Designed to provide an input to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' Committee on Occupational Education, this study took on national significance and is the first comprehensive study of accreditation for occupational education. This study outlines the development, organization, and procedures of the regional specialized, and…

This study was made of the practices and problems in rehabilitating public offenders so that meaningful and usable materials would be available for the use of state agencies. The study consisted of a review of the experience of the study group members, a survey of state rehabilitation agencies, a field trip to a cooperative correctional…

This report is one of a series primarily intended for those preparing for educational planning and administration-- especially in developing preparing for educational planning and administration--especially in developing countries--as well as for those government officials and civic leaders seeking a more general understanding of educational…

Provided for public school systems are educational guidelines for setting up special classes for emotionally disturbed elementary school students. Described is a preventive-developmental program, based on successful experiences in form school districts, which provides for a complete school team approach. Detailed are the steps involved in…

This bibliography contains annotations of recent research reports, papers, and booklets and a list of journal articles dealing with different aspects of day care. Specific topics covered include program, staff, building, equipment, licensing and standards, financing, governmental involvement, and community support. The bibliography should be of…

A systematic evaluation strategy, applicable by pupil personnel staff under existing school conditions, is presented. While the strategy is useful with various levels of objectives ranging from broad program objectives to specific outcomes for individual pupil attainment, it is suggested that assessment of the degree to which pupils attain desired…

The Family Education Project in Brooklyn was designed to involve selected volunteer families of children enrolled in Head Start. The original proposal foresaw a project of three years' duration, with three separate groups of families participating, so that comparative measurements could be taken on the children in each cycle, as well as on the…

To evaluate the effect of three Houston Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) out-of school programs on work attitudes and job futures of poverty youth as well as to provide recommendations for program improvement, statistical data were gathered from NYC sponsors' reports and from the trainees' personal folders. The accuracy of the data is limited…

This manual is intended as a guide to each State in analyzing its training program and policies for extension workers and in making adjustments to meet the needs of the State. Areas covered are: (1) a written training policy; (2) administrative arrangements; (3) purposes of training; (4) determining training needs--locating areas where training…

A program is reported for potential and actual high school dropouts that combines academic courses with work experience, and is designed to demonstrate the relationship between education and the world of work. Some of the objectives of the program were to test the feasibility of a joint educational approach of trade instructors and academic…

This report discusses the alternative program structure developed independently at the University of Georgia, by dealing with a particular phase of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) work, i.e., their Program Classification Structure (PCS). Three primary programs presented by NCHEMS are considered as primary…

This manual, along with the four others making up the Illinois Occupational Curriculum Project (IOCP) materials, has been prepared by local vocational administrators and teachers to assist in planning and evaluating occupational, technical, and career education courses and programs. Designed to help teachers and administrators effectively use the…

A course is presented which is designed for development of vocabulary and comprehension, on the assumption that the student is functioning at a minimum of grade four level in reading, has skills required to unlock language codes associated with phonetic structures, and is at a point in reading skill development where concentration can be placed on…

Training programs offered by various Federal agencies for Federal, State and local government employees are compiled in this catalog. Designed primarily for employees in the Washington, D.C. area, the catalog is divided into Open Interagency courses and Limited Interagency courses. Interagency courses are listed by major category such as Automatic…

The seventh document in an eight-part series on a task-based management system for special education programs reported the goals and objectives of the project, evaluation techniques employed, and project recommendations and conclusions. The project's stated goal was the development of a process for managing special education resources (staff,…