In 1974, the U.S. Office of Education (USOE) created the National Diffusion Network (NDN) in order to bring together representatives of federal, state, and local agencies to promote widespread adoptions of new and innovative programs within and across state boundaries. This goal is accomplished through use of State Facilitator (SF) and…

Conference addresses and summaries of group discussion are included in these proceedings of a symposium held to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the U.S. Employment Service and to explore its future role. The first item is a research report, "The Potential Impact of the Employment Service on the Economy," by Charles Holt, followed by…

Mainstreaming the handicapped child requires much more than mere placement in a regular classroom. Careful thought and preparation must be devoted to the affective, as well as cognitive, aspects of classroom experience. This paper describes the mainstreaming program at the North Rowan Primary School in Rowan County, North Carolina. Through team…

This paper contends that much of what passes as "educational research" has all the appearance, but little of the substance, of scientific research and that the educational community should realize this fact and condemn the imitation, while working to improve scientifically based and conducted projects. Problems in the field center around (1) the…

Conducted to determine priority areas for program improvement activities in Alabama's vocational education system, the specific objectives of this study were to develop a list of areas that are in need of vocational education research and that should be addressed through exemplary programs; develop a list of needs for curriculum development…

A study was undertaken to provide a third analysis of implementation of evaluation requirements in vocational education and of their perceived effectiveness and utility. The sample included the total population of Directors of Vocational Education for the United States and its territories; 50 directors completed the questionnaire. All respondents…

Preceding a list of fifty ways to use advisory committees more effectively is a discussion on the expanding roles of vocational education and their advisory councils and on their relationship as a team. The list is intended to assist vocational instructors and administrators and is not meant to be exhaustive. The following ten examples are…

A framework is described for the development of knowledge, skills, and resources necessary to conduct school planning and evaluation activities. The major issues pertaining to a building-based planning and evaluation model are discussed. The building-level approach is recommended because it results in greater efficiency in the development,…

The results of 12 Pennsylvania state-wide projects for establishing specialized competencies for teachers are presented in this document, and specific guidelines for competency levels are provided for l1 certificate areas and for educational paraprofessionals. The origins of and reasons for state involvement in Competency Based Teacher Education…

Instructional System Development (ISD) methodologies and practices were examined in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force, each of which prescribes the ISD system involving rigorous derivation of training requirements from job requirements, selection of instructional strategies to maximize training efficiency, and revision of instruction…

This report, the second of three prepared for the Massachusetts Department of Education, focuses on a formative evaluation which identifies descrepancies between innovative Title IV-C educational programs as planned and as the programs operated. Contents are organized in five main chapters each of which represents a different perspective but all…

This article describes a model developed by the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, Office of Children and Youth, Bureau of Child Development Programs for the evaluation of its child day care programs. The evaluation effort has two phases. The first phase, the Child Development Program Evaluation (CDPE) was designed to provide a…

This workshop session is designed to assist administrators responsible for the implementation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the attainment of sex equity in elementary and secondary school settings. These materials focus on helping administrators ensure procedural compliance with Title IX through the establishment of a…

Correctional education faces a great challenge--withstanding the temptation to become complacent while aggressively seeking new directions at a time when it has reached a stage of satisfying and successful growth. In the future, corrections will rely on a contractual model with motivated volunteer clients who know that their participation will…

The inability of most Americans to use a foreign language is largely the result of limited educational opportunities, which in turn are the outcome of common negative attitudes toward the need for foreign language study in the United States. To bring better foreign language programs to more people, foreign language study must be "sold" to the…