Focusing on integrating the teaching of language arts through varying functions of language, communication modes and audiences, this curriculum guide emphasizes the importance of a language rich environment which will enable students to understand the purposes and power of language and to use it confidently and creatively. The guide provides…

Focusing on the concepts of scanning (gathering information about segments of the public, their reactions to the organization, and their opinions about issues important to the organization), decision making, and roles, a study examined the relationship between environmental scanning and the participation of public relations practitioners in…

While attending the December 12, 1984, Commission on Occupational Education Institutions (COEI) Delegate Assembly of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, 79 school personnel responded to a questionnaire to determine their attitudes toward accreditation standards. Measured were the following: respondents' perceptions of the priorities…

In spring 1984, a survey was conducted at Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) to determine student evaluations of district functions, services, and facilities and to construct a profile of MATC students. The survey instrument was administered in class to students attending day and evening centers of the district. Usable responses were obtained…

The goal of the Indian Education Act Project (IEAP) is to increase and extend the education of American Indian youths so they can better cope with a highly technological society. Statistics have indicated drop-out rates of 40 to 50 percent among American Indians, a primary factor giving rise to the urgent need for supplemental educational services…

This course guide is designed to aid the course administrator and coordinator in understanding, developing, and implementing all phases of an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) instructor training course. An introduction provides an overview of the training program and the administrator's and coordinator's responsibilities in the organization and…

This series is intended for music educators and features speeches and articles by leaders in music and arts education on a wide variety of current issues. This publication deals with the move of the music education profession to a position based on aesthetic considerations. The study of music structure and history must be encouraged to enhance…

Efforts to evaluate the general education component of baccalaureate degree programs at ten colleges using a uniform assessment formula are described. The colleges were participants in the American Association of State Colleges and Universities' Academic Program Evaluation Project (APEP), which proposed that outcomes of baccalaureate education can…

Evaluation policy and how it is determined in a major school district are examined, using a qualitative case study approach. Focus is on stimulating dialogue on these issues toward the development of a theory of the way evaluation and policy interact in a large school district. The experience of the Portland Public Schools (PPS) in Oregon in…

Most evaluative research focuses on the outcome of programs, giving little attention to differences in clients' utilization of the programs' services. This study explored factors which were predictive of teenagers' participation in the Resource Mother Program, an educational support intervention program for pregnant and parenting adolescents.…

The history of leadership by California educators in the field of gifted develop the intellectual giftedness. The document argues for the objective evaluation article asserts that gifted education in California is at the end of its adolescence and ready to have a new degree of order introduced through the adoption of scientific processes. The…

The fine arts magnet program of the Dade County (Florida) public schools was evaluated. These programs offer intensive and specialized fine arts instruction and serve artistically talented students in five elementary, two middle/junior high, and two senior high schools. Focus is on such programs at the Moton Elementary, Perrine Elementary, Norland…

Evaluation of the Attendance Improvement Dropout Prevention (A.I.D.P.) program as it operated in 26 selected New York (New York) public high schools in 1986-87 raises serious questions about the effectiveness of the program. A minimum of 50 percent of the participants were to achieve the following objectives: (1) improve attendance; (2) pass at…

In order to ascertain the impact of post-graduate course work on curricular practice, a follow-up study was undertaken of the classroom writing practices of participants in the 1987 Writing as Process seminars sponsored by William Paterson College, New Jersey. Seminars were offered in four elementary school districts, each one taught by a William…

The effectiveness of the Plattsburgh Freshman Seminar program, which was designed to increase student retention, was evaluated. The 45 hour, three credit program was designed to help students clarify educational and personal goals, to increase faculty-student contact, to develop communication skills, and to familiarize the student with the…