This document is the second in a series of evaluative reports directed to evaluation needs of Home Start planners and administrators. It focuses on implementation data about programs gathered during local site visits conducted in the spring and fall of 1972. The two basic evaluative questions asked are: (1) What was Home Start intended by its…

This formative evaluation study of Home Start uses a case study approach. A brief case study focuses on the administrative structure and staff resources and responsibilities of National Home Start. Also included are reports on seven local programs developed after two field visits had been made to each program. In the first visit, objectives chosen…

This Winter 1973 issue of the Title III Quarterly includes articles on such topics as (1) guidance in career education; (2) an innovative approach to decentralizing and individualizing pupil services; (3) a team approach to guidance; (4) new dimensions in the use of guidance personnel; and (5) a comprehensive program for improving guidance…

Eighty-eight Title III-B (Office of Economic Opportunity) grantees and contracting organizations are listed in this handbook for use by agencies working with migrant farm workers. The grantees and organizations are listed alphabetically by state. Mailing addresses and phone numbers, a listing of all key personnel as of August 1973, and the Board…

In trying to solve the problem of hunger in the classroom, the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs heard the testimony of many witnesses, among whom were: Miss Barbara Bode, Program Director, The Children's Foundation; Miss Barbara Hockert, President, Burlington Ad Hoc Committee on School Lunches; and, Mrs. Joseph H. Young,…

The record of the hearings includes the testimony of the many witnesses, among whom were Michigan educators, administrators, and food specialists. In addition, material submitted by the witnesses and relevant newspaper articles citations are included in the appendixes. (JW)

Senators Philip A. Hart and George McGovern were major witnesses at these hearings. Miscellaneous articles, communications, and publications relevant to the Committee are included in the record. (JW)

Full-year Head Start programs are listed in State order in this directory. Mailing address and director's name are provided for each program. Locations of OCD regional offices are provided in an appendix. (KM)

This is the fifth in a series of reports from the U. S. Metric Study, conducted by the National Bureau of Standards, designed to cover the nonmanufacturing segment of the economy representing about 65 percent of the total U. S. employment: mining, agriculture, forestry, fisheries, construction, transportation, communications, utilities,…

Criticizes the federal regulations that encourage waste and cheating in the school lunch program. (IRT)

Examines data from the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) to predict passage of the GED examination. Data were collected and analyzed from four different geographically diffuse states for both comparative and predictive capabilities. The G and V scores on these subtests (at 110 or greater) indicate almost definite prediction. (Author)

The Assistant Secretary for the office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) reviews her office's priority for improving school-to-work transition for students with disabilities. She describes a model that views transition with no special services, time-limited services, or ongoing services. (CL)

The Assistant Secretary for the office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) reviews her office's priority for improving school-to-work transition for students with disabilities. She describes a model that views transition with no special services, time-limited services, or ongoing services. (CL)

Describes activities at Ohio State University and Oklahoma State University as well as the U.S. Department of Education's Task Force initiatives on entrepreneurship education. (SK)

The report synthesizes information from 10 years of operating the Child Service Demonstration Centers (federally funded programs serving learning disabled students). Particular emphasis is placed on the areas of diagnostics, training, research, replication, student characteristics, and intervention models. (Author/CL)