This paper describes the development of a new technique to assess clinical problem solving skills in medical students. The procedure enables each step in the solution of clinical problems to be evaluated independently by providing feedback to students at each decision point. (Editor)

Article addresses itself to the question of how schools can best be used in the coming decades. (GB)

Describes a long range planning project called "Redesign" which is now in operation in the Palo Alto Unified School District in California. (GB)

Considered the administrative leadership and the teacher attitudes necessary to implement instructional technology. (RK)

The flexibility inherent in the multi-unit school organizational plan has been instrumental in making possible the placement of special education students in regular classrooms for a portion of their daily instructional program. This provides unusual opportunities for academic, emotional, and social growth heretofore unavailable to these students.…

One school district has taken a step toward greater humanization. At Lewiston-Porter Central School District in Youngstown, New York, Step Ahead Letters provide formal positive reinforcement for effort and improved achievement by any and all students, irrespective of academic ability. (WM)

Examines a number of reasons for the apparent failure of self-paced instruction when it is first adopted by enthusiastic engineering instructors, and describes how and why the typical self-paced course improves during the second offering. (JR)

With new schools, expanded enrollments and changing curricula, the character of medical education is rapidly changing. (Editor/JR)

This publication presents brief descriptions of 48 innovative demonstration programs that have been developed, implemented, and evaluated by New York school districts under provisions of Title IV-C of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Under Title IV-C, the demonstration districts have been provided funds to cover the cost of aiding other…

The Urban Education Studies were motivated by the conviction that in many city school districts there are developments which may become forerunners of fundamental transformations in elementary and secondary education. Several distinctive features were incorporated into the design of the studies, such as concentration on unusually successful…

The number of secondary alternative programs in the school district of Philadelphia has grown to 75 giving it one of the largest networks of alternative programs in the country. The object of this paper is to report on the impact of those programs. The programs are divided into four categories: (1) disruptive/ truant programs, (2) career programs,…

Major trends in library technology and technology in general, as indicated by information gathered through internal development work at the Dallas Public Library, professional readings, and interviews with experts, are discussed. Trends covered are: (1) internal library services focusing on a total systems approach to library automation; (2)…

In response to another paper that suggests scholarly publication may soon take nonprint forms, this discussion asserts that, because of the intimacy between the reader and the printed word, the traditional forms of expression in scholarly work will not be greatly altered. Although scholarly journals in education are largely responsible for…

This article represented one school's experience with the MACOS project, instruction of mixed ability groups in the social studies by a team of teachers. (Author/RK)

The reform and reorganization of secondary education in Switzerland is proposed. (DE)