Presented is an independent evaluation of a Title I cooperative effort to create a "model school" in the Bedford Stuyvesant area of New York City. Project Beacon of Yeshiva University, the local school board, and P.S. 129 sought to develop innovative approaches, improve student achievement and instruction, and rehabilitate dropouts. The…

The document is a classroom teacher's guide to a series of 30 television lessons designed to introduce intermediate-grade children in the State of Washington to occupations in 14 fields of vocational work. The guide could be used by teachers who do not have access to the televised series as a framework for career education activities. Two…

Research sought to determine what effect viewing increased amounts of specific types of televised material would have upon the creative performance of highly intelligent children. Gifted students in grades 4, 5, and 6 of a suburban district were given Guilford's tests of creativity and then divided into seven groups. Six of these watched a…

A teacher's experience in guiding a group of 40 fourth-graders in writing a book is reported, and the book is included. Provided are descriptions of--(1) the step-by-step process of writing each chapter of the book, (2) the development of the students'"own English book"--rules for usage, spelling, punctuation, and capitalization, discovered by the…

GRADES OR AGES: Unspecified. SUBJECT MATTER: Effective living. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: Most of the pages are divided into three columns: concept, some activities, and teacher comments. The guide is offset printed and spiral bound with a soft cover. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES: The guide is divided into eight units: human growth and…

GRADES OR AGES: K-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Mathematics. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is divided into three sections, one each for elementary grades, middle grades, and high school. Each section is further subdivided by grade level. Sections are laid out in four columns across two pages. Column headings are concepts, teaching methods…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades 1-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Reading. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide has the following major sections: listening skills, word recognition skills, comprehension skills, reading and study skills in content areas. Grade levels are not indicated, as instruction in a skill should begin at the point where it is…

GRADES OR AGES: Grades K-12. SUBJECT MATTER: Human growth and development. ORGANIZATION AND PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: The guide is in two parts, K-6 and 7-12, the first being more fully developed. The K-6 guide has a section for each grade, with subsections on individual process, social process, family process, and growth and development process. There…

Educational distribution tables were constructed which indicate that, generally, schools and school districts that scored in the upper (or middle, or lower) third of a ranking of Michigan districts on composite achievement also ran high (or middle, or low) on other assessment measures. The same type of relationship was generally found between…

This explanatory booklet describes basic statistical terms used, precautions to be considered in interpreting assessment data, assessment measures used, computer printouts containing local school data, and norm tables. Appendices contain a listing of Michigan school districts classified according to the community type they serve and definitions of…

This workbook is intended as a master for classroom use in grades 4 and 5. It is organized into 7 sections which cover: Africa, its geography and people; The Slave Trade; Slavery, which includes stories about several famous slaves; The Civil War, an explanation of the causes and results; New York--Harlem, which contains a 3-part story, "Jerry…

The Kentucky State plan for the collection of data concerning the cognitive, affective and psychomotor needs of school children is discussed. The plan entailed three phases: (1) the identification of learner needs; (2) translating needs priorities into program goals and field testing the program objectives in a sampling of school districts to…

To determine the specific nature of the environmental "press" derived from paternal occupation on the social interaction of children in the classroom, 1,386 elementary children were administered the Barclay Classroom Climate Inventory. Results are presented according to the fathers' occupations. (MS)

This first of a 3-volume curriculum guide covering Grades 1-9 contains four master units which incorporate career education concepts into the existing curriculum for Grades 1-4. The units for Grades 1-4 respectively are: Finding Out About the World of Work, Careers in Our Neighborhood and Community, Careers in and Around the City, and Careers in…

In this report data obtained from the 1975-76 Delaware Educational Assessment Program is aggregated to the state level. Results are presented in two sections: (1) the status report section, and (2) the needs assessment section. The status report section presents state achievement outcomes and state norms at school and district levels for resource…