Presented is the final report of the Southeast Regional Resource Center's project to interface ALRC/RRC (area learning resource center/regional resource center) effort within Region 13 to insure a comprehensive service delivery capability to the handicapped children in member states (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Puerto Rico,…

The report presents a rationale and goals for leisure services to the handicapped and discusses elements in model state and local implementation of leisure programing related to P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. A historical review of recreation program development is provided along with a consideration of the current…

This paper focuses on evaluation questions for teacher centers, with the emphasis being that the question is as important as the answer. The questioning may be ordered in nine points: (1) For whom are the questions and answers useful? (2) What effects are desired? How should teachers change after the program? (3) How will this change be…

This document, reporting on the findings of the Montgomery County (Maryland) Public School System Task Force on Teacher Evaluation, presents an overall view of teacher evaluation (rationale, purposes, and objectives), criteria for judging teacher effectiveness, methods for assuring quality control, and implementation procedures. Teacher…

This study reports on the effect of a multimedia presentation upon student knowledge levels concerning physical education program offerings at a university no longer requiring participation in the program. The study sought to (a) develop an objective test to measure student knowledge about the University of North Carolina/Greensboro General…

The author, Executive Director of the Presidents Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, presents a seven-question test for parents on the physical education program of their elementary school children, and examines health and physical fitness concerns of children and adults. Emphasis is placed on the early development of physical fitness as a…

This panel study was designed to measure the adoption level over a period of one year for a set of ten reading programs being promoted by NIE/HEW. One panel sample included 200 randomly selected school districts; a second panel sample included 100 school systems that had ordered one or more booklets describing the programs by returning a coupon…

This document reports on a study of several characteristics of the Computer Based Education (CBE) lessons written at military training sites whose CBE projects were sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA). The purposes of the study were (1) to demonstrate the potential of computer-based scanning of CBE programs as a means…

Intended to provide the reader with information concerning the development and early heritage of a secondary vocational agriculture program, this historical account of the development of an Ohio vocational agriculture program is intended also to be useful as a prototype for other communities who wish to make a similar report of their programs.…

This handbook, prepared to assist librarians in planning summer reading programs for children, includes suggestions on the following: (1) establishing program goals, objectives, and activities; (2) supplies, resources, and materials needed for the program; (3) sample registration, evaluation, and volunteer recruitment forms; (4) types of publicity…

In this updated report on the Riverside Unified School District, the district continues with its integration efforts including major program development. Over the three years of integration, performance of all children from the three major race groups has improved. In the primary grades, there has been a general trend toward higher reading…

This resource book, designed as a planning tool for demonstration project directors, discusses the following six key elements which have application at all three stages of a demonstration project: (1) Objectives, (2) resources, (3) endorsement, (4) communications, (5) evaluation, and (6) outreach. Each of these elements is discussed within the…

A well-planned, effective inservice program should include the following criteria: long-range preparation involving all staff, follow-up supportive services, focus on teachers' stated needs, cooperation of teachers and teacher educators in discovering how teachers can continue to grow, development of knowledge about resources and necessary…

The nature of staff development in education and the role that the Association of Teacher Educators (ATE) and its Georgia affiliate might play in promoting staff development efforts are discussed. The identification of individual and system needs, the coordination of these needs, and the evolution of programs meeting these needs are seen as the…

A rationale, a model, and several suggestions are presented for increasing and maintaining the rate of classroom implementation of new teacher skills developed through inservice training programs. Because the health-related instructional areas have received insufficient attention in post-training studies, the suggestions are presented in the…