After a study determined that elementary students spent more than one-fifth of each day in noninstructional activities, the Austin Independent School District initiated changes that have increased the amount of time students spend on instruction and also increased student test accuracy. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the findings of the Westinghouse Report and suggests they be considered a limited and partial description of the effects of using Head Start to educate children. (DR)

Presented at the summer 1969 seminar on Aesthetics in Education held at the Boston University School of Education. (EJS)

Internal validity of Title I evaluation models is discussed. Model A is theoretically vulnerable to threats due to maturation, instrumentation, statistical regression, and various interactions with selection; Model B is free from threats if properly implemented; Model C is threatened by selection x maturation interactions and instrumentation. (RL)

The citations presented in this article for research and resource materials on community college services and learning activities were selected to provide information regarding Extended Opportunity Program and Services (EOP&S) and Welfare-to-Work program development, implementation, and assessment. This bibliography has broad implications for…

Each year, Austin Independent School District Department of Research and Evaluation (DRE) staff develop a plan of work to describe the scope of work for the coming year. The plans that make up this document identify programs to be evaluated and services to be provided by DRE staff and provide the blueprints for evaluation that staff will follow…

This review and analysis of a report by the National Institute of Education on compensatory education addresses the question of allocation of funds under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. It describes the Title I formula and its effectiveness in allocating federal education funds, and analyzes some alternatives to the current…

This document is an edited transcript of a preschool educator's criticism of the Westinghouse Report on the federal Head Start program. The following points are made: (1) evaluations should be planned at the time the program is planned and this was not the case with the Westinghouse Report, and (2) an evaluation program should measure the factors…

A questionnaire concerning teacher characteristics and compensatory reading programs is presented. (CK)

A questionnaire designed to provide information on individual students to whom compensatory reading instruction is rendered is presented. (CK)

A questionnaire designed to elicit information about reading instruction and the group(s) to which such instruction is provided is presented. The questionnaire aims at providing information about classes. (CK)

Describes the development of a model playground by the Adams County, Colorado, Head Start Program, giving particular attention to local contributions, physical features of equipment and playground, and ways children use the playground for motor, dramatic, social, and constructive play. (RH)

Contemplating the question Can we be both equal and excellent in adult education?'' lead to the conclusion that no conflict need exist because the terms have no absolute meaning--only different sets of meanings which are relative to those defining them and to certain historical, situational, institutional, cultural and social factors. (Author/SA)