The report of an international seminar on educational technology emphasized the distinction between learning and being taught. A change to active learning associated with the provision of resources to which the learner has direct access is seen as the new goal of education. These resources can take the form of "packages" consisting of texts,…

Evaluating alternatives provides both the reason for and the technique of program budgeting for educational planning. The activities demanded by the program budgeting system allow systematic choosing of a preferred course of action. Within this system, alternatives are considered in the context of all other programs. This document presents…

The object of this essay is to establish the right of the working class to a popular culture. It was written in reaction to the great disparity which existed in England between the progress achieved in terms of material wealth and the low moral and intellectual state of those whose labor had produced it. Chapter I, History, delves into the origin…

This report documents a research project focusing on the role of telecommunications technology in the regional delivery of educational services, including assessment of needs, factors in choosing the technology for implementation, alternative delivery systems, cost analysis, and a study of possible demonstration projects in South Carolina,…

The Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) focuses on three objectives: (1) To provide low-income elderly persons with an opportunity to participate in their community, (2) To provide financial assistance to low-income elderly persons, and (3) To provide social, psychological, and educational benefits to children with developmental disabilities.…

There is a crisis today in education, particularly in teacher-pupil relationships. The emotional climate of the typical elementary and secondary classroom must be changed, but without sacrificing progress by the children in the achievement of subject matter goals. However, with traditional classrooms, children need more feedback, praise, and…

The purpose of this study was to estimate the costs to the nation of the inadequate education of a substantial portion of the population, where an inadequate education for the latter third of the twentieth century was defined as an attainment of less than high school graduation. Using data from the Department of Commerce and other sources in…

The three position papers on reading disability and illiteracy offer a description of the present position and boundaries of the problem which the current state of knowledge, research, and experience affords us. The first, "The Costs of Illiteracy" by A. Dale Tussing and Laurence B. DeWitt, attempts to describe these "costs" as the quickest way to…

A picture of the American prison situation in the past and in its present changing form is presented. The object of the correctional community is becoming more and more that of successfully reintegrating the ex-offender into the social community from which he has been separated. It is predicted that within the next five years: (1) Every state will…

This report provides additional detail on the problems of test and measurement and cost analysis associated with performance contracting programs. The guide, addressed to school board members, administrators, and other educational decisionmakers who may be contemplating a performance contracting program, delineates the questions, issues, and…

This document presents the papers and seminar discussions of the Forum. Thirty-eight papers were presented covering (1) the relationship of institutional research to general issues of policy formulation, (2) academic policy formulation, (3) administrative policy formulation, (4) enrollment policy formulation, and (5) special interest groups. The…

Under the present practices, the objectives and activities of socially oriented projects have rarely been specified with enough clarity and concreteness. Alternatives have been insufficiently presented for consideration by top management. In a number of cases, the future costs of present decisions have not been laid out systematically enough and…

Numerous facets of curriculum evaluation are discussed. Recent developments in evaluation, characteristics of evaluation and evaluators, and specific characteristics of curriculum evaluation are examined. Several curriculum evaluation models are studied. (DG)

A number of issues related to the development of evaluation methodology are discussed. These issues are as follows: the definition of the purpose, general strategies for the development of methodology, and methodological research. The evaluation methodology developed is for the purpose of providing data for decision making. Some specific…

A team of students, faculty members, division chairpersons and administrators at Mendocino College developed a set of knowledge, skill and attitude goals for an interdisciplinary program around the theme of the "World Food Crisis." Once the broad goals had been set, a team representing the social sciences, natural sciences, and…