Data on private school finance are not available to inform educational policy discussions about private education. Because of interest in private school finances, the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) contracted with the Pelavin Research Center of the American Institutes for Research to explore the feasibility of collecting data…

Learning in the wholetheme approach is defined as reorganizing one's own intuitive knowledge base, as opposed to storing facts. This presentation discusses several thematic organizers to illustrate their role as a teaching tool in helping learners reorganize their own intuitive knowledge base. Intimately tied to the brain's ground-figure processes…

This research was a pilot study that evaluated the impact of relationship schemas and the quality of children's friendships in children's person perception. This study extends previous work in this area in three ways by: (1) examining how children integrate multiple types of information to form impressions of others; (2) evaluating the impact of…

This pilot study sought to extend K.L. Hutchinson and J.W. Neuliep's (1993) research regarding the relationship between parental modeling of communication apprehension (CA) and the development of children's CA. Furthermore, the study examined this relationship within the context of Latino families. Subjects were 82 fifth graders attending a…

The Accelerated Reader (AR) program enables free-standing computer-assisted assessment of comprehension of "real books." It is a curriculum-based assessment that summarizes and analyzes results to enable teachers to monitor both the quantity and quality of reading practice engaged in by the student. It is voluntarily self administered by…

Noting that prevention is the key to healthy development of the youngest children in Illinois, the Birth to Three Project is working to develop a comprehensive, coordinated system of services for expecting families and children under 3 years of age. This progress report details the first year implementation of the All Our Kids (AOK): Birth to…

This is the final annual report of a 4-year (1997-2001) third-party evaluation of the Structure of Intellect (SOI) Model Schools Pilot Program in Oregon. The SOI program was developed based on the learning theories and Structure of Intellect Model attributed to J. Guilford. The program used a combination of structured curriculum in the form of…

Success by Eight is a pilot program of the Fairfax County (Virginia) Public Schools for students in kindergarten through grade 2. The initiative is designed to provide a group of six pilot schools with training and additional resources in implementing a specific set of components to prepare students for the third grade. These components are: (1)…

This report presents the findings of year 2 (July 1998-June 1999) of the third-party evaluation of the effectiveness of the Oregon Structure of Intellect (SOI) Model Schools Pilot Program, a program based on the learning theories and Structure of Intellect model attributed to J. Guilford. The SOI program, developed by R. and M. Meeker, uses a…

This document comprises the five 1997-1988 issues of a newsletter published to disseminate information and resources to child care providers and administrators. The Fall 1997 issue discusses advocating on behalf of children. It lists five steps to take to speak out for children. The Winter 1997-1998 issue discusses mentoring. Mentoring programs…

An individualized program learning approach to junior high career exploration follows Pontiac, Michigan's elementary school career development program. Objectives, rationales, and some background of the program's development are included. (MS)

Dropout rates and employment problems are subsiding in Memphis due to a career education program started under Project SPAN in twenty target schools. The program evolves from grade one through high school and includes such things as field trips, films, speakers, work study programs, computer assisted career information, and job placement. (DS)

Eight years of developmental work at Mt. San Jacinto College have demonstrated that individualized instruction for vocational education is possible, practical, cost effective, and necessary today. Currently in use at Mt. San Jacinto are individualized instruction, open enrollment, continuous progression, prescriptive education, mini courses, and a…

Describes the main features of four experimental solar heating plans to be installed in four different schools in Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, and Virginia. (Author/DN)

Author attempts to determine whether testing perpetuates a misevaluation of children's abilities. (Editor/RK)