This document is an edited transcript of a preschool educator's criticism of the Westinghouse Report on the federal Head Start program. The following points are made: (1) evaluations should be planned at the time the program is planned and this was not the case with the Westinghouse Report, and (2) an evaluation program should measure the factors…

A questionnaire concerning teacher characteristics and compensatory reading programs is presented. (CK)

A questionnaire designed to provide information on individual students to whom compensatory reading instruction is rendered is presented. (CK)

A questionnaire designed to elicit information about reading instruction and the group(s) to which such instruction is provided is presented. The questionnaire aims at providing information about classes. (CK)

Describes the development of a model playground by the Adams County, Colorado, Head Start Program, giving particular attention to local contributions, physical features of equipment and playground, and ways children use the playground for motor, dramatic, social, and constructive play. (RH)

Contemplating the question Can we be both equal and excellent in adult education?'' lead to the conclusion that no conflict need exist because the terms have no absolute meaning--only different sets of meanings which are relative to those defining them and to certain historical, situational, institutional, cultural and social factors. (Author/SA)

Contends that compensatory education projects will continue to be supported by Washington at about the same levels as 1972. The article notes that the immediate changes -- for the next 12 months -- will affect administrative procedure rather than availability of funds. (Author)

The author discusses Jenks' conclusion that a radical redistribution of wealth, (not equal education) is required to create socio-economic equality. Cast in this light, issues such as school busing, free choice of curricula, and general racial integration are discussed. (JB)

A review of Strategies for Success in Compensatory Education: An Appraisal of Evaluation Research by Edward L. McDill and others. (DS)

Describes the conditions that led to Florida's initiative in compensatory education, the legal basis of compensatory education in Florida, the care taken not to violate federal regulations, and the cost relationships between compensatory education programs and the basic program offerings of school districts. (Author/IRT)

A working party of the Educational Research Symposium on the "Socio-Culturally Handicapped" rejected the traditional psychopathological model and disadvantaged child syndrome in favor of interdisciplinary, basic and action research directed toward a causal analysis of socio-cultural difference and milieus and the development of more adequate…

TO COMBAT POVERTY IN THE OZARKS, A TOTAL COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM IS RECOMMENDED. IT INVOLVES A COMMUNITY EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT SECTION SETTING UP A CURRICULUM INVOLVING PROBLEMS OF EDUCATION, HEALTH, COMMUNITY, WELFARE, RECREATION, AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITIES. KEY LEADERS SHOULD CONFER OFTEN ABOUT PROBLEMS IN THEIR COUNTIES. A REVITALIZED…

This review of a research institute's evaluation of the national Follow Through program asserts that both the contracting office and the research institute failed to adequately specify the kind of study intended and the functions which it proposed to serve. One of several kinds of evaluation studies might have been undertaken: (1) a research…

Full-year Head Start programs are listed in State order in this directory. Mailing address and director's name are provided for each program. Locations of OCD regional offices are provided in an appendix. (KM)

A two-part questionnaire is presented. The first part is intended to elicit information from the school principal about his school and the students in it. The second part has to do with compensatory reading programs. (CK)