In order to compile a population profile of actual writing skills demonstrated by first-semester freshman composition students during the opening and closing weeks of their courses, a pre- and post-test survey was made of 16 classes of freshmen among eight community colleges and three universities in the greater Los Angeles area. Theses and…

THE OAKLEAF PROJECT WAS A COOPERATIVE STUDY OF THE PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN MAKING PROVISION FOR INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF REGULAR SCHOOL OPERATIONS. THE OAKLEAF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN SUBURBAN PITTSBURGH WAS USED AS A LABORATORY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT AND TRIAL OF A PROGRAM FOR INDIVIDUALLY PRESCRIBED INSTRUCTION (IPI). THE IPI…

This is the third in a series of four reports from Toronto's 1975 Every Student Survey. This report describes the relationships between students' social and demographic background and program placement in the elementary and secondary school in the Toronto school system. Its purpose is to examine the relationships between program placement and both…

This document describes the role and importance of the continuously evolving technical community college, its social milieu and the characteristics of its students, the importance of and the need for expansion of dissensual disciplines, and the role of placement personnel. A model for teaching in the technical community college is suggested, based…

This study was designed to determine if there were significant differences in the opinions of two groups of student teachers regarding their teaching experience. One group completed student teaching in a teacher/teaching center, the other completed student teaching outside of a teacher/teaching center. Their opinions were measured with twelve…

This project was developed from an overall need in Humacao, Puerto Rico, for an occupation information program at all levels of the educational system to provide more knowledge about the new employment opportunities resulting from Humacao's changing labor market. Since prior to project implementation, schools were characterized by no activities…

The career education program for special needs students in California's Orange Unified School District provides K-12 comprehensive career instruction, leading to student work experience placement in the senior high grades. The article describes the program's goals, curriculum units, and outcomes during its first two years. (MF)

Provided is a collection of materials relating to educational programs and services for hearing impaired children. (SBH)

Occupational status of local education agency coordinators of special education (N=16), local education agency central office administrators (N=13), and university professors of special education (N=14) who served as due process hearing officers in Alabama did not affect their placement decisions after reading vignettes describing problem children…

A national survey of state coordinators of specialized service programs for children with deaf-blindness examined program characteristics including administrative structure, teacher certification requirements, technical assistance, eligibility determination, educational placement, curricula/instructional settings, transition, and unmet educational…

Highlights ways community colleges have responded to demands for increased accountability through retention programs, placement testing, skills and goals assessment, learning laboratories and skill centers, and the use of computer technology to collect and analyze data on student outcomes and individualized instruction. (DMM)

Examines variation in the methods used to assign students to classrooms and teachers in a small but highly diversified sample of elementary schools. Gives explicit attention to parental influence on pupil assignments as well as to effects of having an unusually incompetent or excellent teacher at a particular grade level. (NH)

Examines the relationship between developmental placement as a result of preschool and kindergarten developmental testing and children's later cognitive achievement and social-emotional growth. A total of 223 children in Grades two through six were coded as traditional, overplaced, or "Buy a Year" depending on Gesell Screening Test…

Examines the effects of school types and ability grouping within school types on individual student performance. Results demonstrate that students in high ability groups gain more and students in low ability groups gain less over a five-year period than they would be expected had they not been separated into ability groups. (Author/PS)

Continues the argument against tracking and ability grouping in schools. Traces circumstances and beliefs leading to this system of handling student diversity and shows how these factors obstruct schools' efforts to achieve two highly valued goals: academic excellence and equal opportunity. Suggests alternative approaches. (MLH)