Actual and potential relationships between evaluators and linkers--curriculum or management specialists who disseminate the products of evaluation to school districts--were explored. Evaluation and linkage evolved as distinct educational occupations, stimulated by federal involvement in research, development, and school improvement since the early…

The Mayor of Columbus, Tom Moody, spoke on his views of CETA, unemployment, and vocational education. In his opinion, all required and most optional education should be vocational education; that is, it should equip people to be able to support themselves, to earn a living, and to be productive in our society. He pointed out several…

THIS REPORT EVALUATES NEW YORK STATE'S COMPENSATORY EDUCATION ACTIVITIES ACCORDING TO THE FORMAT SPECIFIED BY THE OFFICE OF EDUCATION. THE FIRST SECTION DEALS WITH PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION AND DESCRIBES THE TYPES OF SERVICES OFFERED, DISSEMINATION OF DATA, EVALUATIVE PROCEDURES, MAJOR PROBLEM AREAS, PROJECTS THAT WERE NOT APPROVABLE, COORDINATION…

THIS COMMITTEE REPORT CONTAINS THE PRESIDENT'S 1965 EDUCATION AND STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGES, THE TEXT OF THE 1965 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT (ESEA) TO IMPROVE EDUCATIONAL QUALITY AND OPPORTUNITIES, AND A SECTION-BY-SECTION ANALYSIS OF THE ESEA. THE TITLES OF THE ACT PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR (1) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES TO…

THIS ANNUAL EVALUATION OF IDAHO'S 1966-67 TITLE I PROJECTS ACKNOWLEDGES SOME INITIAL NEGATIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD TITLE I ON THE PART OF SCHOOL BOARDS, ADMINISTRATORS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, AND STUDENTS. PART I OF THE EVALUATION LISTS MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AS (1) A DOUBLING OF THE NUMBER OF KINDERGARTENS FROM NINE TO 18, (2) AN INCREASE FROM 10 TO 31…

APPROXIMATELY 100 SUPERVISORS AND COORDINATORS OF PUBLIC SCHOOL VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS IN CALIFORNIA PARTICIPATED IN TWO CONFERENCES TO CONSIDER THE METHODS OF LABOR FORCE ENUMERATION, THE ASPECTS OF THE LABOR SITUATION MOST PERTINENT TO CHANGES IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, THE PROBLEMS OF WORKING WITH MANPOWER DATA, AND THE SALIENT FEATURES OF…

THIS EVALUATION REPORT OF HAWAII'S ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, TITLE I, ACTIVITIES PRESENTS INFORMATION ABOUT THE NUMBER OF PROJECTS, THE NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE OF STUDENTS AND SCHOOLS COVERED BY TITLE I, AND THE ALLOCATIONS OF TITLE I FUNDS IN THE SEVEN SCHOOL DISTRICTS. IT ALSO DISCUSSES PERSONNEL, SERVICES, PROJECTS, EQUIPMENT, AND…

DISCUSSED AT THE FIRST GENERAL SESSION OF THIS STATEWIDE CONFERENCE WERE (1) THE OBJECTIVES OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT TITLE I PROGRAMS, (2) THE PREPARATION OF TEACHERS OF THE DISADVANTAGED, AND (3) IMPRESSIONS OF THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION OF THE DISADVANTAGED, WHICH SOME OF THE CONFEREES HAD ATTENDED. THE CONTRIBUTION OF…

Bilingual education is the process of instructing the child in his native language in some or all the curricular areas while he is learning English in the public school. This process prevents academic retardation due to a lack of proficiency in the English language. Bilingual education gives each student a base for success in the world of work,…

This report to the Secretary of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare is based on the research findings of a private research contractor, Greenleigh Associates (See VT 005 948 and VT 005 949), site visits, and interviews with persons connected with about 30 federally supported job training programs. The 30 programs are of two types:…

This is the eighth in a series of general bibliographies which are being developed to disseminate information concerning documents analyzed at the ERIC Information Analysis Center for Science Education. Reported are over 30 citations to selected documents in the areas of (1) legislative acts and reports, (2) administration and supervision, and (3)…

This application for a continuation grant describes the project of the Board of Education of Hoboken, New Jersey, for improving the assimilation of Puerto Rican and foreign born students. This Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title III, project has included, and hopes to continue, inservice teacher education, community programs, curriculum…

The major portion of this digest consists of brief descriptions of currently funded Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I projects in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania public school system, from 1965 through 1976. Each description includes four sections: management information, project description, evaluation techniques and major findings…

The study shows how data obtained in the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 has been used to answer some questions about the federal strategy for awarding financial aid. The questions considered are: (1) What expectations did the senior class of 1972 planning to enter postsecondary education have about how they would meet…

In the fall of 1977 nearly three of every ten persons in the United States were directly involved in the educational process. This publication presents 197 tables and 15 figures breaking down statistical information on this educational activity. The subject matter includes such topics as enrollment patterns, teacher characteristics, school and…