An assessment of vocational education service to the population in principal United States cities, this report was based on data received from U.S. cities having a population of over 250,000. Analyzed in regard to enrollment, teachers, expenditures, and program completions and placements, information from 45 of the 58 biggest cities is included.…

The purpose of this study was to compare the overall effectiveness of a vocational education system designed specifically for a culturally disadvantaged population (in this case the Jewish Employment and Vocational Service (JEVS) System) with a model-based system incorporating the techniques and procedures normally employed by vocational…

This paper concerns itself with the question, What are the proof conditions of performance-based teacher education (PBTE)? It argues that it is logically impossible to "prove" PBTE programs are effective, and that research data may not be necessary to support the effectiveness claim. PBTE teaching institutions might consider less empirical…

Colby Community College has had a campus-wide Human Development Program in operation for two years. This document summarizes the experience of the Human Development Program in the areas of Human Development instruction, staff development, community development, and student development. Specific descriptions of desired classroom, organizational,…

An evaluation of two programs--the federally sponsored Teacher Corps and the Ford Training and Placement Program established at the University of Chicago in 1967-68--whose goal is to train teachers capable of acting as change agents in the schools indicates that they have not been successful in reaching this goal, and that school context is…

In this study, a group of first graders who had attended full-year Head Start were compared cognitively to a group of first graders who had been eligible for Head Start but did not attend. Results of the study may be suspect because the children who participated in Head Start were selected from the most deprived of those eligible; therefore study…

A quality comparison of enlistees under the draft lottery system and enlistees under the all-volunteer force policy is made from data obtained in the Monterey Peninsula, California area of the Eighth Naval Recruiting District. The results indicate that no significant change in quality has occurred during the first four months of the All-Volunteer…

The purpose of the study was to determine the effectiveness of an exemplary science program in grades six, seven, and eight in developing (1) pupil understanding of basic facts, concepts, and principles of science and (2) pupil understanding about scientists, the scientific enterprise, the methods and aims of science as compared to the traditional…

The results of a 3-year project that developed a practical program for the wide-scale implementation of behavior modification in urban schools are presented in this paper. The major outcomes of the project were (a) a practical, cost-effective behavior modification program that reduces discipline problems, increases student motivation, and…

The use of overdue notices or threat of encumbrance (the withholding of students' grades until library books are returned) is a common practice in academic libraries. Yet the effectiveness of such policies has seldom been investigated. This study examined a circulation overdue policy, comparing selected variations in that policy. Three levels of…

This paper defines and clarifies aspects of the problem of measuring the outputs and objectives of higher education. The author proposes some standard terminology and introduces in a relatively unstructured way some ideas which may stimulate more systematic and critical thinking on the problem of measures of outputs and objectives. The attention…

This report presents the highlights of a year's experience with the advisory approach to the in-service education of elementary school teachers. The term "advisory" is defined as in-service assistance to teachers that is provided only at their request, in terms of their own goals, and "in situ" rather than in formal courses; it is designed in such…

On-site assessments were made of the 12 schools currently active in the Manpower Administration's Institutional Grant (IG) program. The schools received 4-year grants in August 1970; each grant was for $37,500 the first year and $75,000 annually for the remaining three. This report of the assessment appraises the individual and collective…

Two measures of effectiveness for university libraries are constructed. The Primary Measure of Effectiveness, defined over the total population of users, considers the number of material and information items desired by the users, the number of satisfactorily answered inquiries, and the number of users. For the Secondary Measure of Effectiveness…

Eighty-four freshmen nursing students at the University of Kentucky were randomly assigned to two experimental and two control groups. The experimental groups participated in a developmental reading program over a 10-week period, while the control groups were only allowed access to the library and encouraged to use the time for studying. Different…