The document is the fourth of a five-part series focusing in minute detail on the processes involved in the formulation of an instructional systems development (ISD) program for military interservice training that will adequately train individuals to do a particular job. Inputs, procedures, and outputs for Phase IV (Implement) and Phase V…

Discussed are issues in the identification and remediation of reading difficulties in elementary and secondary schools, and reported are results of a survey of 786 teachers of reading. Noted in the survey results are that 21% of the teachers had only two or more graduate courses in reading, and that only 4% or 2% of the teachers, respectively, had…

The collection of six papers offers perspectives on planning and implementing career education programs. The first paper, the Introduction (David Goodwin), deals with program implementation. The second paper, Priorities in Career Education (Alonzo A. Crim), describes the historical origins of career education in the Atlanta school system with a…

The document is a supplement to "Vocational Education; an Annotated Bibliography of Selected References, 1917-1966 (Below College)." It provides a list of materials which emphasize the evaluation of vocational education programs in secondary and postsecondary vocational education, trends in management and cost effectiveness, history of…

The principal purposes of the preparation program at North Central Technical Institute (NCTI), Wausau, Wisconsin, were to provide opportunities for certain students to further their general academic development and to explore various vocational fields. Students intended for the preparatory program were those identified by their high school records…

The criteria of excellence outlined in this book have been organized according to the following five components, identified as essential for effective reading programs: school and community commitment, staff and staff development, the learning environment, program development and implementation, and instructional materials. For each of the…

This paper discusses some of the factors affecting educational planning in underdeveloped countries and attempts to identify and formulate evaluation criteria suitable for appraising educational planning in such countries. Although the analytical framework proposed is applicable to any country, it is designed specifically for use where lack of…

This publication is one of two related volumes that were produced as part of an interdisciplinary effort at the University of Pennsylvania by the School of Social Work and the Wharton School to develop a joint educational program in social welfare management. This particular volume contains the syllabi and course outlines of six proposed classes…

Presented is a model designed to aid school personnel in identifying gifted and talented children. In the chapter on problems and challenges of identification, the inadequacies of standardized group intelligence tests are pointed out and factors contributing to the broadening of the concept of giftedness are outlined. Stressed in chapter 2, on…

The Committee on Affirmative Action was charged by the Illinois Board of Higher Education in March 1975 to address two topics: (1) development of positive affirmative action programs at all levels of higher education employment, and (2) development of programs to increase minority and women student enrollment. The committee focused its study on…

A conference held at Austin College, focusing on educational change, discussed: (1) changing tasks and college renewal; (2) new role for students; (3) new role for faculty, including the importance of faculty development; (4) the total institutional approach; and (5) the future role of the liberal arts college. An appendix presents Austin College…

This State of Iowa annual evaluation report for fiscal year 1973 on programs, projects, services and activities funded in part or in whole under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I is organized into seven sections dealing with the following topics respectively: basic state statistics, needs assessment, planning, implementation, evaluation,…

Intended to facilitate the improvement of industrial arts education in Pennsylvania, the guidelines for planning and development emphasize an interdisciplinary approach. They are aimed at professional personnel and are divided into general provisions which are applied (with changes in specific content where appropriate) to elementary, middle…

This document incorporates the findings of a project initiated to find solutions to the problems of planning, designing, constructing, and utilizing facilities to house career education. The first section in part reproduces scenarios forecasting experts' consensus of views about technological change by the years 1985, 2000, and 2025. Facilities…

The purpose of this manual is to provide guidelines and assistance to local education agency planners in the needs-assessment process. In the first section, the needs-assessment process is discussed within the overall framework of the program development cycle. Subsequent sections treat each step in the process, providing a model. Issues are…