Prescription Learning is a multimedia diagnostic prescriptive program providing individualized instruction coordinated by Prescription Learning Corporation. One high school, nine elementary schools, and four middle schools provided this supplemental reading and mathematics instruction to students covered by the provisions of Chapter 1 of the…

The report describes an audit by the General Accounting Office (GAO) of services provided under P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, to learning disabled, delinquent, or seriously emotionally disturbed juveniles within the District of Columbia. The movement of a juvenile through the District's Juvenile Justice System is…

The kindergarten through eighth grade Skokie School District 68 contains approximately 1,450 students with 15 percent served in special education classes. District 68 provides services to learning disabled, behavior disordered, and low functioning children through a comprehensive program of special education which includes identification and…

Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota, is a competence-based, baccalaureate-degree-granting institution created in 1971 to serve adults. The Operational Models Project was designed to improve the university's program for assessing experiential learning. Specific purposes of the project were: (1) to describe a program for…

The Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) program was designed to provide on-site vocational experiences for high school youth in order to promote: (1) career development skills and knowledge; (2) self-knowledge--interests, abilities, and values; (3) reading skills; (4) problem solving skills; (5) oral communication; (6) writing skills; (7)…

One of a series devoted to career education in transportation, this guide, which is intended for use by teachers in grades 9-10, presents a program for the exploration of existing and emerging careers in transportation. Section I gives an introduction to career education and its four progressive phases: career awareness, orientation, exploration,…

Evaluations of the three years of the Fond du Lac public school system experience-based career education (EBCE) project are described in this three-part report. The two major sections of each evaluation are assessments of the achievement of student outcome objectives and of process objectives based on data collected through the use of standardized…

THE CAREER SELECTION EDUCATION (CSE) ACTIVITIES OF 14 SCHOOLS IN THE WESTERN STATES SMALL SCHOOLS PROJECT ARE REPORTED. THE OBJECTIVES OF THE PROJECT WERE TO HELP STUDENTS IN RURAL AREAS MAKE REALISTIC CAREER SELECTIONS, DEVELOP AN AWARENESS OF REQUISITE SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES IN A BROAD SPECTRUM OF CAREERS, AND DEVELOP SPECIFIC JOB ENTRY SKILLS.…

The report documents the evaluation of a New York City program providing instruction in supplementary career education and daily living skills to students (N=335) residing in 11 institutions for the neglected and delinquent. The program objective was that 80% of the students would master 80% of their individual short-term objectives. Data analysis…

A successful 3-year inservice training program for paraprofessionals, regular and early childhood educators was based on a modularized competency training model. Three modules were developed for each training group, with content including theoretical foundations, attitudes toward handicapped students, legislation, and planned observations of…

A series of 5 studies, involving 10 special education elementary teachers in a rural educational cooperative, examined teacher efficiency in employing repeated, curriculum based measurement of individualized education program goals. The first study established a baseline rate of teacher efficiency; the next three studies examined the effect of…

The Individualized Education Program Monitoring Analysis Plan (IEP MAP), an approach for evaluating the effectiveness and legal compliance of the IEP process for handicapped students, is presented. It is explained that the IEP MAP should help to improve communication between parents and regular and special education staff, improve consistency of…

The authors describe the development and use of a structured, data base approach to developing individual education programs for special education students. The components of the "Data-Based Program Modification" (DBPM) approach are described to include five decision areas: problem selection; program selection (least restrictive yet most…

Analysis of Down Syndrome children's (N=41) Individualized Education Programs (IEP) revealed that parents and special educators most regularly attended planning conferences. Frequently included domains were basic academics and language and motor skills. Objectives often lacked specificity, suggesting that school personnel need better training in…

One hundred forty-five special education teachers, of all disability categories and from six states, were surveyed about their perceptions of parent involvement in the individual education plan (IEP) process. Results showed a diversity of opinion over practices, processes, and attitudes regarding the IEP process, despite their purported…