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Download full textMcLaughlin, Donald H.; And Others – 1983
This report provides information on the background, methodology, and findings of the Videodisc-Microcomputer (ViM) Network project, which brought together over 40 schools in 15 states to explore the potential of a new technology for basic skills instruction. Initiated in 1981 and completed at the end of 1983, the project involved a wide variety of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Networks, Data Collection, Educational Innovation
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1981
The sixth report required by the Maryland Educational Accountability Act contains information about goals for Maryland public education and progress toward those goals. The first section explains accountability, the Maryland Accountability Act, and limitations of current instruments for measuring learning progress. The central purpose of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Annual Reports, Basic Skills
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1982
The seventh report required by the Maryland Educational Accountability Act contains information about goals for Maryland public education and progress toward those goals. The first section explains accountability, the Maryland Accountability Act, and limitations of current instruments for measuring learning progress. The central purpose of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Annual Reports, Basic Skills
Plato, Kathleen C. – 1984
To examine the diversity and productivity of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) Chapter 1 Migrant Education Program, three types of information were drawn from states' applications and end-of-year evaluation reports: state program descriptive data, student service data, and student impact data. The Migrant Student Record…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
Rouk, Ullik – Educational R & D Report, 1982
In a project led by Research for Better Schools (RBS), educators work with researchers to improve basic skills learning. Based on research findings relating the amount of time allocated for instruction and student achievement, one school made scheduling changes to reduce the time spent moving from one classroom to another. Other classroom…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Research, Cooperative Planning, Data Collection
Achilles, C. M.; Lintz, M. N. – 1985
Some ninth-grade students from three Knoxville City high schools have continuously performed substantially less well than those from other city schools in the Tennessee State proficiency tests. A task force developed a plan to work with grade 8 in the middle schools and grade 9 in the high schools to prepare students to perform better on state…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Education
Weber, James M.; Puleo, Nancy F. – 1988
A study was initiated in 1986 to collect systematic national data on the content and processes surrounding the delivery of vocational-technical education programs that could be used to help assess and describe the dynamics of high school vocational classrooms. The national database generated contained information from schools, classrooms, school…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Career Guidance, Data Collection
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1987
This publication is designed to provide users with trends in quantitative facts relevant to public education in South Carolina. Information for the 1985-86 school year is presented along with information beginning with the reference or base year of 1969-70. The reference year may vary due to the availability of data. The data are presented in…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Finance
National Inst. of Corrections (Dept. of Justice/LEAA), Washington, DC. – 2000
During fiscal year 1999, the Office of Correctional Job Training and Placement (OCJTP) conducted numerous activities related to its primary functions, which are as follows: (1) coordinate federal departments' and agencies' efforts related to correctional job training and placement; (2) provide training to develop staff competencies needed by state…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role
