Defines an outcomes-based instructional supervision model and reports on the testing of such a model in an outcomes-based classroom-verified instructional reading program, involving 99 kindergartens in 36 elementary schools. (BF/JH)

Describes the content of an instructional unit on nutrition prepared by the Dairy Council of California for primary-level school children and the results of its large-scale tryout in 30 California schools. (SDH)

Describes the development and the testing of two elementary school programs on energy education: "Captain Power" for Grades 2 or 3 and "Power Quiz" for Grades 5 or 6. The programs were tested in classrooms and revised to the point where they will reliably produce high levels of achievement of specified learning outcomes. (Author/MP)

Evaluation criteria for classroom instructional materials are presented. (BRT)

Describes a research program concerned with systematic printing instruction for kindergarten children. The program was field tested in low-income and middle class area schools. (DP)

Describes two environmental educational programs for third graders and sixth graders. (Author/DB)

Describes a tutorial program in which school personnel trained fifth- and sixth-grade pupils to tutor kindergarteners in reading. (WY)

Describes an after-school program of sports directed education in mathematics and spelling for minority group students, using minority group college students as coaches. (AN)

Study involved the development of a carefully sequenced, two-year program in dramatics and public speaking for kindergarten and first-grade children and an investigation of the effects of the program on children's acting and speaking. (Authors)