A panel discussion was held to examine the efficacy of the Applications Technology Satellites, powerful communication satellites designed to send quality signals to low-cost ground terminals. The satellites have been used on an experimental basis in rural America, Canada, and India. While the panel generally agreed on the great potential of the…

This publication offers a brief description of the content and instructional methods used during the three years of the Educational Management Project's inservice programs for educational administrators in the Tucson Public Schools. The discussion is organized into three sections that focus in turn on the activities and results of each of the…

This paper presents a model for developing and evaluating new educational programs in a large city school district. The model described was developed and partially field tested in the Phoenix Union High School System. It is intended to be simple enough not to stifle new ideas but detailed enough to provide smooth transition from the experimental…

Approximately 50 workers from a variety of academic and professional fields came together at the Tufts Seminar to Initiate New Experiments in Undergraduate Instruction to discover, discuss, and explore some of the problems of undergraduate education and to suggest new or alternate ways that might be tried to meet these problems. The seminar saw…

Ideas on the necessity for evaluating alternative programs and on developing evaluation programs are examined in this position paper. Many alternative schools, opposed to measurement of their program from a philosophical and defensive standpoint, view evaluation in a negative light because the purpose is not understood. However, evaluation can be…

This document lists critical factors that would assist in assuring quality in nontraditional programs in higher education. These factors include: (1) a statement of program purposes that has the commitment of the major factors in implementing the program; (2) given purposes specified at the university as well as program level, the institution…

This document describes one of the new, experimental pre-student teaching programs developed by the Division of Teacher Education at California State University. These experimental programs were initiated in the wake of the drastic changes the current teacher supply and demand situation is forcing on teacher education. Included in this document…

An experimental program designed to develop oral language (English) was started in the San Antonio Independent School District in 1964 and included 28 first grade classrooms of culturally deprived urban Spanish-speaking children. Classrooms were designated as Oral-Aural English, with intensive English one hour daily; Oral-Aural Spanish, with…

In a public school setting administrators are frequently under local pressure to make a new project service available to all eligible children. However, comparable control groups for project evaluation are often absent, and although random assignment to treatment groups remains the most systematic method of providing controls, this is not often…

This study attempted to develop a diagnostic-prescriptive curriculum program to improve the school readiness of disadvantaged preschoolers. The language development patterns of 32 3-, 4-, and 5-year-olds were diagnosed by use of the Illinois Test of Psycholinguistic Abilities (ITPA). Teachers were trained to use this information to provide an…

In 1968, a two-year pilot project, called the Minnesota Interlibrary Teletype Experiment (MINITEX) was undertaken to test the feasibility of sharing the University of Minnesota's library resources with patrons of outstate libraries. This report presents the definitive evaluation for the MINITEX project. The four elements in the design of the…

An experimental study was conducted to determine whether the kind of homework a teacher gave made a difference in academic achievement in elementary school children and whether homework such as collecting, observing, listening, and constructing models improved reading ability. Subjects were nearly 700 students in grades 4 through 6 in two schools…

Two special classrooms were provided for 20 students at the preschool and kindergarten level who had severe hearing impairments. Two teachers and two instructional aides condcted classroom activities centered around sense training (visual, tactile, and auditory experiences). Speech development and communication skills were desired outcomes. To…

This book assesses 43 experimental teacher education programs supported by the Ford Foundation from 1958 to 1963. Following a description of the setting in which these programs began (part 1), part 2 analyzes the programs (grouped according to type--undergraduate, five or fifth year, and Master of Arts in Teaching) along with their conventional…

Twelve culturally disadvantaged 4-year-olds of borderline normal intelligence were subjects of this study. Its primary purpose was to test further the cognitive learning theory previously developed, as well as the reinforcement system, the facilities, and the experimental-longitudinal methods of research. The study did not include a control group…