As part of an ESEA Title III study of student reaction to modular scheduling at Abington High School-North Campus, 930 ninth grade students completed opinionnaires designed to test the hypothesis that most of the students favor modular scheduling and that there would be no significant differences in terms of sex, ability group, and sending school.…

This conference report presents the position taken by large cities in evaluating projects under ESEA Title I. Since this was the first educational legislation in history to call for evaluation at the local level of programs generated by Federal funds, most districts had little time to design project evaluation and to obtain adequate research…

Objective evaluation of school programs is a process in which a school staff collects information used to provide feedback as to whether or not a given set of objectives has been met. The Evaluative Programs for Innovativ e Curriculums (EPIC) four-step scheme of objective evaluation is based on a three-dimensional structure of variables…

IN A 3-YEAR ACTION RESEARCH PROJECT, IDEAS FOR A FARM BUSINESS INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAM WERE IDENTIFIED BY A PILOT GROUP OF YOUNG FARMERS AND TEACHERS WHO CONDUCTED THE PROGRAM. AFTER 1 YEAR, THE PROGRAM WAS EVALUATED THROUGH QUESTIONNAIRES AND INTERVIEWS WITH TEACHERS, YOUNG FARMERS, AND AGRICULTURAL AGENCY PERSONNEL INVOLVED. SOME FINDINGS…

OF 1,100 QUESTIONNAIRES SUBMITTED TO RANDOMLY SELECTED VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE STUDENTS, 394 OR 36 PERCENT WERE RETURNED TO PROVIDE INFORMATION FOR EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF AN EDUCATIONAL TELEVISION PROGRAM, "PRIDE OF PERFORMANCE," DESIGNED TO ENHANCE THE IMAGE OF VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND TO EVOKE GREATER STUDENT PARTICIPATION IN…

The Library Aides Program, an Elementary and Secondary Education Act project, was begun in 1966 in the Pittsburgh public and parochial schools to provide a trained aide to assist the librarian with general and paraprofessional duties. An evaluation of the public school program was conducted (1) to determine how librarians and library aides divide…

The Library Aide Program has been operating in the Pittsburgh public schools since 1966. The program was initiated to relieve the librarian of some nonprofessional activities by providing her with a paraprofessional aide. The findings of the 1968 evaluation indicate that the librarians are satisfied with the aides, but there is no statistically…

Eight one day conferences on law enforcement problems were set up during 1967-68 on a regional basis in the Kentucky cities of Lexington Maysville, Covington, Catlettsburg, Pikeville, London, Richmond, and Harlan. Police officials, judges, prosecuting attorneys, university faculty, and civic leaders were invited to participate. Total attendance…

Fourteen superior undergraduates with interest in and potential for educational research were chosen to participate in a 1-year undergraduate training program designed to provide them with an introduction to specialization in educational research. During their senior year they participated in an intensive 11-week summer session, and weekly…

This publication contains the evaluation forms sent by the Florida State Department of Education to school administrators, staffs of other agencies, similar staffs in other states, and parents of disadvantaged children served by Title I programs. Sample responses are given and results summarized. A section is included on in-patient treatment of…

An experimental group of 22 preschool children from Inkster, Michigan, participated in an April 1967 to August 1967 prekindergarten enrichment program for low socioeconomic children. The program classes were unstructured and permissive. A contrast group of 33 children was also chosen. Both groups of children participated in a preschool program…

Reported are the responses of 27 Associated Community Teams (ACT) Harlem Domestic Peace Corpsmen to an interview following their training (18 consecutive days) to prepare them to work as assistant teachers in the After School Project in the autumn of 1964. Personal data on the Corpsmen and their responses to various questions about the tutoring…

The purpose of the study was to (1) ascertain necessary appraisal factors for educational programs of departments of agricultural education, (2) evaluate teacher education programs in agriculture, and (3) discover strengths, weaknesses, and needed changes. Preliminary position statements were submitted to a jury of 15 head teacher educators. A…

A suggested technique for analyzing distributions of test scores compares distributions of scores made by groups of pupils on standard tests with distributions made by other groups of students on the same tests. By identifying the percents of student scores which must be shifted to an adjacent cell (interval) to make the two distributions exactly…

The paper discusses a procedure for writing, monitoring, and evaluating Individual Education Plans (IEPs), as mandated by the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, utilizing computer technology. Concerns related to the values and philosophy of decision-makers as they work with data derived from computer systems to formulate IEPs are also…