Results and conclusions of an attempt in Los Angeles to bring PPBS to the teachers. (Editor)

Study finds job training compares favorably with that offered by public institutions. (Editor)

Output per man-hour rose sharply, reflecting strong gains in output and moderate increases in man-hours. (Editor)

Many communities across the country are using mobile recreation facilities to improve school and community programs

Describes in some detail the Curriculum Evaluation Model, "a technique for calculating the cost-effectiveness of alternative curriculum materials by a detailed breakdown and analysis of their components, quality, and cost. Coverage, appropriateness, motivational effectiveness, and cost are the four major categories in terms of which the…

Outlines the two opposing views of PPBS. (MB)

A position paper developed from the Central California Council of Teachers of English Curriculum Study Commission special invitational conference April 3-5, 1971. A reply to educational engineers and their request for cost per unit of learning. (RB)

A program to extend vocational rehabilitation services to all medically and culturally handicapped persons is evaluated. (BH)

Article presents an approach to establishing an equitable reimbursement schedule that captures both the essence and the purposes of performance contracting. (Authors)

Benefit-cost relationships are estimated for many subgroups of disabled persons. (BH)

This study proposes and investigates file ordering and retrieval techniques which, it is hypothesized, will: (a) reduce the average cost of retrieving records which satisfy a query, and (b) increase the rate of retrieval in the initial portion of the response period. (8 references) (Author)

Concludes that the Upward Bound program is of marginal social value, with low or nonexistent net benefits. (BH)