Concludes that Medicaid has increased inequities in public assistance levels between states. (BH)

I-Step is an individualized secondary-teacher-education program aimed at improving future teachers' self-confidence. (MB)

Data were collected on student achievement, student attitudes, teacher attitudes and parents' opinions. Project administrator reports are described and implementation problems are discussed. (Author)

The author believes that the position inventory type of description of management requirements does a disservice to a proper evaluation of management development as it judges the subject as a personality rather than as a manager. (EK)

The effective training designer must consider that most employees will face three or four major retraining efforts in their lifetime and see each program as contributing to this continuous development. (NL)

Clarifies concept of evaluation as inherent part of all purposeful activity, briefly analyzes health service processes, and constructs evaluative model applicable to health service systems in general. (Author)

Based on Dr. Bobbitt's Ed.D. thesis, "A Comparative Study of Two Concurrent Work-Education Models in Agriculture, which was completed at the University of Illinois in June 1969.

The research project is being supported by a grant from the Bureau of Research, U.S. Office of Education (OEC 6-10-235)

Conducted national surveys (instrument included) of directors (N=52) of correctional institutions to assess progress of two community-based programs, study release and home furlough. The number of participants has remained small despite low "abscondence" rates. Both programs have gone little beyond token levels found in correctional…

A token reinforcement program was successful not only in promoting positive behavior changes in a mainstreamed behavior problem second grader but also in creating attitude changes in her regular class teachers. Findings suggest that positive commitments to mainstreaming were related to the teacher's effectiveness in improving students'…

A 1982 conference reviewed research on different prevention strategies (including perinatal support programs, parent education, and mutual aid programs) for different population groups in child abuse. It was concluded that prevention strategies must consider individual and unique values, norms, and socialization patterns of different cultural and…

Reviews the history of bilingual education in the United States from the 1974 Supreme Court ruling to the present. Concludes that federal policy must be flexible in allowing districts to select the program that best meets their needs. Discusses three specific programs. (JOW)

Describes successful teacher training and student achievement programs and identifies major functions or components necessary for effective instruction appearing across these programs. (MP)