Within the US Department of Education's new flexibility initiative, there are three key and fundamental areas of focus, each referred to as a "principle." The second of these is that State Education Agencies (SEAs) must develop and implement differentiated recognition, accountability, and support to assure that all students are taught by…

Presented to provide an idea of the best ERIC documents available on individualized learning, this paper contains a collection of over 100 reports and papers that were put into ERIC in the last two or three years. The listings have been categorized topically, and each entry is provided with an ED number and ordering and price information. The…

To provide material for decision or policy-makers with questions concerning policy, applications, and/or operations in the field of individualized instruction, 31 published books, journals and ERIC documents are listed and annotated. 32 Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III innovative projects described in PACE abstracts are listed by ES…

THIS ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY ON INDIVIDUALIZED READING IS COMPOSED OF 62 CITATIONS RANGING IN DATE FROM 1952 TO 1964. MAJOR EMPHASIS IS PLACED ON RECENT BOOKS AND WIDELY CIRCULATED PERIODICALS WHICH ARE EASILY ACCESSIBLE. LISTINGS REPRESENT VARIED PRACTICES AND POINTS OF VIEW. THEY INCLUDE ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST INDIVIDUALIZED READING,…

Presents abstracts of four documents from the ERIC junior college collection that deal with the special programs or techniques used by two-year colleges to help students needing remedial or developmental assistance. (DR)

This 102-item annotated bibliography lists documents and journal articles published between 1967 and 1970. Citations are grouped under six categories or problems. The first section lists documents describing the characteristics of actual or proposed programs of performance-based teacher education. The second section contains items related to…

Some 50 titles have been selected, abstracted, and categorized for this bibliography. They have also been divided into five educational subject areas: general topics; public school/early childhood; community/junior college; college/university; and adult education. The bibliography was designed specifically for learning lab coordinators,…

The origins, accomplishments, problems, and implications of competence-based reforms in higher education are examined. Competence-based education is defined as that form of education that derives a curriculum from an analysis of a prospective or actual role in modern society and that attempts to certify student progress on the bases of…

An annotated bibliography is designed to be a guide to adult materials for reading instruction; it is arranged alphabetically by publishers, and includes such information as title, author, grade levels, price, binding, and other books in the series. Materials use such approaches as the phonetic, sight, and ITA methods. Instructional techniques…

The characteristics of effective or successful individualized instructional programs were investigated. The work of other evaluators was reviewed and a series of screening criteria were applied in order to identify effective programs. Programs were selected from evaluation reports for their effectiveness and their "popularity." Information about…