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Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1976
Seven Wisconsin school districts formed a consortium to improve district level implementation of career education, K-12. Each district developed assessment and/or evaluation instruments to meet their specific needs, and circulated these instruments among all seven districts for review and feedback. After revision and field testing, these…
Descriptors: Career Education, Consortia, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Barber, Lucie W. – 1978
This paper reports on the effectiveness of the Realistic Parenting Skills program, an intervention program for parents of preschoolers designed to influence children's religious education which was field tested at 7 sites in Ohio. Subjects were 37 families and their 3- to 5-year-old preschoolers. Seven group meetings were conducted for parents at…
Descriptors: Child Development, Field Studies, Parent Attitudes, Parent Conferences
McNamara, Thomas – 1978
Quasi-longitudinal data on student achievement, drawn from a computerized file on about 50,000 children, essentially consist of cross-sectional performance data analyzed in terms of length of program exposure while allowing for analysis of post-program performance on the basis of program exposure. The data are also analyzed according to the major…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Attendance Patterns, Compensatory Education
NTS Research Corp., Durham, NC. – 1978
The primary foci of this evaluation are the achievement gains of Title I students in reading and mathematics, the differences in the educational experiences of Title I and non-Title I students, the ways in which these differences may influence improvement in reading and mathematics, and the interaction between student characteristics and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Bosch, Samuel J., Ed.; Arias, Jaime, Ed. – 1978
This monograph derives from a conference sponsored by the Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences. The goals of the conference were (1) to establish channels of communication between health care evaluators from different disciplines and from different countries in the Americas, and (2) to promote an exchange of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Care, Children, Community Education
Freeman, Donald J.; And Others – 1979
This report summarizes responses to an 84-item survey completed by 536 of 994 randomly selected graduates of Michigan State University. The sample includes graduates of five teacher preparation programs (regular, cluster, and overseas student teaching, elementary intern, and competency-based four enrollment periods. The report also reviews…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, College Graduates, Comparative Analysis, Followup Studies
Croft, Don B. – 1976
A competency-based education program was implemented in the Las Cruces, New Mexico public schools, with emphasis on teacher training and field testing of various competency-based models. Program impact was determined according to changes in teaching techniques, student achievement, and student social behavior in both experimental and control…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Behavior, Attitude Change, Behavior Change
Tarantine, James A. – 1978
Teachers in Ohio's Mansfield City Schools, K-10, participated in a project designed to include career development as a regular part of the instructional program. First, career education coordinators provided inservice sessions to enable school personnel to incorporate career development within the curriculum. The career development program also…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education
Read, Martha, Comp. – 1979
A follow-up study of 104 Spanish-speaking children who attended a bilingual-bicultural preschool program was conducted to investigate the children's relative standing in elementary school and the degree of parent participation in school activities. School achievement level of all available children who had attended the Community Education Center…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary School Students
Stalcup, Robert J.; Hall, Richard S. – 1978
The rapid growth in the educational usage of television in community and junior colleges has gone on largely unnoticed by a surprising number of faculty and administrators, despite the fact that two-year colleges are more likely candidates for its usage than four-year institutions. This is due to the heavy commitment which community colleges make…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Broadcast Television, Closed Circuit Television, Community Colleges
Christensen, Jack – 1973
The purposes of this research activity included: (1) evaluation of the model for testing a public information program designed to increase awareness of high school students for career planning; and (2) assessment of the effectiveness of the St. Louis Regional Industrial Development Corporation's public information campaign. The campaign consisted…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Counselor Attitudes
Morris, Anne G.; Glick, Joseph – 1977
This study of a parent education program associated with a medical facility investigated two questions: (1) Was the medical facility a valid site for recruiting and training parents for an educational intervention program to be carried out at home? (2) Would a short term intervention program have an impact on the performance of preschool children…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Blacks, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Granville, Arthur C.; Love, John M. – 1977
This brief report summarizes the analysis and conclusions presented in detail in Interim Report VI regarding the feasibility of conducting a longitudinal study of Project Developmental Continuity (PDC). This project is a Head Start demonstration program aimed at providing educational and developmental continuity between children's Head Start and…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Feasibility Studies
Mangum, Garth; Walsh, John – 1978
Using a synthesis of available literature written between 1960 and 1977, the study reported in this document focuses on the assessment of (1) employment and training services for youth; (2) techniques which have been used in providing employment and training services to youth; (3) administrative practices which have either enhanced or vitiated…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs, Employment Statistics
McBain, Susan L.; Lipe, Dewey – 1978
One of seven career education programs chosen for nationwide dissemination by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP), a Project Equality is being conducted for grades K-6 in Seattle, Washington. For the years 1973-78, it received both federal and state funding. Intended to reduce sex-role…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education
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