A COMPARATIVE STUDY WAS MADE OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO TYPES OF TEACHER-TRAINING PROGRAMS INVOLVING 1962 AND 1963 GRADUATES, OF WHOM 242 HAD RECEIVED TRADITIONAL AND RELATIVELY UNCOORDINATED TRAINING AND 79 HAD RECEIVED A NEW INTEGRATED JUNIOR YEAR BLOCK TRAINING, WITH LESS COURSE OVERLAP AND MORE SPECIFIC LABORATORY TEACHING EXPERIENCE.…

Kaminsky and Nelson's method for estimating the times of future "success" from the times of earlier "successes" in the same sample is discussed in terms of its potential applications to long term psychological treatment, research, or training programs. (Author/JKS)

Described and announced are the 1971-1972 Bureau of the Census training programs for foreign statisticians. Programs lasting 11 months are offered in these areas: (1) population statistics and demographic analysis, (2) sampling and survey methods, (3) agricultural surveys and censuses, (4) economic surveys and censuses, and (5) data processing.…

Use of continuous flow analysis (CFA) in environmental education programs at Mercy College, New York is reported. Undergraduate courses, in-service teacher training programs, and cooperative high school experiences employing this approach provide students with improved data acquisition and analysis systems. (BL)

A pretest-posttest design for measuring the effects of educational programs uses comparison groups consisting of pupils like those in the treatment group but not getting that particular treatment. Although the design is geared primarily to evaluation of Title I programs in large cities, it should also apply to other situations. The plan for…

This study was prompted by an interest in the outcomes of automobile workers as they changed from the role of workers to retirees some having participated in voluntary company sponsored preretirement education programs and other deciding not to participate. More specifically, an attempt was made to identify differences between participants and…

A statistical method, Fishers Table of t (or t ratio), is used to determine the statistical significance of a comparison of results from pretests and post-tests of knowledge and skill taken by training program participants. A statistically significant improvement can demonstrate training effectiveness. (MS)

The criticism of the Westinghouse-Ohio National Evaluation of Head Start is answered. (CK)

National education programs should incorporate evaluation as an integral part of program development. (CK)

A method of estimating the effects of manpower training programs on the average wage of black workers relative to the average wage of white workers is presented. Conclusions indicate that although the effect of manpower training programs on the black/white wage ratio was positive, the estimated effects were very small. (Author/EC)

This report presents the results, statistical analysis and implications of classification and attention training curricula field tested with Head Start children by their teachers. Teacher, location of program, and treatment were the variables considered but only treatment effects were significant. Results, summarized in three levels, indicate (1)…

The eighth annual study of occupational opportunities in Nebraska is based on a 5 percent random sample of employers in each of the six Technical Community College Areas in the State. A computerized straight line projection technique was used to project total employment, need over the next 12 months, reason for need, and need over the next two…

Eight models for manpower utilization programs were developed that can indicate variables which differentiate successful Manpower Development and Training Act trainees from unsuccessful ones and that suggest program modifications in selection, placement, or services. (Author)