This publication contains summaries of the presentations from a conference on employment services for disadvantaged older workers. The opening remarks made by Joan A. Hammond and Kenneth M. Mahan are outlined. Summaries of the following papers are provided: "National Perspective on Older Worker Programs," by Ann Lordeman; "Older…

The accounting cluster demonstration project conducted at Aloha High School in the Beaverton, Oregon, school district developed a model curriculum for high school accounting. The curriculum is based on interviews with professionals in the accounting field and emphasizes the use of computers. It is suitable for use with special needs students as…

This symposium consists of five papers and presents some recent developments in adaptive testing which have applications to several military testing problems. The overview, by James R. McBride, defines adaptive testing and discusses some of its item selection and scoring strategies. Item response theory, or item characteristic curve theory, is…

Proceedings of the 1980 Financial Measures Conference are presented. Papers and authors are as follows: "Ratio Analysis in Higher Education" (John Minter); "Computerized Application of Financial Assessment Technology" (Daniel Updegrove and Stephen D. Campbell); "The Uses and Utility of HEGIS Financial Data" (Loyd…

Because there is no "right" way to do assessment, vocational evaluation, or employability development planning, a variety of strategies and tools are used by agencies that best match agency resources and client needs. One common tool used by Lane County CETA, Jackson-Josephine Job Council, and Mid-Willamette Valley Consortium (all in…

This 1978 Open University BA degree Handbook begins with information about the university organization, correspondence materials, assignments and examinations, television and radio broadcasts, audio-cassette loan service, books and libraries, study centers, the computing service, handicapped students, tutor-counselors and course tutors, tuition,…

To serve career development needs of secondary, postsecondary, and handicapped/disadvantaged students and adults, Project COMPASS (Center for Occupational Management, Placement, and Systematic Services) developed a comprehensive computer-assisted guidance, counseling, placement, and follow-through program. Project activities revolved around use of…

The computer-based System of Interactive Guidance and Information (SIGI) was field tested and evaluated at five community colleges and one university. Developed by Educational Testing Service, SIGI assists students in the process of informed and rational career decision making. Interacting at a cathode-ray tube terminal with a computer, students…

The introduction to this program model presents an overview of the rationale, curriculum, and facilitating components of a program emphasizing achievement of stated performance criteria at individual progress rates. Sections on rationale present (1) inferences about elementary school teaching drawn from predictions for society and for education by…

To identify the perceived counseling and guidance needs of students as expressed by students, teachers, and administrators, a project was conducted to develop and field-test a set of needs appraisal instruments which would objectively determine the counseling and guidance needs for elementary, junior high, and secondary schools in Louisiana and…

One abstract and sixteen articles on computer networks and information systems guidance programs presented at the Association for Educational Data Systems 1976 convention are included in this document. Computer networks and information systems are discussed in eight articles: four articles describe regional educational information systems, three…

Teachers and teacher-trainees are provided with comprehensive information about how to use computers in secondary school education. The book covers planning, content and methodology and can be used as a text for methods courses in computer science or as an in-depth supplement to texts in mathematics methods. Part I deals with computer science in…

Containing abstracts of over 1800 books and articles that have appeared in English, French, and German, this bibliography is intended to provide information about computers in education. While the main emphasis is on computers in education, educational technology involving programed instruction, television, and learning theory, as well as various…

These skill standards for the information technology end user applications cluster are intended to be a guide to workforce preparation program providers in defining content for their programs and to employers to establish the skills and standards necessary for job acquisition. An introduction provides the Illinois perspective; Illinois…

This paper examines the controversial problem of the availability of and access to computers, training, and technology, and the availability of and access to all types of learners. Technologies must be designed with diverse learners in mind in order to fully realize their capacity and contribution to the field of education. If the need for…