The African Free School has been in operation as an experimental class, supported by Title I funds since September 1970. The major goals of the program are: (1) to improve the academic and emotional achievement of the students, and (2) to teach racial dignity and pride without teaching racism. The AFS Program consists of the regular AFS…

The meaning of the Puerto Rican migration can be initially understood only by perceiving it as a continuation of the experience New York City has always had with newcomers. The focus of the present study is the quest of the Puerto Ricans for identity. This is the feature of their migration which they share most intimately with all other immigrant…

The purpose of this research project was to develop a competency-based model graduate program for administrators of vocational education in Illinois. Directed through the joint efforts of two universities, the project involved the identification of 158 administrative competencies and an assessment of how these competencies might be achieved. Other…

Presented are 14 papers from an institute intended to provide teachers with exposure to various methods of pupil assessment and materials to use once a student profile is developed. Papers generally include an outline of the topic discussed followed by samples of the instructional materials presented. An overview of an itinerant learning…

There exists an overriding need to rethink our cognitive and perceptual approaches to the problem of inter-group living and the development of an ethnic person identity in terms of human behavior and development. Two conceptual models are needed: Socialization is a matter of learning about man-made structure; and individuation is a matter of…

THIS WORKING PAPER IS CONCERNED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEQUENTIALLY SCALED TESTS FOR STUDENTS RECEIVING INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION. THESE TESTS WERE DESIGNED TO INDICATE MASTERY OF DESIRED BEHAVIORS RATHER THAN TO DISCRIMINATE AMONG INDIVIDUALS. OBJECTIVES WERE IDENTIFIED AND ARRANGED SEQUENTIALLY. TESTS WERE GIVEN TO KINDERGARTEN, FIRST-GRADE…

SIX AREAS OF EXCEPTIONALITY SERVED BY PUBLIC SCHOOL PROGRAMS ARE PRESENTED, INCLUDING MENTALLY RETARDED (BOTH EDUCABLE AND TRAINABLE), BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED, DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING, ORTHOPEDICALLY OR NEUROLOGICALLY HANDICAPPED, EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED, AND MULTIPLY HANDICAPPED. INCLUDED FOR EACH EXCEPTIONALITY IS A DEFINITION, CRITERIA FOR…

The focus of this study was to identify schools, located on the Island of Montreal, which may be called "disadvantaged area schools", or, in other words, to identify schools in which a considerable proportion of the students come from disadvantaged areas. Three factors are discussed which are said to produce considerable difficulties in…

This manual contains selected materials and ideas generated during the multicultural program implementation at Fremont Elementary School in 1974-75 which was funded under ESEA Title I. The program included: (1) the consecutive concentrated study of five individual cultures and (2) a comparative multicultural approach built around five basic…

Reference material obtained from responses to questionnaires is presented on 25 early childhood programs for severely handicapped children. Each program report consists of components which include a program abstract; program summary; identification and screening procedures; diagnostic procedures; prescriptive procedures; child progress evaluation;…

Evaluated was a program designed to make an early diagnosis of the emotional problems and learning disabilities of 40 preschool children, and to furnish educational interventions so that these problems might be ameliorated before the children enter formal schooling. The program centered around speech and language, perceptual-motor activities, and…

Presented are the findings of a study involving 1,470 public and non-public school principals and 1,248 teachers to provide a statewide data base that would aid in planning adequate and efficient allocation of resources to meet the educational needs of gifted and talented students in Indiana. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to the study with…

Assessing and developing programs for children with a learning disability (LD) has been a complex and confusing task often involving professionals from the domains of health, education, and the social services in addition to the parents. The problems have included trying to agree upon a definition of LD, identifying interdisciplinary variations…

The unique adaptive behavior characteristics of five subtypes of students identified as learning disabled (LD) are described: (1) non-LD (though classified as such); (2) production deficits; (3) verbal organization disorders; (4) nonverbal organization disorders; (5) global functional disorders. Implications for assessment, programming, and…

Responses of 95 Oregon program coordinators regarding the status of public school hearing conservation suggested the following problems: large numbers of children excluded from program identification and management, wide variability across programs, and nonexistent audiologist participation in hearing conservation. Agency and professional…