Pre-Referral Consultation (PRC) is a category of student referral separate from the conventional special education referral, through which any person can refer for help--any student who may be in crisis, falling through the cracks, or otherwise at risk. It exemplifies the integration of special education personnel into the general education…

Test scores reflect students' abilities in the specific areas examined. The use of these scores in an educationally meaningful way can result in improved guidance services. (CK)

A live interest in the individual student is the real test of the guidance function. (Editor)

This article talks about Mission High School located in San Francisco, where majority of its students come from two of the poorest neighborhoods in the city. The entrance of the historic Mission High School is reminiscent of the grand entryways in elite colleges and universities. The irony of Mission's architecturally pleasing edifice is that for…

As part of the activities related to the development and evaluation of a comprehensive guidance system. geared primarily to systems of individualized education now being implemented, an experimental investigation was initiated in an attempt to meet a postulated cluster of student orientation needs associated with successful adaptation to such a…

Experimenting with curriculum shifts, expanded computer roles, new plans for student involvement, and specialized guidance programs, individual schools are turning up some thoughtful and effective solutions for old classroom problems. (Ed./KJ)

Discusses the role of the computer in a new educational program which is to provide a flexible system to assist the student to take as much responsibility as possible in the planning and carrying out of his own educational development. (DE)

At Oakland Community College, each student learns according to his cognitive style. Diagnostic tests guide his career decisions and mode of instruction; extraordinary resources and small curriculum units assure success. (Editor)

A middle school in River Falls, Wisconsin, exemplifies middle-level philosophy by providing individualized learning programs, a core curriculum, a guidance program, education for citizenship, and cocurricular activities. The school program emphasizes enhanced exploratory learning opportunities, team-teaching of core subjects, and a…

This paper describes the first component of PLAN's Guidance Program. The five basic assumptions underlying Phase I concern the role of guidance within PLAN's educational system. In line with these assumptions, direct attention is being focused on seven goals: (1) orienting new students to PLAN and orienting current PLAN students to operational…

The first section of this guide presents the Individualized Career Education Planning (ICEP) system, which provides major organizing and implementing components for comprehensive, individualized career guidance and instruction including: ICEP forms for recording career development goals and short-term objectives, guidance and instructional…

A plan to improve individualized instruction at the elementary and secondary level is presented. (CK)

Designing and Implementing Programs for the Little School Component is a program funded under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III and designed to develop, implement, and disseminate a program of individualized instruction at the Howard D. Woodson Senior High School. This program is a third year continuation of the program initiated in…

This bibliography of 941 entries contains sections on general curriculum development, general curriculum materials, and the subject areas traditionally found in public schools. Emphasis is placed on personalized curriculum materials, especially programed materials, nongraded systems, and behavioral objectives programs. Other sections include…