Accountability has become a concern for public mental health programs, including the Hawaii State Mental Health Division which relies on the Multi-State Information System (MSIS) for program planning and evaluation. Accuracy in reporting and agreement in clinical judgment on the MSIS has been assumed but never tested until an analogue study was…

The Pennsylvania School Improvement Program (PSIP) was created to assist local schools and school districts in the development of curriculum improvement strategies. The process involves the use of "linkers," curriculum specialists who work with teams from the local level to ascertain needs, then connect the local teams with the research…

The Pennsylvania School Improvement Program (PSIP) was created to assist local schools and school districts in the development of curriculum improvement strategies. The process involves the use of "linkers," curriculum specialists who work with teams from the local level to ascertain needs, then connect the local teams with the research…

This volume contains the reports of the task forces assigned to advise the President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies. Task forces were formed in the following areas: Institutional Language Policy, Commonly Taught Languages, Less Commonly Taught Languages, Public Awareness, and Government Relations. The longest report,…

After summarizing the current literature regarding potential school organizational structures and practices, this report outlined the process that was developed and utilized by four small rural school districts in southern Minnesota in 1980. Emphasis was on maintaining local school districts which cooperated with other schools through an…

One of the major problems in measuring community mental health status is the lack of consensus among mental health workers in psychiatry, psychology, sociology, and epidemiology as to what constitutes mental illness. Additionally, changing social mores preclude a definition of mental illness in behavioral terms. An operational definition of mental…

A study is reported which examines the concept of career education infusion as it has been presented in selected curriculum guides, particularly those developed for the middle school and junior high school levels. The report, presented in the form of questions and answers, is written primarily for curriculum developers responsible for planning and…

The objectives of this report are stated in three broad questions that the research committee was asked to examine. (1) What are the principal lines of research being pursued at the present time that are significantly strengthening the scientific foundations of education, and what are some of their possible contributions to American education? Are…

A program was developed to facilitate career decision-making capabilities in a K-12 experience-based career education (EBCE) program by expanding students' self-awareness and occupational and curricular awareness. During its second year, the program implemented occupational and career components in K-12 by providing teaching kits, learning…

Faculty development growing out of a Piagetian curriculum (ADAPT) for the collegiate freshman year at the University of Nebraska is discussed in this paper. ADAPT faculty workshops focusing on the Piagetian theory and applications of the theory in teaching are described. The workshop is evaluated by means of a participant self-report and…

Information regarding state minimum competency testing programs was requested from the 50 state departments of education in the United States in the spring of 1979. The following questions were asked: (1) Do you have a testing program? (2) If you do, what tests are being used? (3) Do you have a testing program in the planning stages? (4) Are there…

As part of a project designed to identify appropriate and feasible methods of evaluating vocational education with respect to its outcomes, this bibliography contains descriptive and evaluative annotations of a selection of empirical studies of vocational education outcomes. Following a technical introduction discussing the methodological issues…

In the late 1960's, educators and researchers became concerned with the dropout problem in large urban school districts. In Philadelphia, the Division of Pupil Personnel and Counseling (PPC) is responsible for collection of this data and reports this information to the state. The process has been computerized to cope with the large volume of data.…

Since 1968 there has been a growing trend toward recognition of a uniform unit of credit for continuing education programs, the Continuing Education Unit (CEU). This study investigates the development of the CEU since 1968 and identifies trends in its application to the selected professions of Law, Medicine and Teaching in the state of Virginia.…

A four-stage career development model is described encompassing career awareness in grades prekindergarten to 6; career survey, 7-8; career exploration, 9-10; and career preparation, 11-12. The model is based upon teacher commitment, administrator support, staff development, curriculm research and development, guidance, and community involvement.…