The Illinois project entitled Measurement and Evaluation of Public Library Services is being conducted by the Library Research Center (LRC) at the University of Illinois. The long range goal of the project is to make available meaningful information for the evaluation and improvement of local public libraries. Two immediate objectives are to test…

Begun in October 1972 as a result and demonstration project, the Alternative to Foster Care Program (ATFCP) grew out of the concern in the Seattle American Indian community over the separation of Indian parents from their children in foster care. ATFCP was to explore the development of means by which Native American families, faced with the threat…

The eight-year longitudinal study was conducted by the Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) district, Buffalo, New York to determine the costs, benefits, and effectiveness of vocational education in that region. The study consisted of three phases plus a comparison with academic programs in the district. The phases included; (1)…

The CardPac System of Educational Accounting project developed instruments and procedures for collecting information about aspects of the elementary and secondary educational programs in Iowa. This project included the development of a bank of educational information that will transcribe, integrate, and store information centrally for purposes of…

The study objective was to identify factors shown to have influenced the acceptance of a career guidance system in six high schools. The theoretical framework was based on characteristics of the advocates, consumers, system, and interrelationships among those three. Records, interviews, field notes, and surveys were used to collect data. The…

Evaluations that use imperfect information run into both analytical and political problems. Educational accountability systems based on achievement scores are an instance. Such systems frequently turn out to be irrelevant to policy decisions, resisted by educational interest groups that fear unflattering comparisons and the misuse of results, and…

This handbook's fundamental purpose is to provide terms and definitions for the data and information educators use in student services. It identifies concepts used in decisionmaking, provides standardized terms and definitions, classifies the terms, provides guidelines for developing and managing student records, and recommends the development of…

The summary overview of educational and learning-related programs for adults age 62 and over is based on a national study for the Administration on Aging. It contains data on 3,500 programs reported in a 20-item questionnaire survey based upon: subjects of study; methods and location; attitudes and problems; and a wide range of administrative…

Originally funded under the Vocational Education Act of 1963 and subsequently under Part C of the 1968 Amendments, the Maryland Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) started operation in January 1969 by recruiting a staff and securing the necessary equipment. Once these needs were satisfied the major activities of the staff evolved around (1) state…

This paper is concerned with the conceptual problems of developing an administrative planning system for local school districts. Specific planning procedures will be published later as part of a completed PPBS model. Definitions of certain concepts lead to a "Typology of Planning Behavior," which distinguishes three levels of planning…

Money and credit management is a problem which the teenager must face as a member of his present family and, in the not-too-distant future, in a home of his own. To help teach consumer credit and money management in high school vocational homemaking classes, a simulation game was developed using procedures and steps listed by various game…

Problems and processes of establishing a comprehensive data register to serve the Fresno City Unified School District and other local governmental units are discussed as part of PROJECT DESIGN, funded under ESEA Title III. The objective of the report is to examine the present state of data collection and dispersal in the Fresno area and to suggest…

The Secondary Student Status Survey, Part Two, consists of various sub-surveys that are significant as individual studies and as basic material for other related sub-surveys and essential to a total core of data concerning the "product" of the school system. The core of data consists of pertinent statistics, research findings, and…

The purpose of this study is to provide day care center management and government funding agencies with empirical estimates of the costs of day care centers in Pennsylvania. Based on cost data obtained from the Department of Public Welfare and survey information from the Pennsylvania Day Care Study Project, average and marginal costs of day care…

Career education is one possible response to 11 criticisms of the present educational system centering on relationships and lifestyles of individuals. The response can be made through the use of the concept of work. "Work" is defined as conscious effort, other than that involved in activities whose primary purpose is either coping or relaxation,…