site visits to each of the projects, including such projects as…

The differential effects of the experimental revision of Level 1 of the Peabody Language Development Kits (PLDK) on the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA) profiles of disadvantaged first-grade children were studied. Contrasted with 203 control subjects were 529 experimental subjects who received a daily 30-minute oral language…

This handbook is intended as a guide for the development of self-instructional programs in languages not generally taught in colleges and universities. Guidelines are offered for the choice of languages, the ordering of materials, and recruitment of students, native speakers, and examiners. Approximate cost per language is indicated. Appendices…

The most promising and significant utilization of computer science in school districts is said to be in the domain of curricular decision making. The potential for humanizing instruction for students and refining the content and make-up of curricular offerings is particularly emphasized. A step-by-step decision making method is advanced as…

This selective bibliography cites references pertaining to early childhood education from "Research in Education" (RIE) and "Current Index to Journals in Education" (CIJE). The bibliography is divided into three sections. The first two sections contain references from RIE and CIJE from spring 1967 through spring 1973; the last…

This study presents the 1973-1974 evaluation findings for the New Jersey individually Guided Education (IGE) process. Student outcomes in the cognitive and affective domain were investigated in the IGE setting and in the control setting. Additionally, factors which may facilitate a long-term commitment to the IGE process were examined. Included in…

National data was obtained from 9-year-old, 13-year-old, 17-year-old, and 26 through 35-year-old populations in order to determine academic achievement in nine subject areas. For each age population, group data was calculated and reported by region, sex, color, parents' educational level, and size and type of community. The application of singular…

Bilingual classes in grades K-5 in the San Marcos and Harlandale (Texas) school districts comprise this bilingual education program. Most of the pupils come from Spanish-speaking homes with low socioeconomic-educational background; however, a certain proportion of the San Marcos pupils are Anglos. Program objectives include preventing educational…

Monthly testing based on a counterbalanced matrix sampling plan in one psychomotor, three affective, and five cognitive areas provides a continuous picture of the development of native American children enrolled in three distinct curricula. Of the nine scales, one showed negative, two showed insignificant, and six showed significant positive…

The purpose of this study was to seek conclusive data for answering the following research question: To what extent can the attitudes of community colleges students be improved through the systematic application of commercially produced attitude change packages? Eight California community colleges conducted an experiment using a variety of…

Concerned with Southern populations of open-country rural areas, the objectives of this study were: (1) identification of changes in quality of life of the study population since 1960; (2) delineation of those aspects of quality of life considered inadequate by the residents; and (3) testing of the hypothesis that community leaders, due to their…

This manual is designed to accompany Pennsylvania Educational Quality Assessment (EQA) secondary school reports for a district. The manual is not intended to stand alone; it is an aid to school administrators and other staff members for understanding the reports of their respective schools. Information includes: participating school,…

This report discusses the work accomplished during fiscal year 1973 by the Providence Portuguese-English Bilingual Test Development Project, the purpose of which was to develop a series of ability tests useful to Portuguese-English programs. English as a second language (ESL) and Portuguese as a second language (PSL) achievement test videotapes…