This study examines school-to-work transition services, encompassing educational and occupational information and guidance, as well as job placement, induction, and follow-up. Section 1 provides an introduction to the study and the study's historical background. Section 2 concerns the organizational goals and forms of transition services. It uses…

This paper describes and compares three teacher-training models for population education. The analysis emphasizes the use of the models for the Filipino Population Education Program (PEP), but also discusses their applicability to other programs in the Philippines and elsewhere. The three models are 1) superordinate training, which constitutes a…

The Edmonton Grade III Achievement: 1956-1977 study is a comparison of achievement in reading, arithmetic, and language involving all of the third grade students in a large school system. Six basic skills tests which were administered to all of the Edmonton third grade students in 1956 were reprinted and administered to all of the third grade…

In 1971 Kentucky's 291 public high schools produced 39,004 graduates, or 70.1% of the 1967-68 ninth grade enrollment. From the 53 non-public high schools there were 3,966 graduates, or 78.5% of the 1,968 ninth graders. Forty-two percent of all graduates enrolled in colleges or universities. Compared to the class of 1960, the increase in number of…

In 1972 Kentucky's 299 public high schools produced 41,040 graduates, or 70.2% of the total number of 1968-69 ninth graders. The 51 non-public high schools graduated 3,806 students, or 77.2% of their 1969 ninth graders. Compared to the class of 1960, the increase in number of graduates was 15,319 or 59.6%. Directly attributable to increased…

In 1974 Kentucky's 289 public high schools produced 41,522 graduates, or 68.5% of the ninth grade enrollment in 1970-71. The 46 non-public high schools graduated 3,297 students, or 77% of the 1971 ninth graders. From all high schools 38.3% were reported as enrolling in college. Compared to the class of 1962, the increase in the number of graduates…

In 1976, 41,700 students graduated from Kentucky's public high schools; 38.2% were recorded as entering college and 44.95% as entering formal educational programs beyond high school level. From non-public schools there were 3,754 students graduating; 62.4% entered college, and an overall 67.6% were involved in formal education programs. Of the…

In 1977 Kentucky's public high schools produced 41,558 graduates; 38.2% of these were recorded as entering college and 44.7% as entering some type of formal educational program beyond high school. Non-public high schools graduated 4,018 students; 60.7% were recorded as entering college and 67.3% as entering some kind of formal education program.…

The report analyzes law-related education programs and materials developed during the period 1968-78. Specifically, it examines program motivations, assumptions, project development, and the relationship of law-related education to civic education. Law-related education is seen to include the study of the role of law in society, the legal…

A Morehead State University project field tested the feasibility and utility of a comprehensive vocational training program, the Employability Skills Series of the Adkin Life Skills Program. The study involved nine adult program sites at these levels: adult education/GED (General Education Development training) students, post-GED CETA…

The career and educational experiences of the baccalaureate degree recipients of the University of California at Irvine (UCI) during the first decade of its existence, 1965-74, were studied. A response from 2,479 alumni, or 51 percent, provided information concerning: (1) educational attainment; (2) initial employment after graduation; and (3)…

The task of designing future postsecondary education policy in fiscal year 1981 is discussed in relation to two unique conditions. First, the federal role as a provider of student assistance was increased dramatically in 1978 by passage of the Middle Income Student Assistance Act, and the full costs of implementing MISAA are coming due. Second,…

This document describes and analyzes the 1976-1977 Head Start Program Information Report (PIR) data. PIR is a comprehensive data collection effort directed at the programs of all Head Start grantees of which there were approximately 1,100 in 1976-1977. The unit of analysis in this study is the grantee rather than the agencies delegated by grantees…

This set of 13 research reports, bulletins and papers is a product of the Mathemagenic Activities Program (MAP) for early childhood education of the University of Georgia Follow Through Program. Based on Piagetian theory, the MAP provides sequentially structured sets of curriculum materials and processes that are designed to continually challenge…

This Digest is a summary of the principal policy implications from Medical Education Financing: Policy Analyses and Options for the 1980s, comprehensive policy analyses of options for financing both undergraduate and graduate medical education. Five general classes of options are evaluated: (1) reimbursement reforms, (2) loan programs, (3)…