The document presents the recommendations of the Superintendent of Schools of New York City to the Board of Education for programs under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), Title I, during 1967-1968. Briefly described are 22 proposed projects, including budget estimates. Also included are summaries of the evaluations by the Center…

This is a program guide for foreign student advisors and administrators in universities. Foreign students new to the United States should have both initial orientation and long-term continuous orientation. Suggestions for an orientation program are given. A program needs both planning and organization into general, non-academic, and academic…

Presented are eight author contributed chapters dealing with the outreach and replication of federally funded early education programs for handicapped children. M. Karnes and R. Zehrbach consider decisions regarding identification and assessment of replicable products (such as curricula and audiovisual presentations). Discussed by D. Stedman are…

Third party evaluation of Project ACT (Adult Competency Training), a United States Office of Education staff development project in Region 8, has examined the achievement of the project's goal of developing a self-generating and self-supporting adult staff development system, thus helping adult educators to become better prepared to serve their…

The evaluation identifies the 19 vocational education planning districts reviewed by Ohio's Program Review for Improvement, Development and Expansion (PRIDE) during 1973-74. Components of the review program included: (1) administrative review by the local superintendent, (2) process variable review with a lay advisory committee, (3) product review…

The proposal describes a demonstration career education project designed to promote career education philosophy, methods, program activities, and evaluation procedures in designated local education agencies (LEAs). The project's title is Academic Enhancement Through Career Education (ACE). The proposal's first section contains the proposal itself…

This monograph speaks to the basic problems confronting human services programs, and offers suggestions for improving guidance services. Specific concerns addressed are: (1) the need for more systematic program planning and evaluation; (2) an approach to effective planning and evaluation; (3) development of staff skills for use in the…

Since 1958, the California Youth Authority has undertaken a wide diversity of research projects which span the range of activities in which the department is involved. These include program evaluation and development, measurement and classification, followup studies, and experimentally designed demonstration projects. Studies have been directed at…

The major anti-poverty educational programs are evaluated in this report by comparing those operated by the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) with those in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (DHEW) affecting a similar target population. A comparison of OEO Head Start with DHEW Title I preschool programs indicated that: (1) Title I…

Prepared for the reading personnel of the California Right to Read program, this document defines general areas and specific items which should be considered in a well-planned, comprehensive reading program for kindergarten through adult learners. It may be used as a guide for planning a reading program, evaluating a current program, or…

A description of the Oregon Total Information System (OTIS) project is presented. The purpose of the three year project was to improve education and its administration by implementing and demonstrating a total information system which could provide data processing services to school districts of varying sizes over a large geographic region. The…

The special function of cooperative education in the community college setting is described in this book and procedures that could be used by administrators in operating such a program are outlined. The book has three major divisions. Part One traces the development of cooperative education and its associated philosophies, offers a model for a…

As the first part of the report of the Programme Commission II, a summary of discussions on plans for natural sciences and their applications is presented in this document. The two agenda items are: (1) detailed consideration of the 1973-74 draft program and budget and of the 1973-78 draft medium-term outline, and (2) desirability of adopting an…

As the second part of the report of the Programme Commission II, a summary of recommendations on plans for natural sciences and their applications is presented in this document. Resolutions and budgetary appropriations are two major concerns in the document. The topics are related to the 1973-74 draft program and budget, the 1973-78 draft…

A study was undertaken of organization development (OD) programs, from the point of view of the organization members who plan and conduct them, to gain information for meaningful planning by the American Society for Training and Development (ASTD). A questionnaire was returned by 103 of 450 randomly selected OD practitioners. Most respondents had…