In order to obtain teachers' views concerning art and music instruction in elementary schools, a 38-item opinionnaire was developed and distributed to a randomly selected sample of 236 grade school teachers in Illinois. Items solicited demographic data (e.g., grade level taught, years of teaching, and preparatory arts courses taken) and surveyed…

This report on the female offender in the Federal Prison System describes the response of the Bureau of Prisons to its mission of protecting society while also preparing offenders for release. Detailed descriptions are included of what happens to them in the Federal correctional system, particularly programs of counseling, education, training and…

The document presents the Southwest Regional Resource Center's (SRRC) final technical report on its major activities, products, and services for handicapped children from June 1, 1974, to September 30, 1977. The element summaries, which comprise the main text of the report, contain information on model development, regional task force work, direct…

The document describes a program to enlarge, through inservice training workshops, the pool of individuals available to provide appropriate services for multiply handicapped students in various communities and at residential schools. Outlined are plans for providing training courses to collaborative service coordinators, non-education…

Two-hundred and sixty-five individual education plans (IEPs) from 13 California school districts representing programs operating under traditional special education funding were evaluated to determine their comprehensiveness, specificity, clarity, and extent to which a "least restrictive environment" was provided. Through interviews with…

This study considers telecommunication as a technological extension of fundamental human communication, and elaborates on telecommunication in a specific area like vocational rehabilitation, the relevance of previous experience with telecommunication to vocational rehabilitation, deciding where telecommunication will be best placed in a process…

In an effort to underscore the importance of the book and written word, Public Law 95-129 was signed by President Carter in 1977 establishing the Center for the Book in the Library of Congress. This pamphlet reports on the progress made in the first year of planning during four meetings directed at potential activities, the international flow of…

This report provides readers with three primary products: significant data on statewide planning for cooperative computing, a process model to evaluate the development of cooperative computing in any state, and a structural model to evaluate the products of implementation in states that have implemented plans for cooperative computing. Such…

A four week course in television programming and production for very young children was attended by 13 representatives from ten countries in the Asian-Pacific area. The first part of the course was devoted to presentations by the participants describing the television programs in their countries and the presentation and discussion of about 80…

This is the summary report of a study conducted to measure the impact of the cutbacks necessitated by Proposition 13 on the availability and quality of vocational education in California, recommend reforms in the priority-setting process for vocational education given reduced levels of support, and recommend changes in regulations and/or…

This report documents a review of the literature in the area of vocabulary development. The various sections contain discussions of the need for vocabulary development and the current status of vocabulary development programs, a definition of vocabulary development, and suggestions for the technology and content of a vocabulary program. (Author)

In 1975 a survey was conducted of teachers' and administrators' perceptions of the School Planning, Evaluation, and Communication System (SPECS) in two school districts. The purpose of this study was to provide information about the effects of SPECS in action. The first district, called Pine School District in the study report, was located in a…

This report describes how barriers to planning for children inappropriately placed in foster care were overcome in a 3-year demonstration project: Freeing Children for Permanent Placement, conducted by the Children's Services Division, Department of Social Services, State of Oregon. Clients, amount of effort made, personnel involved, social work…

Recommendations made for identifying viable Federal funding alternatives for schools include scanning and reviewing printed information with consistent regularity and taking advantage of human resources. Procurement procedures and considerations are suggested for the following areas: (1) need determination; (2) conceptualization/planning; (3)…

This catalog, the fourth edition issued by the U.S. Office of Education, provides current information on the state facilitator projects presently operating in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. It is designed especially for use by state facilitators and developer/demonstrators in the National Diffusion…