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Download full textvan der Linden, Wim J. – 1987
The use of Bayesian decision theory to solve problems in test-based decision making is discussed. Four basic decision problems are distinguished: (1) selection; (2) mastery; (3) placement; and (4) classification, the situation where each treatment has its own criterion. Each type of decision can be identified as a specific configuration of one or…
Descriptors: Bayesian Statistics, Classification, Decision Making, Foreign Countries
Gross, Susan – 1984
The Mark Twain School in Rockville, Maryland serves emotionally disturbed students in Grades 5 through 12 whose severity of emotional problems seriously impairs their successful functioning in regular classes. The Department of Educational Accountability has conducted a study of characteristics of students served in the Mark Twain School and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Problems, Emotional Disturbances, Followup Studies
Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA. Kennedy School of Government. – 1984
This document summarizes the proceedings of a conference of urban leaders on public-private collaborative efforts to address the problems of inner-city high schools. Findings presented and opinions expressed at sessions on the following topics are outlined: (1) education funds; (2) city-wide umbrella organizations; (3) goal setting--tying jobs and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives, High Schools
Mertens, Donna M. – 1986
Two studies were designed to examine the effect of school placement (specifically, mainstreamed versus self-contained classrooms) on the social development of hearing-impaired high school youth. In the first study, 85 hearing-impaired high school students (some in self-contained classrooms, and others mainstreamed) were assessed on measures of…
Descriptors: Emotional Adjustment, Hearing Impairments, High School Students, High Schools
South Carolina State Council on Vocational and Technical Education, Columbia. – 1986
This report, the third in a series of studies of South Carolina's vocational education system, summarizes the results of a statewide survey of approximately 350 vocational center directors, guidance and placement personnel, and vocational teachers on the issue of how vocational education can best meet the needs of some 30,000 low achieving…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Counselor Attitudes, Educational Attitudes, Educational Diagnosis
Nebraska Technical Community Coll. Association, Lincoln. – 1987
This annual report provides a general review of the significant activities and accomplishments of the Nebraska Technical Community College Association (NTCCA) during 1986, as well as enrollment, placement, program, and financial data on the Nebraska Technical Community College Areas. The report begins with an overview of the membership,…
Descriptors: Board of Education Role, College Programs, Community Colleges, Economic Development
McPartland, James M. – 1987
This study tests the general hypothesis that there is no single best way to organize a middle school to meet the variety of needs of early adolescent students. Using data from a sample of 433 schools in the Pennsylvania Educational Quality Assessment, it examines the effects of self-contained classroom instruction and departmentalization on two…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Class Organization, Class Size, Departments
Passmore, David L. – 1987
A study used the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Force Experience Youth Cohort to determine the labor market consequences for young people of acquiring a General Educational Development (GED) degree in 1985. Three major consequences of receiving a GED were examined: labor force participation, employment status, and hourly wages. The…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employment Level, Entry Workers, High School Equivalency Programs
Sisk, Dorothy – 1984
Provisions for gifted student identification and educational programming in Australia, the USSR, Venezuela, Brazil, Indonesia, Israel, and the Peoples Republic of China, and the United Kingdom are discussed. Concern for locating and serving the gifted is apparent in all these countries. Issues and program efforts in gifted education are quite…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Diagnosis, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education
Mitchell, Tom – 1987
In recognition of the need to increase academic standards in its freshman composition course and expand its remedial English offerings, Laredo Junior College (LJC) in Texas developed a three-level remedial English program, with the lowest level focusing on sentence writing, the middle level on paragraph writing, and the upper level on essay…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, High Risk Students
McGehee, T. J.; And Others – 1986
Underlying structure of the Basic Achievement Skills Individual Screener (BASIS) and the Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement (K-TEA) were investigated using canonical correlation. Both are individually administered placement and screening instruments currently in use in many school systems that measure achievement in mathematics, reading, and…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Correlation, Diagnostic Tests
Hull, William L.; McCaslin, N. L. – 1987
A study examined placement as a key indicator of commitment to occupational preparation in secondary education. The study focuses on the different amounts and types of support received for placement services in different types of schools, the effect of type of school (rural, urban, or suburban) on the placement services available, and the personal…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship, Job Placement, Program Content
Betsey, Charles L., Ed.; And Others – 1985
This study is an evaluation of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act (YEDPA) which was in effect from 1977-1981. The first chapter summarizes the youth employment problem and draws conclusions and makes recommendations based upon the data in the report. The next chapter draws a detailed picture of the youth unemployment problem,…
Descriptors: Blacks, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Cohen, Allan S. – 1985
Placement testing programs are generally designed to place students into courses for which they are best prepared, to reduce administrative costs due to students dropping and adding courses because of poor placement decisions, and to provide faculty with information concerning students' levels of preparation well in advance of the first day of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission (School), Educational Diagnosis, Educational Policy
Stowitschek, Carole E. – 1985
This booklet serves as an introduction to the special education process in North Dakota as well as a parent's guide to rights and services provided under the law. The document begins with a brief description of Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, and the process for receiving special education services. Section II…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Due Process, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education
