Dodgen Middle School in Marietta, Georgia, has a well developed school-community program, operated in conjunction with eleven other Cobb County middle schools, offering quality courses for minimal fees. (MJB)

Any evaluation plan designed to evaluate arts in general education programs must reflect a reconsideration of the whole process of education evaluation. The evaluation plan proposed here has been used effectively to evaluate either arts education or music education programs. (Author/RK)

Curriculum specialists with doctoral degrees were surveyed to determing their opinions on the optimal course content for doctoral programs for curriculum developers. (GW)

QUEST is a frame-oriented teaching program driver which permits efficient authoring and editing of computer-based tutorials, teaching and testing students by means of these tutorials, and processing and display of responses entered by students. (Author)

A discussion of the questions addressed, and the questions ignored by the June 1977 report of the Network Advisory Group of the Library of Congress on a national bibliographic network. (Author/KP)

Overview of the educational strengths and weaknesses of computer assisted learning within the National Development Programme in Computer Assisted Learning. (Author)

The operation and methodology of the external financial evaluation of the National Development Programme in Computer Assisted Learning is outlined, and its three-tier approach to costing is described. (Author)

Excerpts are provided from T. Shea's "Camping for Special Children" which reviews the range and type of summer camp programs that are available to handicapped children (4- to 16-years old).

It is argued that an emphasis on a method of evaluation prior to the actual beginning of a program can prove of great value to an administrator in shaping the program and explaining and defending it to boards and funding bodies. Evaluation methods are discussed. (Author/MS)

Reviews several voluntary extended school day programs for elementary school children. (JB)

Physical educators send the message that learning is for the classroom, while activity is for the gymnasium. Knowledge about sport, exercise, and movement can be uniquely and appropriately disseminated in the gym. Physical education can blend learning with doing, theory with practice, education with experience, and reflection with action. (MT)

Regular evaluation of programs should be structured so that useful data is collected to help determine the effectiveness of the process and the product. Discussed are purposes and uses of an evaluation, effectiveness measures, and program factors and products to evaluate. (MT)

The Michigan Occupational Information System is the largest in the country and is available at over 2,400 sites, including schools, libraries, correctional facilities, and labor unions. (JOW)

Describes a study that examined the effectiveness of a tobacco and alcohol prevention program delivered to sixth and seventh grade students by minimally trained classroom teachers. Results indicated that the program reduced the onset and prevalence of tobacco use but not alcohol use. (JOW)

The role of the School Curriculum Development Committee (SCDC) is discussed. The SCDC promotes education by supporting curriculum development relevant to the needs of schools in England and Wales. It keeps informed of curriculum development work and evaluates that work in the light of future needs of the school system. It also disseminates the…