"Teaching the test" has been defined in terms of teaching those particular content knowledges or skills needed to answer the test items correctly. Evidence of several sorts examined in this paper clearly indicates that New Century was teaching students in Providence, R.I., the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test, which was used to assess their…

This book, written to instruct in the use of a conference as a medium of social intercourse, is divided into four sections. Section I, which contains five articles, deals with factors to be considered in planning a conference. Specific techniques one can employ to improve a conference and several different techniques for evaluating the…

There is a definite need to establish a framework and a set of procedures for evaluating school psychological services. Studies reported to date tend to be fairly molecular and difficult to relate to program changes. The model proposed, a model of system evaluation, has the advantage of looking at the "Gestalt," of concerning itself with ways in…

The purpose of this study was to evaluate vocational education at the senior high school level in terms of both private and social costs and returns. Data on costs of vocational training and potential earnings with and without vocational training were used to estimate rates of returns on vocational education. Findings of the study indicate that…

A description and evaluation of Project PA-I, URRD/ECI Pilot Program for dropouts is provided in this document. This program was funded by the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction under the Urban, Rural, Racial Disadvantaged Education Program (URRD) and conducted by Educational Consultants, Inc. in Everett, Washington from…

Research from 1970 to 1976 is reviewed to determine the present status of diagnostic prescriptive instruction for learning disabled children. It is noted that findings of previous research have failed to conclusively demonstrate the effectiveness of specific ability training; that the legitimacy of the nonsupportive conclusions have been…

The differences between two groups of students (17 Blacks and 23 Whites) were examined on the basis of participation and nonparticipation in a special studies program designed primarily to meet the needs of minority and disadvantaged students. Participating students met with more academic success than nonparticipating, irrespective of race.…

The Outward Bound Experience has a strong yet time-limited impact on delinquent youths. Social workers can help maintain the impact by establishing community-based follow-up programs to reinforce and sustain the positive attitudes and behaviors developed. (SE)

Over a two-year period 16 language impaired and developmentally delayed children (mean ages four and five years) were provided eight weeks of concentrated instruction in five language areas: nouns, verbs, adjectives, prepositions, and syntax. (CL)

The article describes the development and evaluation of a Parent-Therapist Program, an innovative family-based treatment model that serves as an alternative to the placement of emotionally disturbed children in residential treatment centers. (Author/DLS)

The author describes the child support system existing in the United States, examines the need for child advocacy, gives an historical overview and presents trends in the movement, examines successes and failures of, and opposition to, the movement, and suggests the possibility of parallels to the Canadian experience. (MJB)

"Home-grown" but university-assisted talent should design and execute inservice programs. (Author)

Although subjective evaluations of a program designed to prevent delinquency by those who received its benefits would suggest that the intervention had been helpful, comparisons between the treatment and control groups indicate that the program had negative side effects. (Author/AM)

Results of a survey of fourth-grade pupils, using the Piers-Harris Self Concept Scale, suggest that humanistic, success-oriented movement programs can affect the development of children, especially in feelings about themselves, about school, and about social competencies, when compared to children who have been deprived of such a program. (MJB)

The author considers the theories and principles underlying central processing training for children with specific learning disabilities and minimal brain dysfunction. (CL)