The project staff developed and evaluated nine instruction guides and tests, evaluated an innovative approach, conducted inservice staff education, constructed and refined pre and post-tests for all grades in five unified school districts. (Author)

This article reviews the objectives of both programs and describes an organizational structure which may help to eliminate certain potential points of friction. (JS)

The HELP (Higher Education Long-Range Planning) system enables an individual without any prior experience in the field to understand and apply the technology of computers and simulation to management information systems. (Editor)

Describes a program intended to assist family-planning workers in Indai overcome their reluctance to use "dirty words when teaching illiterate villagers contraceptive techniques. Project supported by Health and Family Planning Division of the USAID, New Delhi, India. (LS)

"Carrascolendas," launched as a home-grown TV program for Chicano children in Texas, has blossomed into a full-blown national series. (Editor)

The process of searching for, designing, and implementing program alternatives in physical education is discussed. Presented are: (1) a model which may be followed in the development of an alternative program; (2) exemplary outcomes of this approach as presented to a large suburban school district; and (3) a format for writing a curriculum. (CJ)

The Norwalk-LaMirada (California) Unified Schools developed a master plan for microcomputer use that involved concentrating programs and equipment in centers; establishing a district committee, committee guidelines, and learning objectives; setting goals before discussing first software and then hardware; and developing standards and a checklist…

States that the purposes of the National Council for Staff, Program, and Organizational Development (NCSPOD) are to foster development activities, research, and evaluation; develop innovative approaches; generate means and resources for self-development; and maintain communication. Lists NCSPOD's services and officers. (DMM)

Addresses pitfalls in formulating individualized education program (IEP) goals and objectives for handicapped students as mandated by P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act). Short-term objectives are subordinate to goals and should reflect a hierarchical relationship to goal. Some of the inadequacies of written objectives are…

Explains the application of marketing concepts to private schools and suggests a basic marketing plan for Catholic elementary and secondary schools, which involves specifying the goals of the marketing effort and securing parent help. (SJL)

The authors present a method for translating assessed needs into goals and objectives for program development and evaluation. The outline of a six-step process is followed by specific suggestions for the use of an adult basic education advisory committee to carry out the procedure. (Author/SK)

Examining the relationship of industrial arts to consumer education, this article (1) provides a list of goals for students in consumer industrial arts, (2) discusses program characteristics at the elementary and secondary levels, and (3) gives sources of implementation guidelines. (LRA)

The planning cycle for health program goals and objectives involves determining needs and establishing, implementing, and evaluating goals. Necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities of health planners are delineated. (CJ)

Focuses on the need for school-community-government cooperation in energy curricula and reviews various programs which have been developed in the field of energy education. Objectives, elements of various programs, and resources are identified. (Author/DB)