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Webb, Norman L.; And Others – 1980
Individually Guided Education (IGE) is a complex educational system intended to enable the elementary school to provide an environment where students learn at a rate and in a manner appropriate to their own learning styles. This descriptive study concerns the implementation of the Developing Mathematical Processes (DMP) instructional program,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education
Stewart, Deborah M.; And Others – 1980
Individually Guided Education (IGE) is a complex instructional system intended to enable the elementary school to provide an environment where students learn at a rate and in a manner appropriate to their learning styles. This desriptive study concerns the implementation of the Pre-Reading Skills Program (PRS) which was created to be compatible…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Style, Curriculum Evaluation, Grade 1
Bryant, B. J.; And Others – 1978
A study of college placement offices was conducted to determine types of student services, staffing patterns, computer use, and strengths and weaknesses. The survey was limited to the 226 placement offices that returned the questionnaire. From the data gathered in the study, the following conclusions can be drawn: (1) most placement offices are…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Colleges, Counseling Services, Higher Education
Murray, Stephen L.; Quilling, Mary R. – 1980
Four problems underlying the delivery of technical assistance in Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I evaluation are discussed: (1) the dual missions of facilitating the implementation of the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System and of facilitating the local use of evaluation information frequently require tradeoffs between…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Brown, William H., Comp. – 1979
This report presents evaluations of the programs implemented by District 17 in Brooklyn, New York which were funded by Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Impact Aid during the 1978-1979 school year. The following programs are discussed: (1) Upgrading Reading Grades 3-9, (2) Program for Learners of English as a Second…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit 16, Lewisburg, PA. – 1980
A project evaluated a delivery system instituted during the 1978-79 school year at a New Berlin, Pennsylvania, area vocational-technical school. Replacing the three-year, two-week-about (alternate two-week periods) system previously in use, this twelfth-year program permitted students to enroll in a one-year, full-time program of instruction.…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Delivery Systems, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Iowa State Career Education Advisory Council, Des Moines. – 1977
Focus in this evaluation report of Iowa secondary vocational education is on jointly administered programs--those contracted services which are established either between two or more secondary schools or between a merged area school and one or more secondary schools. The report is a synthesis and discussion of information gathered from field…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Policy Formation, Program Administration, Program Effectiveness
Rescorla, Leslie A.; And Others – 1979
The Yale Child Welfare Research Program was a comprehensive, service centered, longitudinal, intervention project for low-income families and their children. Eighteen children from inner city, low-income, predominantly black families participated in the intervention program from before birth to 30 months of age. Each family was assigned a team of…
Descriptors: Day Care, Developmental Programs, Early Childhood Education, Family Programs
Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC. Bureau of Consumer Protection. – 1979
The effect of commercial coaching on Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores was analyzed, using 1974-1977 test results of 2,500 non-coached students and 1,568 enrollees in two coaching schools. (The Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Center, Inc., and the Test Preparation Center, Inc.). Multiple regression analysis was used to control for student…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College Entrance Examinations, High Schools, Improvement Programs
Valentine, Ivan E.; Larson, Milton E. – 1978
A consortium of the Colorado association of local directors of vocational education, professional staff of the Colorado State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education, and personnel of the Department of Vocational Education at Colorado State University planned and developed instructional packages and media for the in-service…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Audiovisual Aids, Collective Bargaining, Educational Media
Hull, W. Frank, IV; And Others – 1977
Specific goals sought by a group of off-campus study program directors were identified in an effort to develop an appropriate instrument for assessing whether the student participants perceived these goals as having been actualized within themselves. An Individual Opinion Inventory was developed for this purpose. Students participating in overseas…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Noboa, Abdin – 1978
This paper argues that the intent of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 and subsequent amendments to improve and equalize educational opportunities for the disadvantaged have been aborted by impotent enforcement and insufficient appropriation of resources. Research findings and highlights from major educational evaluations…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Problems, Compensatory Education, Educational Finance
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1979
The testimony and statements of various administrators and educators at the hearing regarding the effectiveness of Title I are presented in this report. Emphasis is placed on the improvements made by Title I programs in the reading and mathematics skills of educationally disadvantaged students, and numerous case studies are cited in which Title I…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, Compensatory Education, Educational Finance
Spooner, Kendrick L.; Shaper, Jeffrey E. – 1978
This evaluation handbook is the third in a series of three handbooks developed for individuals, school districts, and agencies interested in implementing career education programs. It is a user's manual with easy-to-follow directions for the implementation of specific evaluation activities. The handbook is divided into the following nine sections:…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Career Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Analysis
National Advisory Council on Adult Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
This annual report of the National Advisory Council on Adult Education (NACAE) focuses on both general statistics and change in the federal involvement in adult education since 1965 in light of the new 1978 legislation. It is intended to provide insight and facts for the Executive Branch and the Congress and also to serve as a reference for the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Advisory Committees, Annual Reports
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