This module is one of twelve individualized performance-based modules, each based on a major competency needed by vocational administrators for effectively administering vocational education in local education agencies. The module focuses on developing competency in the following area and subareas: organizing and directing a continuous and…

This module is one of twelve individualized performance-based modules, each based on a major competency needed by vocational administrators for effectively administering vocational education in local education agencies. Designed to prepare local leaders for evaluation activities in vocational centers, comprehensive high schools, and community…

During the 1968-72 years, Northwestern Junior High School had the reputation of the "most racially troubled" junior high school in Battle Creek, Michigan. The BACSTOP (Better Acquisition of Cognitive Skills Through Outdoor Programming) was implemented to address some of the negative problems facing the school. BACSTOP aimed to: create a…

In January 1972, The Government of Sri Lanka reorganized the formal school system from 8-2-2 to 5-4-2 and introduced a new common curriculum to the junior secondary level in all schools. The National Certificate in General Education Examination (NCGE) was administered in December to the first group of pupils completing the new program. This study…

Presented are the proceedings of three concurrent training institutes conducted to better prepare professional workers in vocational education to meet the needs of rural disadvantaged students through secondary, postsecondary, and adult vocational education programs in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. Included are the program objectives,…

This report reviews activities of a research project having the following objectives: identify selected personal characteristics of Iowa vocational agriculture students; determine how important students thought their vocational agriculture supervised occupation experience (SOE) was in developing occupational abilities; and determine how important…

This report analyzes enrollment figures at the Sunnyvale Center, one of the De Anza College Extended Campus satellite sites, from fall 1977 to spring 1978 in order to establish a course charting model that allows for historical consistency in examining course, instructor, and site success. In addition, the report reviews the operation and growth…

The Classroom Activity Files and Day Care and Home Learning Activities Files contain approximately 900 learning activites each, and were designed to promote competencies in children at different developmental ages. Twelve Head Start, kindergarten and preschool programs participated in a field study to evaluate the usability, content, and…

A guide is presented for the evaluation of the bilingual programs in the Austin, Texas, Independent School District. The reasons for an evaluation and a definition of program objectives and evaluation instruments are given. The program components, objectives and evaluation instruments for each grade level (K-4) are listed. The components involved…

A national study was conducted to accomplish three objectives: (1) describe the organization and governance of state and local agencies and delivery systems for vocational education; (2) describe the basic provisions by which the capital and operating costs of vocational education are funded; and (3) describe the status of the nation's vocational…

A summary report is presented of the first of two interviews with a random sample of parents of kindergarten and third grade students in the project. Undertaken as part of the evaluation of the Parental Involvement Component of the ESAA Bilingual/Bicultural Project, the interviews had a twofold objective: (1) to measure the degree of home support…

Various programs listed under the categories of instructional components, supportive components, and summer activities are evaluated here. Programs under instructional components include corrective reading programs, primary-intermediate mathematics, neglected children's institutional programs, business education for delinquent children, and…

This evaluation report identifies recent trends of Title I and examines their cost. The question said to be addressed is whether Title I financed activities in Georgia have any positive effect on the learning outcomes of participating children. Chapters deal with basic statistics for FY 74, pupil participation, expenditures, impact on achievement,…

The evaluation summary covers the first year's operation of the Appalachia Educational Laboratory's Employer-Based Career Education (AEL/EBCE) program. The report's first section describes the student, employer-related, and parent-related goals of the program; program operation and costs; and replication concerns (transportation, costs per…

The Peace Corps has probably had the most comprehensive system ever developed for large-scale selection of personnel; by 1973, nearly 400,000 persons had applied for appearance. During much of its history, a Division of Research has been operative; the monograph surveys most of the publications of that division as well as a number of other studies…