This paper presents an outline of kindergarten goals for the seventies along with specific suggestions for supporting classroom activities. The kindergarten goals are divided into four developmental areas: (1) Cognitive or Intellectual Development (with emphasis on concept development, or "content skills" and mastery or "process skills"); (2)…

The report contains a synthesis of vocational education statistics based on information submitted by the States on programs conducted under the approved State plan for vocational education in most cases for FY 1972 and FY 1973. Annual vocational education reports submitted by the States provide data on enrollments, program completions, and…

This is a survey of the postsecondary educational scene in the State of Alaska. The first segment of the report discusses the major institutions and agencies involved in the delivery of postsecondary education in the state, the second analyzes offerings, the third presents additional observations, and the fourth summarizes the findings. Finally,…

This document includes the descriptions of the 179 projects that received support from the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education in 1975-76. The content represents resources for change, not capital resources, but those noncapital resources essential to improvement--people, institutions, and ideas. The Project Directors named are…

The Bilingual Mini Head Start program is an early education program for children of migrant farm workers. The program has three permanent sites--two year-round sites in Washington which serve both mobile migrants and seasonal farm workers' children, and a home base site in Grulla, Texas which serves only mobile migrant children. Teachers from…

Conceived as an educational experiment designed to meet the unique needs of migrant children, Training Migrant Paraprofessionals in Bilingual Mini Head Start is an early education program for children of migrant farm workers. Initiated in 1971, the program has two components: the "Mobile Component" and the "Washington State…

This state assessment at the third-grade level is the first stage of a proposed three-year evaluation cycle of third, sixth, and ninth grades in North Carolina to aid personnel in making accurate decisions regarding improvement in the social studies curriculum. Students were randomly selected to represent the third-grade population in the state…

This report is a collection of articles by various authors, which examine issues surrounding the reform of secondary education. Part 1 presents a historical survey of American education. Part 2 develops a conceptual framework for making useful policy statements. It also considers issues of individual freedom and social order, with emphasis on…

The accountability movement in American education has received great clamors of attention in the past few years. This movement, in turn, suggests the need for particular data to inform responsible decision-making; the need for assessment instruments which can address the question of what is learned; and the need for strengthening the existing…

The concept of progress by examination at Hampshire College is discussed in one of a series of progress reports on the college in its attempt to redefine the nature of liberal arts education. A student's academic progress is measured by examinations rather than by credit hours and grades. The system has been enthusiastically supported by the…

This paper reports on a study in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area designed to assess social studies teachers' perceptions of knowledge, attitudes, and skills goals in social studies education. Four hundred and sixty K-12 social studies teachers responded to the assessment instrument. The results indicated that secondary social studies teachers…

In the 1973-74 North Carolina State Assessment approximately 2,500 third-graders took a health test and a physical education test. The students were randomly selected to represent the third-grade population in the state as a whole and in the three geographic regions: Mountains, Piedmont, and Costal Plains. Both sexes were about evenly represented.…

Needs assessment is a systematic procedure by which educational needs are identified and ranked in order of priority. The process involves the use of both objective (achievement test scores) and subjective (attitudinal measures) information to identify and rank educational needs. A procedure to guide the needs assessment effort includes various…

In accordance with the intent of compensatory educational programs supported by Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I funds, the Phoenix Union High School System has implemented supplementary programs during the 1974-75 school year at four of the District's 11 high schools: Carl Hayden, North, Phoenix Union, and South Mountain, and at the…

The document describes findings of the Education Subcommittee of the Secretary's Advisory Committee on the Rights and Responsibilities of Women regarding the impact of Federal vocational education legislation and HEW policies on women. Section 1, A Summary of the 1975 Report of the Subcommittee on Education (four pages), examines: Title 9, areas…