This survey gathered data from 36 state directors of special education as well as the Bureau of Indian Affairs and American-controlled principalities regarding their area's regulations (or lack thereof) for reduction of class sizes in regular education classes when disabled students are mainstreamed into those classes. Only Massachusetts and…

This report presents information about the effectiveness of the District of Columbia's Gifted and Talented Education Program. Primary objectives included: information dissemination about the program within the school system and the community; continued above average academic performance and creativity of participating students and their…

The document describes the Gateways program for intellectually gifted students of grades K-12 in Horseheads, New York. The introductory chapter presents the context in which the program developed, discussing program background and need. The next chapter focuses on identification of pupils with emphasis on the three stage process (nomination,…

The "Progress Reports" program, which is designed to improve freshmen retention rates at the University of Lowell, is discussed. Attention is directed to program objectives, rating system, program evaluation, student and faculty attitudes about the program, and student grades and retention rates. The program is designed to: (1) encourage…

The legal obligation of Ohio school employees to report situations of suspected child abuse and neglect has generated a need for school districts to adopt a written policy together with guidelines and procedures to assure school personnel are aware of the mandate to report and have a structural procedure to do so. The written policy should: (1)…

This trainer's guide is designed to assist Head Start administrators in implementing the Bringing Out Head Start Talents (BOHST) project designed to identify and develop programs for potentially gifted/talented Head Start children. The trainer's guide is divided into three sections. Section 1, the Administrator's Guide, consists of the following…

To generate information about the association between child care and child abuse prevention and identification, a statewide survey was made of a sample of program directors in child care centers, program coordinators in alternative payment programs, and directors of family child care satellite programs in California. Detailing the background,…

A study examined student abilities to integrate semantically related propositions; and identified sources of comprehension difficulty for the unskilled reader. It also examined the influence of two types of relations (causal and adversative) and two types of connectives (conjunctions and verbs) on readers' comprehension, on-line integration of…

To date, the majority of computerized adaptive testing (CAT) systems for achievement and aptitude testing have been based on the dichotomous item response models. However, current research with polychotomous model-based CATs is yielding promising results. This study extends previous work on nominal response model-based CAT (NR CAT) and compares…

The Children's Language Institute Preschool Placement Test (CLIPPT) identifies children, aged 2.6 to 4 years, with mild to moderate language/learning deficits, to determine which children would benefit from a language intervention preschool program. The test is presented in three sections: (1) the Informational Manual which provides theoretical…

Recent technological advances in neuroanatomy and neurophysiology have unearthed structural and functional patterns in the brain that can be associated with severe reading disabilities. As a response, this paper examines several computer-driven technologies whose capabilities shed light on brain-related issues germane to reading, with the intent…

The history of leadership by California educators in the field of gifted develop the intellectual giftedness. The document argues for the objective evaluation article asserts that gifted education in California is at the end of its adolescence and ready to have a new degree of order introduced through the adoption of scientific processes. The…

Written by a Director of Special Education working for an elementary school district in a small midwestern town, this practicum aimed to improve the special education delivery system in that district. A review of the literature and a survey of district needs indicated that: (1) teachers relied on a refer-test-place cycle when alternatives would…

These papers from the Midwest History of Education Society's 1973 annual meeting include topics on United States and Japanese education, A. S. Neill, and Ella Flagg Young. The editor's supplement includes two papers on U.S. educational administration. "American Education at the Turn of the Century" (P. A. Graham) urges that research of…

The out-of-school child find program conducted by the Albuquerque (New Mexico) Public Schools to locate and refer handicapped children from birth to the mandated age for public education was evaluated. This program used funds from Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. An awareness campaign, screening and evaluation of…