If a program is based on sound, current educational objectives which are converted into priorities based on the relative importance of the program's goals, a quality program will most likely result. (Author)

The article describes a procedural model for individualizing instructional objectives that are stated in behavioral terms. A definition for behavioral objectives is offered, and methods of individualizing objectives for five basic areas of objectives adjustment are outlined. (SBH)

Discusses the purposes and implications of the individualized education program (IEP) for handicapped children. (Author/MP)

This policy analysis project is designed at uncovering specific standards that can be utilized by a school district in developing and evaluating their Type II Alternative Schools to ensure high levels of student success within their programs. While there is a substantive body of research in alternative education, there are no universally accepted…

Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training (I-BEST) is an innovative program and strategy developed by the Washington (WA) State Board for Community and Technical Colleges (SBCTC) in conjunction with the state's 29 community colleges and five technical colleges. Its goal is to increase the rate at which adult basic education and…

A merit pay plan can be successful if it contains unified and agreed upon objectives, integration and expansion of present key tasks, and endorsement and involvement of the entire educational staff. The responsibility of developing appropriate goals rests with the board of education, while the responsibility of documenting voluntary participation…

To further develop a previously tested commitment analysis model for analyzing the commitments of local leaders to community education programs, telephone interviews were conducted of 272 leaders (255 men and 17 women) in a rural Wisconsin county of 30,000. The interview questions focused on their commitments to program goals in the latter…

One of a series of instructional booklets designed to introduce adult education program planners to the basic concepts integral to and alternative strategies for conducting needs assessments, this instructional booklet serves as an introduction to the needs assessment process in general as well as to the remaining booklets in the series. Covered…

This publication on vocational education goals and objectives is the fourth in the Self-Help series of five booklets designed for Alaska administrators and teachers to improve vocational services provided to handicapped pupils. It begins with a checklist of implications for administrators and teachers. Some reasons for goals and objectives…

The report presents goals and objectives, procedures, and concluding recommendations for a model counseling services program in North Dakota postsecondary schools. Terminal objectives of the project are to reduce the dropout rate of postsecondary vocational education students, to better serve rural area postsecondary students, and to determine the…

This discussion of the Pennsylvania Model Project follows a flow chart to cover all aspects of the program: mission, awareness and understanding, advantages and disadvantages, commitment, needs assessment, isolation of problems, setting priorities, assessing the present program, reevaluation of priorities, planning staff allocation, goals and…

The document is the second of a five-part series focusing in minute detail on the processes involved in the formulation of an instructional systems development (ISD) program for military interservice training that will adequately train individuals to do a particular job. Phase II, Design, is concerned with designing instructional materials based…

In this document, the president of Seattle Central Community College presents the mission statements for the college and for each major unit of the college, i.e., the units of Instruction, Administrative Services, Student Personnel Services, Community Relations and Information Services, and the President. Each unit has been required to establish…

This synthesized report of program goals and accomplishments for career education in Oregon lists key goals with corresponding performance objectives for 12 focal areas. These emphases for a career education program for elementary, secondary, post-secondary, and adult curriculums include: (1) career awareness, (2) career exploration, (3) career…