In Florida, the Full Services Schools model has emerged as an alternative to fragmented service delivery because service providers have assumed that children have needs beyond classroom education and that Florida's system of service delivery has failed to meet those needs. The purpose of this multiple-site comparative case study is to describe and…

A practicum was implemented to provide low-achieving first-grade students with individualized instruction that would teach strategies to assist them in becoming independent readers. Secondary goals were: (1) to implement and develop a Chapter 1 Reading Improvement Plan targeted for low achieving first graders; (2) to improve reading self-esteem;…

A description is given of the format and function of a projected state-mandated evaluation of the Florida Teacher Education Center (TEC) system, a governance structure which coordinates the design, implementation, and evaluation of inservice teacher education programs in Florida's 67 school districts. The organization, program, and financing of…

A study was conducted to develop a process evaluation model for Bilingual Vocational Programs (BVPs) in Florida. Literature was reviewed that concerned state evaluation of general, vocational, and bilingual vocational education. This information and information from interviews and correspondence on these areas were used to develop a questionnaire…

A study examined the relationship of length of vocational agriculture teacher contract to supervised occupational experience program scope and Future Farmers of America (FFA) chapter activity level. A questionnaire measuring the activity level of the FFA chapter and soliciting information on various extraneous variables was administered to the…

The major purpose of this study was to determine the characteristics, problems, and recommendations for developing and improving open-entry/open-exit systems of individualized, competency-based vocational instruction for Florida high school students. A survey instrument was developed to collect relevant data. Those surveyed in the descriptive…

Objectives of this master's thesis were to analyze the status of existing day care centers at state supported colleges and universities in Florida in terms of purposes, funding, policies and policy making, staffing, program content for children, training experiences offered to college students and benefits of the center to the sponsoring…

TO PROVIDE THE NECESSARY INFORMATION FOR AN OVERALL DIRECTION IN EXPANDING THE PUBLIC, HIGHER EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA, THIS COMPREHENSIVE STUDY IS CONDUCTED TO--(1) COMPILE FACTUAL DATA WHICH MAY BE MADE AVAILABLE FOR USE IN EVALUATING APPLICATIONS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO CONSTRUCT ACADEMIC FACILITIES AT ELIGIBLE…

The primary objective of this study was to determine whether a student's participation in a particular friendship group within his high school class had any relationship to his academic performance, his self-concept as learner, or his perception of his school environment and the other students in it. The class of 1975 at the P. K. Yonge Laboratory…

This pamphlet is a guide to the equipment, procedures, instruments, and resources needed in teaching a course of technical typewriting to prepare a typist for a job in a science-related office where correct spelling and use of scientific and technical terminology are of paramount importance. Described are course guidelines, performance objectives,…

In response to a need for a systematic national survey of the status of pre-college psychology that would be made available to all interested researchers and teachers, this document presents seven status studies -- one each from Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Montana, Oklahoma, and Ontario. The data most frequently presented in these…

Many states have implemented high-stakes testing since the enactment of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Yet the question remains whether high-stakes tests effectively measure student proficiency. This report describes a study that compared results on high-stakes tests with results on other standardized tests not used for accountability…

Examines reasons for the overrepresentation of blacks in emotionally handicapped (EH) programs and this relationship to 15 variables. Results show a decrease in EH representation with an increase in black population and numbers of black teachers. No significant relationships were found involving black school psychologists or the overrepresentation…

Effective writing is a typical goal in undergraduate education, especially in general education program. In a survey recently conducted at the University of South Florida, one faculty member said, "I responded [to this survey] because I strongly believe that writing skills are essential for all college students regardless of their major field…

The 1998 NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) state level reading assessment measured fourth- and eighth-grade students' reading proficiency in situations that involved reading for three purposes: reading for literary experience, reading to gain information, and reading to perform a task (grade 8 only). This report describes the…