Specific indicators of quality and possible trends relative to small rural high schools in the 19 member states of the North Central Association (NCA) were examined. Data were derived from "North Central Quarterly" reports. Examination of rural high school demographic setting and enrollment size included 1969 and 1974 comparisons of: (1)…

This report is based on a study of new institutional arrangements and organizational patterns for continuing education in the United States during 1969. Two related parts give findings of questionnaire surveys and interviews in ten middle-sized New York State urban areas, and findings of a national study based on interviews, visits, and current…

Beginning with such movements as the eighteenth century moral reformation societies and Welsh Sunday schools, and the first adult schools for both men and women in the early 1800's, this historical review traces British adult education up to 1850. Emphasis is on the extensive and widespread programs of the Mechanics' (workingmen's) Institutes and…

This bulletin lists and provides brief annotations for the instruments acquired by the Test Collection of Educational Testing Service from July through September of 1970, whether published in the U. S. or abroad. Other information includes announcements of new tests soon to be available; tests no longer available; a supplementary list of national…

This collection of conference papers by various authors covers the following aspects of individualized curriculum and instruction: (1) research trends, (2) applicability to specific subject areas, and (3) implications for teacher education. (LLR)

The aim of this conference was to stimulate joint action among organizations involved with adult education in east and central Africa, as well as publishers, journalists, librarians and book distributors; it focused on the problems of keeping people reading and improving their ability to read in any language. Opening addresses covered reading…

The directory lists services available in the Washington, D.C. area for persons with mental, physical, or emotional handicaps or with special health conditions. An index by handicapping condition and an index by services offered precede the listing of facilities in the District of Columbia, Maryland (Montgomery and Prince George's Counties), and…

The 1968 report of the Nassau County Vocational Center for Women presents the Center's role in providing educational and vocational information and specific referrals to women returning to occupations outside their homes. An analysis is made of the women who enter the labor market and is related to the women now in Nassau County and to the jobs…

An inter-disciplinary course entitled "Cybernation and Man," developed by the School of Engineering at San Jose State College, tries to evaluate the many problems posed to man by the expansion of his technology. It is contended in the course that the most effective approach to control of complex social phenomena within a technological…

This 767-item bibliography provides language teachers with an enumerated, subject-classified, selected body of reference and research materials. Largely drawn from the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), the items are listed with the ERIC accession number. Sixty-three subject classifications range from advanced placement to testing…

The filmography on American Indian education lists existing films in current distribution. The introduction explains the purpose of the guide, the procedure used to compile it, samples of questionnaires used, films as audiovisual classroom aids, the classification of films for classroom use, the relation of film use to individual curricula, some…

Colleges with sizable teacher education programs must demonstrate the legitimacy and usefulness of all kinds of educational media and technology. Students and faculty in such colleges need readily available educational media selection centers, which may be considered expanded curriculum laboratories, to help them become familiar with the…

This is a bibliography of books, periodical articles and pamphlets on population and family education which are available in the library of the Population Education Clearing House Service of the Unesco Regional Office for Education in Asia, Bangkok. Most of the documents cited were published in the 60's and 70's with the exception of a few which…

A new conception of computer-based instructional systems is presented in this design of a system that can deliver individualized information sequences not only to learners and trainees, but to reference workers, reviewers, etc. Underlying the system is a flexible data base organized into labelled, movable information blocks according to the…

This work as one of a series in the Survey of the Behavioral and Social Sciences conducted by the National Academy of Sciences and the Social Science Research Council attempts to answer the questions: 1) who are historians? 2) what do they do? 3) how do they work? 4) what are their needs? 5) what can be done about the needs? The answers come from…