This is a detailed study of the C-130 Phase I (CCTS) pilot training program conducted by the 4442nd Combat Crew Training Wing at Stewart Air Force Base, Tennessee. The purpose of the study was to determine the most effective training program that will continue to produce highly qualified pilots at the least cost. The program was evaluated and…

The author explores the ways in which games can be used to instruct, inform, and educate. The first chapter discusses games in a general manner. The next five chapters present the use of games for improving education, for guidance in occupational choice and training, and for solving problems and decision making in physical and social sciences,…

A number of factors--including the reorganization of school administrative structures, the availability of new technology, increased competition among groups for limited resources, and changing patterns of communication--suggest an increased need for quantitative analysis in the school district decision-making process. One area of school…

The document contains papers, working group and discussion reports, and statements by participants of a UNESCO Workshop on the evaluation of functional literacy projects, held at the University of London Institute of Education, August, 1969. The objective of the workshop was to enable people engaged in the evaluation of functional literacy and…

The latest computer-based instruction (CBI) systems are technically feasible and can teach a variety of subject areas to students ranging in grade level from kindergarten to college. However, CBI is still largely in the research and development state. There are few, if any CBI systems in regular operational use. As a consequence, there is little…

This study focused on the measurement and interpretation of income gains resulting from the improved education of poor persons. Several kinds of education (job retraining, dropout prevention, compensatory education, preschool programs, increased expenditures per pupil) were examined in terms of efficiency (average cost versus average returns) in…

The purpose of this study was to develop the schema and methodology for the construction of a computerized mathematical model designed to project college and university enrollments in New York State and to meet the future increased demands of higher education planners. This preliminary report describes the main structure of the proposed computer…

Designed for use by government or voluntary agencies providing residential group care for children, the manual presents guidelines for initial review and year end interpretation of agency operations along with three worksheets for agency expenses. Additional worksheets and guidelines are included for parent organization expenses and evaluation of…

This document reports the results of a study commissioned by the American Federation of Teachers to examine the needs of the public schools during the decade ahead, and to propose a plan by which federal, state, and local resources can be marshalled to meet these needs. The essential aim of the proposed plan is "to achieve by 1977 an average…

This study is an effort to determine possible service performance levels in hospital libraries, based on access to the scholarly record of medicine through selected lists of clinical journals and indexing and abstracting journals. Specific emphasis is placed on (1) the citation verification through the use of the index and abstract journals, (2)…

The central issue discussed in this paper on policy issues in early childhood education concerns the locus of primary responsibility for the care and rearing of the infant and young child. To provide an analytic basis for decision-making in early childhood education, the author (1) describes the serious and deepening societal problems that appear…

Several computer programs were developed to solve various versions of the quadratic capacitated facilities location problem. Matrices, which represent various business costs, are defined for the factors of sites, facilities, customers, commodities, and production units. The objective of the program is to find an optimization matrix for the lowest…

Driver Education is one of the most expensive courses on a per pupil basis offered in secondary schools. In order to assess the magnitude of driver education in New York State, and to evaluate the various methods and approaches used to teach the course, the Office of Education Performance Review surveyed 67 driver education programs offered at…

Very little work has been done in the broad field of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) to exploring the use of a minicomputer as another learning resource in the instructional process. Accordingly a cost-effective Learning Resource Aided Instruction (LRAI) System centered around a Data General NOVA minicomputer augmented with slide…

Although two economic methods, cost effectiveness and benefit-cost analysis, are frequently mentioned as useful tools for educational decision making, only one, cost effectiveness, has potential for making a contribution to this field. A benefit-cost analysis tries for each alternative to measure benefits and costs, which are then discounted to…