The Legislative Commission on Expenditure Review (LCER) has recently produced a program audit for educational television (ETV) in New York State. This report by the State Education Department is a response to that evaluation, stating that "the audit is replete with errors in fact, both historical and statistical, misunderstandings,…

This document, the second of a two-part study, focuses on the area of continuing and adult education at Ferris State College (FSC), Michigan. An overview of the status of adult and continuing education and recommendations are provided by the schools of allied health, business, general education, education, pharmacy, technical and applied arts, and…

This paper focuses on the nature of contract learning at institutions set up partially or solely on that basis considering (1) contract learning that takes place as the complete educational experience, and (2) contract learning that takes place as one component of a traditional college or university program. Emphasis is placed on the general…

The purpose of this study was to obtain, organize, and present data of a stratified random sample of 1971 Master of Education degree recipients at West Texas State University to assist in the evaluation of the graduate program in teacher education there. The kinds of data collected were as follows: a) information obtained from official university…

A three-year project in the Watertown (S. D.) Public Schools was designed to produce greater integration of career education into the existing curriculum of all grades. Individual development was emphasized in the elementary and junior high programs, with more emphasis placed on specific decision-making situations during the final years of high…

Reported are reviews of the Cornell-OEO Project in South Brooklyn by the family assistants--women who lived in the community and worked with the families served. The collection of statements are presented as they were dictated or written. When the statement was in Spanish it was translated to English. These statements of the family assistants…

Reports from 22 federal departments and agencies on their programs related to mental retardation have been compiled for submission to the President's Committee on Mental Retardation for review, analysis, and subsequent action. For each report, the overall mission is given, as well as unit identification, external programs (services or activities),…

The Center for the Study of Evaluation (CSE) model identifies conditions under which evaluators intervene in educational programs, provides for a sequence of evaluation activities and conditions under which departures from this sequence occurs, and defines the relationship between the evaluator and the decision maker. This paper provides a study…

A summary of legislation concerning educational accountability reveals that 13 States hope to find greater accountability in testing or assessment programs, 7 in planning, programming, budgeting systems, 4 in uniform accounting system, 8 in the evaluation of professional employees, 2 in management information systems, and 1 in performance…

All special programs at Dean Rusk Elementary School, funded in part under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, combined to facilitate individualized instruction in the nongraded, open classroom setting of the school. To better meet the needs of the pupils during the 1972-73 school year, the Follow Through Program included, for…

This document evaluates the counseling aspect of the Modular Achievement Program (MAP) at Bowling Green State University. Following a review of the overall functions and activities, the programs relationship with MAP component programs is discussed. Related documents are HE 005 102, 005 083, 005 078, 005 082, 005 081, 005 101, 005 077, and 005…

A sample of 564 inquiries made to the National Children's Bureau (NCB) question and answer service during 1970-72 was analyzed. Three-quarters of all inquiries came by letter, and nearly all the remainder by telephone. Apart from inquiries concerning the NCB itself, inquiries were mostly for information on a variety of topics concerned with…

A 1971-72 study compared the effects of a Kindergarten Diagnostic Prereading Program with the effects of traditional kindergarten on children's predicted reading levels. A follow-up study of the first grade reading achievement of the children from both kindergarten programs was recently completed. The purpose of the follow-up study was to answer…

Presented are conference proceedings on evaluation of educational programs for emotionally disturbed children. Raphael F. Simches highlights past and future educational trends in programs for handicapped children. Fritz Redl stresses various motivations that may cause violent behavior. A systematic approach to classroom analysis via taxonomy of…

The 42 contributions that comprise this book (30 of which appeared in the December 1969 issue of the "Social Science Quarterly") present social scientists' current points of view and research activities relevant to planned social intervention. The topics explored are: I. The Social Scientist's Role in Social Intervention; II. Social Science and…