Tested was the extent to which an increase in the number of acceptable criteria for giftedness would affect the composition of a hypothetical special program for gifted students. (Author/KW)

Achievement-impeding classroom behaviors in France and the United States were analyzed and compared. (KW)

Through the courts parents are challenging the administration and use of standardized tests, placement procedures, and the effectiveness and harmful impact of special class placement of students labeled educable mentally retarded as a result of standardized testing. (Author/KW)

Testing of 11-year-old students from educable and regular classes, applying the concept of multiple criteria, suggested that 25 percent of children in educable classes may be misplaced and should be in a regular classroom. (KW)

Described are the program and encouraging results of an experimental zoomer class, designed for elementary school students ready for discharge from Re-Ed (learned behavior control, ready to learn, but behind academically) and regular students who can move ahead academically quickly in such a high status, high expectation class. (KW)

Parent tutoring was found to be effective in raising the academic performance of elementary school children, and of particular benefit to emotionally disturbed children (affluent or disadvantaged) and to children from depressed areas. (KW)