This guide is designed to enable a school to evaluate the effectiveness of its programs and to develop plans for improvement. Section I is concerned with evaluation in general, including the reasons for and probable outcomes of the evaluation process. Section II guides the faculty through the self-study by delineating the six major areas for…

A working party studied existing arrangements in Britain for on the job training of overseas nationals, assessed contributions being made to British Export trade, compared the schemes with those in other countries, and recommended various changes. Questionnaire responses came from 266 firms representing seven centrally organized training schemes.…

The major thrust of this program was the establishment of Quality Incentive Grants for urban school districts with a high concentration of disadvantaged youth qualifying under the provisions of ESEA Title I. Two new units, the Office of Urban Education and the Bureau of Urban Programs Evaluation, were established within the State Department of…

This guide discusses problems that have developed in language programs of long sequence and particularly focuses on possibilities for instruction at Levels 4 and 5. The publication, designed for foreign language teachers, school administrators, and teacher training institutions seeks to strengthen foreign language programs by developing an…

The details, exceptions, and qualifications not specified in a previous article published in the December 1966 Newsletter on the study of foreign culture as an alternative to the required study of literature in advanced levels of foreign language instruction are supplied. For a related document see FL 001 069. (AF)

This analysis is intended to assist public health nurses and others to apply the principles and standards of professional nursing conduct and practice to the development and utilization of home health aide services. Part I, "Development of a Home Health Aide Service" covers (1) agency organization and policies, including such topics as legal…

During the summer of 1968 a special summer program in sociolinguistics ("Language, Society, and the Child") was held at the University of California, Berkeley. This program grew out of the research on "children's language acquisition in a variety of cultures" which has been underway at that institution for four years. Originally it was planned to…

The narrative descriptions of local school district projects in North Carolina, funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I, are offered in this volume. Information, including photographs, are presented for each of the eight educational districts and for the special schools. Statistical information is also included. (NH)

In approaching its mission, the task force defined occupational training and private industry as follows: the term "private industry" embraces all service and goods-producing industries other than government agencies but includes nonprofit organizations and establishments. The term "occupational training" includes the…

This report of entry level training in the better known community programs for the hardcore unemployed covers prevocational, on the job, and skill training. Many of the programs are financed in part, or in full, under the Manpower Development and Training Act; others, such as the Detroit Skill Center, depend on several governmental sources for…

A description of the modular scheduling practices in the foreign language programs of the White Bear Lake, Minnesota secondary schools includes information on its general design, advantages, and problems. Following discussions of arrangements for scheduling, student-teacher contact time, classroom activities, more individualized instruction,…

The 1967 annual report of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) describes educational advancements and economic improvements for American Indians. Specific programs and their results are cited in such areas as bilingual education, school facilities, family training, job training, industrial and business development, natural recources deelopment,…

This report on training under Title 1 of the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 reviews accomplishments and problems of Fiscal Year 1967-68, traces program changes since the inception of the Act, discusses the potential impact of the amendments of October, 1968, and recommends additional resources, stronger coordination of programs and…

Work continued on the revision of strands for the Drill-and-Practice Mathematics Program. Use of the system at schools in California, Kentucky, Mississippi, Washington, D.C., and at Tennessee A. and I. University was reviewed. Data analysis of all problems presented to California students was performed to determine possible areas for improvement.…

This is the first in a series of 3 bulletins dealing with university-community relationships. This bulletin examines the role of the university in contemporary American life and describes some innovative programs in university-community cooperation. The second bulletin will discuss some of the areas in which cooperation exists between the…