This study was conducted to develop and evaluate a licensing program for operators of two-wheeled motor vehicles. Materials specifically developed for the study were: (1) a driver's handbook, (2) two forms of a written test, (3) an off-street driving test, and (4) a driving range. Once developed, these materials were the basis of the separate…

This document contains proceedings of a conference that presented a design for applying a program planning-budgeting-evaluating system (PPBES) to educational management. Included are (1) the keynote address, tracing the origin and future of program budgeting; (2) the presentation of the educational management design developed by the Research…

This report documents the success of the High Priority Education Project in generating an unusual amount of creative activity in the Florida colleges of education in designing and implementing projects to improve vocational education and counseling. The program's five phases are discussed in terms of their intersecting objectives, their procedures…

Presented is the program development for volunteer services that are intended to expand the educational opportunities of the gifted. The program focuses on utilizing community resources and coordinating the resources with the school program. Aspects of the program discussed include: community attitudes toward the gifted in the school system that…

This paper outlines a model for multigroup evaluation planning in a rural-education setting wherein the commitment to the structure necessary to evaluate a program is needed on the part of a research and development laboratory, the state departments of education, county supervisors, and the rural schools. To bridge the gap between basic research,…

The discussion of early childhood education for multiply handicapped preschoolers is intended for teachers and concerns certain aspects of educational practice basic to an effective and efficient preschool program and what teachers can do in planning to meet the needs of such children. Broad goals of a preschool program for the multiply…

The report of highlights of the conference on Instructional Technology in the Education of Exceptional Children presents innovative ideas in the field of media useful to teachers and program administrators. Specific classroom applications of various media are described to illustrate the concepts that media give exceptional students new…

The first section of this report on program costing with the CAMPUS simulation discusses the structuring process of Program Planning and Budgeting (PPB) systems, and emphasizes the ideas, rules, and principles for structuring resource data that have evolved during the 10 years of PPB existence. It also discusses the WICHE-PMS program…

The concept of functional literacy might be considered to have its ceremonial initiation at the World Conference of Ministers of Education on the Eradication of Illiteracy in Tehran, Iran, in 1965. At that conference important implications emerged for program development, methodology of teaching, and program content. An effort is made in this…

The Idaho Consortium was established by the state board of education to remedy perceived needs involving insufficient certificated teachers, excessive teacher mobility, shortage of teacher candidates, inadequate inservice training, a low level of administrative leadership, and a lack of programs in special education, early childhood education,…

Forty-three persons participated in a 4-day workshop designed to explore ways to identify and change attitudes toward advisory councils, how to develop and utilize advisory councils, and to review examples of existing advisory councils or committees. Topics discussed during the workshop included: (1) How To Select and Procure Members, (2)…

The major purposes of this study were to identify the attitudes of Ohio public school superintendents, vocational education supervisory personnel, and teacher educators regarding vocational education, and to determine their degree of acceptance of selected vocational education principles. The method of investigation employed an attitude scale…

Intended for public school administrators, teachers, and speech and hearing clinicians, the document contains guidelines for setting up programs to implement the statewide mandatory special education plan for hearing impaired children in Indiana. Outlined are procedures to follow in comprehensive programing for the following categories of the…

This manual describes a variety of approaches a college or university can take to support student volunteers. It summarizes 6 models of volunteer programs currently in use on campuses and describes in detail a seventh "comprehensive" model that allows the school to assist and give general direction but permits students freedom to run their own…

Summarized are the results of efforts exerted by the Puerto Rico Research Coordinating Unit to expand the Puerto Rico research capability in vocational education by: (1) identifying relevant legislation and its historical antecedents, (2) identifying the administrative structure responsible for conducting research in occupational education, (3)…