study of the instructional program in Desoto County with particular attention to those phases which tend to break its continuity

"Alice Miel, Associate Professor of Education in Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, and Editor of the Association for Childhood Education International says: 'Continuity has to do with relatedness. It may be relatedness between what the individual has experienced and learned before, the present learning opportunity, and the possibilities for future learning. (Such relatedness need not be with the immediate past nor be an obvious one.) But the relatedness may also be among parallel experiences or among various aspects of growth--intellectual and emotional, social and physical.' With this idea in mind, a study of the instructional program in DeSoto County with particular attention to those phases which tend to break its continuity is presented. Items which seem to have definite bearing on continuity are teacher turnover, mobility of population, promotional policies, instructional practices, the testing program, and cumulative records"--Introduction.