Intended to help institutions place their entering students in regular freshman English composition courses, the Test of Standard Written English (TSWF) is most useful to colleges that also offer alternate courses designed to improve students' understanding of the material explored by the test. The Test of Standard Written English assesses…

This report describes the Bronx Community College (B.C.C.) freshmen class entering in September 1975, in terms of high school grade average and scores on reading-English and mathematics placement tests. As of the fall of 1974, B.C.C. enrolled a markedly higher proportion of students with high school averages below 70 percent than any other college…

Described is the Merrill Area (Wisconsin) Public School district's plan to develop and provide the necessary program and classes to meet the needs of behaviorally and emotionally disturbed students. Brief sections cover the following topics: program philosophy (provision of adequate education to each child); definition of the emotionally or…

Certain college policies and procedures in admissions, financial aid, and placement and credit by examination are summarized. Most of the colleges supplied the information on admissions and financial aid in the summer and fall of 1974 for the current edition of "The College Handbook", published by the College Board in September 1975.…

General information about job placement services for high school students and suggestive measures for implementation are included in this brochure prepared for school personnel. Several reasons for utilizing placement services in public schools are offered as well as suggestions concerning the roles and responsibilities of the placement…

This 1970 study of higher education in the Republic of Vietnam looks at an educational system based on the old French colonial system, superimposed on the Chinese Mandarin system, with some evidence of change to prepare students for lives in a modern technological age. Each university and college in Vietnam is reviewed and recommendations for…

Briefly described are educational and medical clinical services and evaluation procedures for hearing impaired, visually impaired, and deaf-blind children in Ohio. The services are said to assess individual student needs and to facilitate educational placement and programing in special education classes or at state schools for the blind or the…

Given to aid administrators are standardized state-wide (Hawaii) procedures for implementing Rule 49 (1973), intended to ensure due process during changes in the educational status of exceptional students. Thirteen samples of state forms and form letters (including reference number and general and specific instructions for completion) are…

The degree of satisfaction or dissatisfaction with placement of some 1,300 students in modern language courses at the University of Washington, Seattle, is ascertained at the conclusion of a semester's study. Discussion of the means used for placement in five freshman and sophomore language courses is contrasted with results of a questionnaire…

This survey of member institutions of the Association of University Evening Colleges and the National University Extension Association sought to determine the prevalence of giving credit or advanced standing by examination, what instruments are used for such purposes, any tendency to favor the application of credit or advanced standing to either…

For two consecutive years (1965-67), the Hartford, Connecticut ESEA Project 1 furnished over 1400 non-English-speaking pupils with "expanded services designed to provide a substantial portion of the school population with a functional grasp of the English language." This population represented an estimated six percent of Hartford's total…

To measure school achievements in spina bifida children, to relate these measures to certain variables, to obtain information on educational problems, and to study facets of cognition and its changes with age, 77 spina bifida children and 53 amputees (all aged 5 to 15) were tested. Sixty non-disabled children were at times used for controls. The…

This study analyzes Los Angeles City College (LACC) records for a six-semester period of students who took the Guidance Examination in fall 1970 and scored in the lowest quintile on both the vocabulary and reading sections of the examination. This score indicated that their reading level was at the eighth-grade level or lower. The students were…

Replies to a questionnaire relating to development programs in 40 community colleges and technical institutes in North Carolina and Virginia are provided. The questions that comprised the questionnaire were: (1) Describe your procedure for determining the math and English proficiencies of entering freshmen; (2) Do you require for those students…

This booklet contains suggestions for creating an effective, "custom-made" local unit of volunteers, using the educational and social action resources of the community for volunteer training. The suggestions are tailored to fit the flexible mode of operation of Church Women United in a wide variety of communities. The statements related…