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McClung, Merle Steven – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
Examines aspects of the design or implementation of competency tests that may be illegal--inadequate phase-in periods, inadequate match between test and instruction, and racial discrimination. Provisions for a model program are outlined. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Racial Discrimination
Dunn, Rita – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
Individualized instruction in Westorchard elementary school has resulted in high scores on standardized tests of achievement in reading and mathematics. (IRT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Open Education
Sanacore, Joseph – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
A group consisting of department coordinators, the director of the library media center, the chairperson of the guidance department, a building administrator, and members of the teaching staff work with a carefully selected group of career-oriented seniors on an independent study program. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Career Planning, High Schools, Independent Study
Tenney, William – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
The career exploratory program includes six career clusters that provide strong academic background as well as practical experience. The six career areas are business administration and management, communication arts, engineering and mathematics, medicine and health, performing arts, and social sciences. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Career Exploration, College Bound Students, High Schools, Program Descriptions
Sinner, Gregg; Sinner, J. L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
Describes seven alternatives to the traditional offerings in one high school. These programs are designed to counteract student boredom, frustration, anxiety, and related causes of discipline problems. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Discipline, High Schools, Nontraditional Education, Program Descriptions
Gray, James; Myers, Miles – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
Presents the four assumptions on which the Bay Area Writing Project is based. (IRT)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Descriptions
Church, Marilyn Jakes – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
Describes how one school district came to own a television station and how use of that station has evolved over the years. (IRT)
Descriptors: Educational Television, Elementary Secondary Education, Postsecondary Education, Program Descriptions
Van Til, William – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
Describes the problems inherent in the publishing industry's use of outside reviewers to determine the worth of textbook manuscripts. (IRT)
Descriptors: College Faculty, Higher Education, Publishing Industry, Textbook Preparation
Flygare, Thomas J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
The special admission program at Davis goes so far beyond federal affirmative action requirements that a decision for Bakke would not affect current federal programs. (Author)
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Affirmative Action, Federal Legislation, Higher Education
Knoester, William P. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
The formation of collective bargaining units has not resulted in more involvement in decision making for principals in Michigan. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Collective Bargaining, Decision Making
Dziuban, Charles D.; Sullivan, Timothy J. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
Reports on a study that asked elementary, junior high, and high school teachers to rate the importance of 23 teaching competencies. (IRT)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, High Schools, Junior High Schools, Tables (Data)
Lufler, Henry S., Jr. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1978
Calls for increasing the severity of punishment ignore the nonschool origins of discipline problems and fail to consider the role of the schools themselves as a contributing factor to the problems. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Discipline, Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems, High Schools
Cole, Robert W.; Dunn, Rita – Phi Delta Kappan, 1977
Describes Ohio's efforts (including supplemental state legislation) to implement the new federal legislation on handicapped children and points out implications this legislation may have for all education in the areas of parental involvement and individualization of instruction. (IRT)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Solomon, Edward L. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1977
Describes an experimental program in which a full range of handicapped students were integrated into a junior high school. (IRT)
Descriptors: Experimental Programs, Handicapped Students, Junior High Schools, Mainstreaming
Dahms, Alan M.; And Others – Phi Delta Kappan, 1977
Describes the College for Living program that helps mentally retarded adults learn the skills of independent living. (IRT)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Experimental Programs
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