Appendixes to the final report on the Yonkers and Syracuse, New York, career education projects are contained in this volume. Third party evaluation reports (Appendix D) comprise the entire document with the exception of six pages (containing Appendixes A, B, C, E, and F which provide brief information concerning related career education programs…

A description and evaluation of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I-funded programs for the state of Oklahoma are reviewed in this report. The project components include the following: remedial reading, speech therapy, learning disabilities, underachievers, remedial math, remedial language arts, remedial science, special education, and…

The materials covered in this report are excerpts from a Final Evaluation Report of a project sponsored by USOE entitled "Articulation of Occupational Orientation, Education, and Placement in Private and Public Elementary, Secondary, and Post-Secondary Schools. The writer was the third party evaluation team Director. Major objectives of the…

Presented is the first of two volumes on evaluation findings for a preschool handicapped project with six objectives--to create public awareness on available services; to identify and locate all handicapped children, ages 0 to 4 years, 7 months; to provide diagnostic evaluation services; to provide preschool programs as a special target area; to…

Presented is the evaluation report on 28 projects serving seven different classes of handicapped children and their parents in Oregon which were funded under Title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Brief sections cover the criteria for establishing funding priorities and the evaluation plan, results and discussion of the 1974-75…

Goals of a project to develop a career-oriented curriculum for the Texas School for the Deaf from 1972 to 1975 included the delivery of (1) career awareness, exploration, and preparation experiences, (2) language development activities, (3) avocational-recreational experiences, (4) consumer activities, (5) problem-solving experiences, (6)…

A career planning project was conducted by the Lawrence Livermore Laboratory to meet the career guidance needs of organizations and employees. The program emphasized self-assessment as a basic step in career planning and utilized a variety of resources. Workshops were conducted on personal assessment and on defining motivational job skills. (EC)

An analysis of the curriculum, operation, and evaluation of the Bowling Green State University Humanities Cluster College, an interdepartmental living-learning program now accorded formal institutional status. Compares the 1975 program with those of earlier experimental years when the students were less career-oriented and pragmatic. (JT)

An appraisal of this Unesco project and description of its organization are outlined: purpose, background, results achieved, other study topics, program planning, methods and materials, evaluation, organization, application and selection for participation, and countries participating in the project. (ND)

This program, based on the Portage Project, serves 169 urban families with developmentally delayed children ages 0-6. In weekly visits, a specialist teaches parents to work with their children. Results indicate improvement in both children and parents. (SJL)

Describes the use of Landsat maps in a study to determine the feasibility of supervising student teachers with group telephone conferencing. Project value was determined by cooperating teacher evaluations, student-teacher comments, and pupil achievement. (MA)

Describing a student historical trip with an environmental perspective, this article evaluates program objectives (evaluation of lifestyles, living in close proximity to the natural environment, comparison of natural and man-made landscapes, development of a sense of community identity, decision making skills for environmental management, and…

This article chronicles an attempt to institutionalize a values-oriented project at Saint Louis University and proposes a methodology for evaluating the project and its effects. (Author)

Considers how to prepare future high school students for the change that they will experience upon leaving the local middle school. (RK)

The Automated Instruction Shorthand System is a multi-sensory instructional program that conditions the rapid recall of Gregg symbols. The system is designed to allow students to succeed at a speed that is most comfortable to his/her abilities in the expectation that individualization will increase motivation and reduce the rate of attrition in…