Highlights three advantages of the multiple-baseline design for evaluating work performance in vocational training programs: (1) allowing the trainer to determine the success of a vocational program without withdrawing training; (2) ruling out effects of history; and (3) providing a versatile evaluation procedure. (BH)

A follow-up study on a 10-year public school voice clinic program surveyed 39 parents of children seen at voice clinics and referring clinicians regarding the impact and effectiveness of the voice clinics. The program appears to have increased public understanding of voice problems and is useful in expediting management. (Author/CL)

In a reflective commentary, the authors address the implications of the fact that, in action settings, implementation and evaluation are often carried on by the same person, and they raise the question, "Should evaluation become implementation?" (PN)

Agrees with the preceding author's call for involvement of educational researchers in teacher education. Otherwise, disputes Joyce's claim to be calling for "radical" changes in teacher education, arguing that many of proposed changes have already been endorsed by national associations in the field of teacher education. (CMG)

A performance audit is a comprehensive examination of an organization or activity conducted by an independent evaluator to assess efficient use of resources (management audit) or effectiveness (program audit). (SK)

Estimates the proportion of service and nonservice expenditures within a state aging department. In Massachusetts the ratio was $0.70 to $0.30 (service to nonservice) both for the state's Home Care Programs and for all activities. (JAC)

Presents a nontechnical checklist to use in designing and implementing a computer-assisted academic advisement program. Discusses ideal capabilities of a computer-assisted advisement program and its benefits and potential for meeting advisement-related challenges of the future. (Author/LLL)

The combination of televised home instruction and traditional print media was more effective in facilitating parental training strategies with handicapped preschoolers than either method alone. (Author/CL)

Suggests a model for program evaluation that may be useful to cooperative education professionals in the field and to college and university officials as they seek to advance the implementation of cooperative education while remaining faithful to the curricular mission of the institution. (JOW)

The purpose of this study was to report the use of Kolb's Learning Style Inventory in investigating its effectiveness as a guide to counselors and faculty in dealing with adult learners. Describes the learning styles of adults in nontraditional occupational education programs. (JOW)

A model in which autistic and other developmentally disabled persons are provided individualized treatment within a home-like residence has been shown to provide successful transitions from institutions to community settings. (CL)

Describes the development of an automatic referral system (Autorf) on an inpatient alcohol and day unit (N=150). Preliminary results with regard to the validity of the Autorf system are reported. Implications for treatment of alcoholics and program efficiency are discussed. (JAC)

Figures presented at a recent meeting of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director's Advisory Committee indicate that traditional training grants may not be the best route to producing physical researchers. The NIH director suggests that NIH give serious consideration to new policies emphasizing other mechanisms. Related issues are…

The report of an intensive tour of 11 special summer programs for gifted and talented students includes descriptions of the National Music Camp, Interlochen, Michigan; National High School Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois; Governors programs (with a table giving information in 10 categories); and talent searches. (MC)

Suggesting that program planners and presenters keep abreast of development in learning and instructional theory and educational technology in order to design instruction which will assist registered nurses to maintain competence and meet the professions' practice standards, the author outlines and discusses the steps: (1) identify need, (2)…