This report investigates perceptual functioning in the kindergarten first-grade period for slow- and average-maturing children. Two sets of auditory and visual tasks were devised: (1) identifying the first of an ordered pair of lights or tones when speed of presentation was a factor, and (2) categorizing each stimulus signal either by a uni- or…

A replication of a previous study, this research was concerned with determining those characteristics of ninth grade girls which are predictive of high school curriculum selection and of success in a chosen curriculum. Composing the sample for this part of the longitudinal study were 362 girls enrolled in one of Altoona Senior High School's five…

Information from tests, when considered in the context of decision theory, can play an important role in vocational development. This role is primarily one of stimulating and facilitating exploratory behavior. Objective procedures for converting test data into counseling information are discussed and illustrated with special attention being given…

Presented is a condensed evaluation report from the National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children relating to 1970-71 school year programs funded under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I. The major foci of the Title I report are parent involvement and accountability, school finance, state discretion and…

Last in a series of three reports prepared to present the results of a project with the proposal title, An Integrated, Longitudinal Study of Practical Nursing, this report is based on data obtained through 45 cooperating practical nursing programs in Illinois and Iowa. Information was obtained from school records, through interviews with students…

The specific aims of the investigation reported in this book were: (1) to determine the consistency or change in personality and adjustment of older adults over time and to learn what factors are related to consistency or changes; (2) to study the problem of survivorship by analyzing differences between survivors in regard to socio-psychological…

FOUR DIFFERENT READING PROGRAMS WERE EVALUATED USING 302 SECOND-GRADE PUPILS WHO HAD PARTICIPATED IN THE SAME PROGRAMS IN GRADE 1. IN ADDITION TO THE STUDY CONDUCTED IN THE SECOND GRADE, A PILOT STUDY WAS CONTINUED INTO GRADE 3, AND A MODIFIED VERSION OF THE GRADE 1 STUDY WAS MADE AGAIN IN GRADE 1. THE FOUR READING PROGRAMS INVOLVED WERE (1) A…

A 3-YEAR STUDY OF THE RESULTS OF BASAL AND INDIVIDUALIZED READING PROGRAMS IN 14 FIRST-GRADE EXPERIMENTAL AND 14 CONTROL CLASSROOMS IN EIGHT SCHOOL SYSTEMS IN WISCONSIN IS PRESENTED. SUBJECTS INCLUDED 359 BOYS AND 349 GIRLS. ALL EXPERIMENTAL (INDIVIDUALIZED) CLASSES WERE PAIRED WITH CONTROL (BASAL) CLASSES EITHER IN THE SAME BUILDING OR IN THE…

AN INTERIM REPORT OF A 3-YEAR LONGITUDINAL STUDY COMPARING INDIVIDUALIZED AND BASAL READING PROGRAMS AT THE PRIMARY LEVEL BY THE LAKESHORE WISCONSIN CURRICULUM STUDY COUNCIL IS PRESENTED. DIFFERENT APPROACHES TO MATERIALS, PROCEDURES, GROUPING, AND SEQUENCE AS INTEGRAL PARTS OF THE READING PROGRAM WERE EXAMINED. INDIVIDUALIZED READING WAS DEFINED…

Through a longitudinal study of compensatory education programs conducted by the school district of River Rouge, Michigan, the question as to whether the application of an interorganizational change model produces significant improvements was tested. The compensatory education program, both before the interorganizational model and after it, was…

The Wichita Follow Through Project (Tucson Early Education Model) involved kindergarten through third grade pupils from low and middle income families in four elementary schools. The 1975-76 longitudinal evaluation was based primarily on results from the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills (grades three-six). Also included were the Metropolitan Readiness…

Using data obtained from recent cross-national and longitudinal studies, the link between family influences and the traditional patterns of school achievement were assessed in terms of rural educational mobility and sex differentials within the context of the "sponsored" system of Norway's schools and the "contest" system…

A general interest in attrition, or loss of units from a study, stems in part from the observation that the infrequency of attention to attrition exacerbates problems of data interpretation. As a substudy of the national evaluation of Project Follow Through, the potential biasing effects of attrition of subjects from the sites were investigated.…

The 1969 Virginia Needs Assessment project was conducted in two stages: (1) identification of statewide school program goals, and evidences of programmatic effort and outcomes; and (2) the development of a model that focused on the learner in the school environment, and incorporated cognitive, affective, and facilitative data in the context of the…

The general emphasis of Project LONGSTEP (the Longitudinal Study of Educational Practices) was on the identification of changes in student achievement that occur as a result of intensive educational innovation. Methods used to identify and document innovations and to assess student achievement are highlighted and include selection of schools and…