Described is Project P.E.E.P. (Providing Enriching Experiences for Preschoolers), a federally funded project for providing special services to preschool children with special learning needs. (SBH)

More than five years of research offers little evidence that students who attend federally funded remedial and learning disabled reading programs improve their reading skills. The three assumptions underlying these programs are discussed. Ways teachers and schools can evaluate their programs are listed. (MT)

In a study of federal funding for nongame wildlife programs, techniques for quantitatively assessing the relative merits of alternative funding sources are examined. Economic efficiency, ability to pay, and benefits received are considered, and the interaction of analysis with political ideologies is discussed. (SLD)

Professional behavior during the General Accounting Office's (GAO's) present era of oversight can best be understood by reviewing the audit types that populate village life in the GAO and the repertoire the office uses in conducting program evaluation audits. (Author/LMO)

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has allocated at least $200 million over the next five years to support four new supercomputer centers. Issues and trends related to this NSF initiative are examined. (JN)

The U.S. Office of Consumers' Education, which existed for almost seven years, disbursing in excess of $18 million for grants and contracts in support of consumer education activities, is examined. Program successes and program problems are discussed. (Author/CT)

Describes the author's early educational experiences and details his work in several aspects of school psychology from the 1950s to the present. Discusses special education in the 1950s, early research, gifted education, developments in the 1960s, technical assistance systems and Wang's (1983) Adaptive Learning Environment Models (ALEM). (MCF)

Options for disabled school leavers in the United Kingdom are considered, incuding the Youth Training Scheme, a one-year vocational skill training course, and day centers for those individuals unable to find work. (CL)

The author describes programs of the National Committee, Arts with the Handicapped, including the Very Special Arts Festival program for the visual and peforming arts and Project REAP (Retirement with Enrichment, the Arts and Purpose), which uses retired volunteers in arts education of disabled children and adults. (CL)

Four aspects of the relationship between auditing and evaluation in their approaches to program assessment are examined: (1) their different origins; (2) the definitions and purposes of both, and the questions they seek to answer; (3) contrasting viewpoints and emphases of auditors and evaluators; and (4) commonalities of interest and potential…

The Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services of the U.S. Department of Education, Madeleine Will, discusses problems in educating children with learning difficulties, notes reasons for needed changes, and comments upon the importance of early identification, curriculum based assessment, and parent…

Overview of federal collection of health statistics highlights federal budgets; the National Center for Health Statistics (role, periodicity report); vital statistics (surveys of physicians, hospitals, nursing homes); household surveys (National Health Interview Survey); and proposed reorganization of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of…

Discusses science education activities at the National Science Foundation (NSF), focusing on a new NSF activity ("Research in Undergraduate Institutions"--RUI) designed to support faculty research in settings where the primary emphasis is on undergraduate education. Related issues and concerns are addressed. (JN)

Case surveys of 99 federally funded regular education inservice special education training projects revealed, among other findings, that local and state agencies were strongest in collaboration, that projects used the full range of quality practices in their planning, and that projects become more field-based as collaboration increased. (CL)

Discusses a government report that claims that government decision making has improved since federal agencies have been required to submit any proposed action in the form of an environmental impact statement for comments by the public and other agencies. (MLH)