The general purpose of this conference was to examine the current views and programs regarding new dimensions in educational and job placement services. Participants from five states attended the conference, held at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia. The report reproduces the complete texts of speeches…

In order to assess the effectiveness of the Survey of Reading Achievement Examination in placing freshmen into various levels of freshman English and in predicting scholastic achievement as measured by English grades and total grade point average (GPA), a study was made of 301 Los Angeles City College students chosen at random from the total…

The report describes a 3-year, ongoing pilot project designed to devise a remedial educational program for 10 autistic elementary school children (5- to 12-years-old) that would prepare some students for subsequent entry into regular or special education public school classes. Described is a typical daily schedule emphasizing individual…

Presented is the last of 12 instructional kits, on accountability, for a performance based teacher education program which was developed by Project CHILD, a research effort to validate identification, intervention, and teacher education programs for language handicapped children. Included in the kit are directions for preassessment tasks for six…

Presented is a digest of state and federal laws relating to education of handicapped children. Provided in Part 1 is information on the laws of the 50 states and the District of Columbia under the following subject categories: right to an education, population, definitions, identification and placement, administrative responsibility, planning,…

Described in this 1955 document is the initiation of school integration in the District of Columbia immediately following the 1954 Supreme Court school desegregation decision. The report presents information about the desegregation process in terms of pupil assignment and extent of interracial classes, teacher and administrator integration, parent…

The 109-item College Diagnostic Questionnaire (CDQ) was designed to assess student attitudes toward a variety of activities occurring before classes begin at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). The CDQ was administered to the 4,502 freshmen (58% of the total freshmen class) who attended the College Diagnostic Testing Session…

The research was designed to determine the net effect of changes by students from one curriculum to another as measured by grades and expressed satisfaction with choices, in order to obtain information to be used in counseling. On the basis of information from the Office of Associate Dean for Instruction in the College of Agriculture, the…

This project's goal was the placement of diversely handicapped students at the secondary level in suitable vocational programs which would lead to eventual employment. The technique employed to discover the aptitudes of these special students was work sampling, which is a vocational evaluation procedure utilizing "hands on" experiences,…

This manual presents a planning and implementation process for counselors' use in career guidance, counseling and placement programming. The Kansas Action Model for Career Guidance, Counseling, and Placement illustrates a process for effective programming which includes Needs Identification, Plan Development, and Implenentation and Follow Through.…

The California State University and Colleges English Placement Test was designed to provide information about the reading and writing skills of newly admitted college students. The validity of this measure is examined. (Author/JKS)

Institutions are unique in many features such as programs and academic and social climate. In order to maintain the opportunity to present these unique features, institutions need to demonstrate their capability to devise methods for improving information dissemination, independent of government pressure. (Author)

The dean of institutional research at the nation's largest community college reviews the advantages and pitfalls of credit-by-examination in this report of student answers to a survey of attitudes toward the CLEP exams. Most replied that they would repeat their experiences with CLEP and judged the General Examinations to be adequate. (LBH)

This study analyzes the differences in academic achievement of American Indian students who had been in the Indian Placement Program compared with those who had not, as measured by grade point averages at Brigham Young University. Reservation students not on the program had lowest GPAs; the number of years in the program had a positive…

The article focuses on administrative policy issues related to reintegration of students with emotional and behavioral difficulties from special into mainstream schools in England. Based on the results of interviews with administrators and teachers, readiness factors are discussed and administrative guidelines to prepare for reentry are outlined.…