A test battery was prepared for use in assessing the effectiveness of Head Start and similar programs in fostering young children's development. The instruments were designed to measure program effects on several dimensions of the cognitive, social-emotional, and applied strategies domains. Specific competencies measured are presumed to define in…

Suggests that evaluations of compensatory education programs must take into account the goals of the programs, amount and concentration of funding, obstacles surmounted in their implementation, length of affective and cognitive results, and avoid the cost/benefit approach to human beings. (Author/AM)

Migrant children in Florida's "Learn and Earn" program spend part of their day learning work skills - and have part-time jobs to boot. (Editor)

Outlines a program designed to combat the high rate of attrition among engineering students. Problems attacked include the unexpected rigor of the curriculum, misconceptions about engineering, isolation from others studying engineering, and inadequate background in math and science. (GS)

Discussed the striving for improvement in foreign language teaching programs through use of innovative instructional processes. (Author/RK)

The report describes accomplishments of a program serving approximately 2500 handicapped students fomerly educated in New York state operated or supported schools. The program offered supplemental services to eligible students either through teacher training or through provision of materials and equipment. Curriculum areas in component 1 included…

This bibliography and the related synthesis of research were assembled to make Head Start studies more accessible to researchers and to inform policymakers and practitioners about the major findings included in this body of research. The bibliography and the literature review constitute an update of the 1975 publication: "A Review of Head…

The Austin Independent School District (AISD) Office of Research and Development, presents abstracts of research projects conducted by external agencies or individuals within AISD. For 33 projects, this report contains the AISD project number, project title, project director, project sponsor, schools where conducted, and whether or not a full…

This paper focuses on the real and theoretical usefulness of a computer-based career development system in a career planning program, based on a 2-year pilot program evaluating the DISCOVER system. The system overview discusses components and contents of DISCOVER, and describes the 11 modules which assist users in learning about their values,…

This paper examines various areas related to industry's role in and awareness of the need to respect environmental considerations, both from the perception of the factors relevant to staying in business in the longer term, and the regulations and requirements formulated by governments, often in cooperation with the industrial sector concerned.…

The paper charts the development of a gifted program for secondary students in Pointe Claire, Quebec. The program featured an unstructured learning environment maximizing student choices, a resource teacher and facility, and learning experiences outside of school. Selection criteria are explained and a sample behavior rating scale is appended.…

This evaluation report of one alternative high school in New York City analyzes the academic achievement, attendance, testing, academic credit, English language proficiency, and attitudes of the sixty minority students who attended this urban prep school in Chinatown. Three fifths of the students in the program were recent Chinese immigrants. The…

This evaluation report for the 1976-77 Tacoma Public Schools Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) program is organized around the six priority needs and eleven related objectives which were specified in the applications for funds. Each need and objective is listed along with related data. Conclusions about objective attainment are made in terms of…

This document lists publications relevant to performance-based teacher education published by the Research and Evaluation Department of the Minneapolis Public Schools from 1973 to 1975. (JD)