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C :. RICU L I' M LA BO RA TO R Y w a s e s t a b l i s h e d in 1965 to p r o m o t e and c o o r d i n a t e i n n o v a t i v e a c t i v i t i e s in four a r e a s : 1) s c h o o l c u r r i c u l u m d e s i g n , d e v e l o p m e n t and e v a l u a t i o n ; 2) p r e s e r v i c e e d u c a t i o n of t e a c h e r s and g r a d u a t e a n d p o s t d o c t o r a l e d u c a t i o n of f u t u r e e d u c a t i o n a l l e a d e r s and r e s e a r c h e r s ? 3) r e s e a r c h on e v a l u a t i o n of c u r r i c u l a and r e s e a r c h on diffusion of t h e r e s u l t s of w o r k in t h e a b o v e t h r e e a r e a s to s c h o o l s , a n d 4) a s s i s t a n c e to i n d i v i d u a l s c h o o l s and s c h o o l s y s t e m s on p r o b l e m s r e l a t e d to c u r r i c u l a . The L a b o r a t o r y is c o m p r i s e d of the E n g l i s h C u r r i c u l u m D e v e l o p m e n t P r o j e c t , S o c i a l S t u d i e s C u r r i c u l u m D e v e l o p m e n t P r o j e c t , LTCSM M a t h e m a t i c s P r o j e c t s , t h e M a d i s o n P r o j e c t ( m a t h e m a t i c s ) , U n i v e r s i t y High S c h o o l , t h e B o o k e r T . W a s h i n g t o n S c h o o l P r o j e c t , a T e a c h e r C e n t e r P r o j e c t , a PLA TO C o u r s e w a r e P r o j e c t , a p r o j e c t on t h e c o g n i t i v e d e v e l o p m e n t of c h i l d r e n and a p r o j e c t on c u r r i c u l a in n o n - s c h o o l s e t t i n g s ( e s p e c i a l l y p r i s o n s ) . D i r e c t o r is R o b e r t B. D a v i s . DIVERSITY HIGH S C H O O L , e s t a b l i s h e d in 1921 a s a l a b o r a t o r y s c h o o l for t h e C o l l e g e of E d u c a t i o n , s e r v e s a s t h e p r i m a r y s e c o n d a r y s c h o o l l a b o r a t o r y f a c i l i t y for the C u r r i c u l u m L a b o r a t o r y and h a s a 1973 e n r o l l m e n t of 188 s t u d e n t s . M a j o r e m p h a s i s is on r e s e a r c h and d e v e l o p m e n t in c u r r i c u l u m and o r g a n i z a t i o n a l d e s i g n . A c t i n g p r i n c i p a l is R u s s e l l E . Z w o y e r WASHINGTON S C H O O L T E A C H E R E D U C A T I O N C E N T E R i s a j o i n t p r o j e c t by C h a m p a i g n C o m m u n i t y Unit S c h o o l D i s t r i c t No. 4 and t h e U n i v e r s i t y t h r o u g h t h e d e p a r t m e n t of e l e m e n t a r y e d u c a t i o n of t h e C o l l e g e of E d u c a t i o n . Its r o l e is to r e s e a r c h and e v a l u a t e t e a c h e r n e e d s for c o n t i n u i n g p r o f e s s i o n a l g r o w t h , to d e s i g n and i m p l e m e n t s t r a t e g i e s to m e e t t h e s e n e e d s and to e v a l u a t e t h e effect of the s t r a t e g i e s . It i n c l u d e s r e s e a r c h and d i s s e m i n a t i o n of r e s e a r c h , i n s e r v i c e c o u r s e s , w o r k s h o p s , i n d i v i d u a l c o n s u l t a t i o n s and m a t e r i a l d e v e l o p m e n t . C o o r d i n a t o r is S u s a n M a r k s . I N S T I T U T E F O R R E S E A R C H ON E X C E P T I O N A L C H I L D R E N , e s t a b l i s h e d in 1952, Is w o r l d ' s f i r s t i n s t i t u t e for r e s e a r c h on e d u c a t i o n of both h a n d i c a p p e d and gifted c h i l d r e n . It c a r r i e s on a c t i v i t i e s in c o o p e r a t i o n with s t a t e d e p a r t m e n t s of p u b l i c i n s t r u c t i o n and m e n t a l h e a l t h . A d d i t i o n a l s u p p o r t h a s b e e n r e c e i v e d f r o m U . S . D e p a r t m e n t of H e a l t h E d u c a t i o n and W e l f a r e and o t h e r n a t i o n a l o r g a n i z a t i o n s . D i r e c t o r is Keith Q, Scott