Traditional hospital settings are no longer the only, or even major, clinical resource. The selection of clinical facilities for educational purposes is complex and rarely addressed. A clinical site evaluation instrument must be developed and used to ensure quality facilities. (JOW)

Shows how evaluation design and federal involvement in Youth Employment Demonstration Projects unintentionally cause a negative appraisal. Indicates the problem stems from interaction of the contract research corporation, the educational research establishment, and the federal bureaucracy, rather than a specific methodology or bureaucratic…

Focuses on the method of administering a continuing education program. Outlines administrative strategies that can be adapted for the success and survival of any program. (JOW)

Obese persons about to enter a group program intended to produce "conditioned satiety" were asked to estimate their weight loss. Their outcome expectation correlated significantly with weight loss recorded seven weeks later. However, the magnitude of expected weight loss exceeded the actual amount of weight lost. (Author)

Smokers were assigned to a smoking abstinence program, a smoking abstinence program plus social support, a smoking abstinence program plus social support and paraprofessional training, or a control group. Results revealed incremental improvement in treatment outcome due to social support and paraprofessional training manipulations. (Author/BEF)

Results indicate that the instructions (and related information concerning alpha) rather than the biofeedback are critical in alpha biofeedback training and that this training does not appear to have utility for controlling arousal under stress. (Author)

Evaluates the performance of federal block grants in health, law enforcement, peoplepower training, community development, and Social Security programs, to help forecast the effects of such grants in education. Finds that block grants did not improve local control, accountability, citizen participation, efficiency, targeting of funds, or program…

Skillfully interviewing students can elicit useful information about the quality of the educational program. (JM)

Discusses four reasons why mainstreaming has made slow progress. (FL)

A review of research findings compares evaluations of the effectiveness of programed instruction in secondary schools. The meta-analysis showed that results from programed instruction were similar to those from conventional teaching. Programed instruction did not raise student achievement on examinations, nor did it increase positive attitudes…

Issues of concern to the reform of preparation programs for kindergarten through twelfth grade educational administrators involve the questions of program control, program substance, and incentives for reform. Control of school administrator preparation lies within state licensing procedures. Substance focuses on subject matter to be taught.…

Discusses the School Improvement Project of the New York City public schools. Lists five factors identified by the Project as determinants of student academic success and outlines the job responsibilities of the school Project liaison person. (FL)

Describes a program established in 1969 by Meharry Medical College for undergraduate minority students interested in careers in medicine and dentistry. Reviews the results of an evaluation of the program's outcomes. (GC)

A study was conducted to identify (1) patients' reactions to individual and group teaching; (2) nurses' perceptions of individual and group teaching; and (3) the results of individual and group teaching as reflected in the patient record. (CT)

Clarifies some of the intricate issues surrounding bilingual education and argues that an effective bilingual education program must be responsive to family and society. (Author/MP)