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Download full textLarson, Elizabeth Hunt; Vandegrift, Judith A. – 1998
In spring 1998, 1,057 10th-grade students were surveyed as one component of a statewide evaluation of Arizona's school-to-work system designed by the Morrison Institute for Public Policy. This second survey measured attitudes toward and participation in career activities. Results were compared to baseline data collected from over 2,000 10th-grade…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Comparative Analysis, Education Work Relationship
National Assessment of Educational Progress, Princeton, NJ. – 1991
In 1990, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) included a Trial State Assessment (TSA); for the first time in the NAEP's history, voluntary state-by-state assessments (37 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands) were made. The sample was designed to represent the 8th grade public school population in a state…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Calculators, Educational Assessment, Family Environment
Shafer, Robert E. – 1986
In Arizona, beginning teachers applying for certification must take the Arizona Teacher Proficiency Examination which tests professional knowledge, reading, mathematics, and grammar. The high failure rate on the grammar test has caused a great deal of concern; 40 percent of the examinees, and a higher percentage of minority groups, failed it in…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Grammar, Higher Education
Sherberg, Esther – 1988
As part of the final report by the Arizona Board of Regents' Task Force on Excellence, Efficiency and Competitiveness, a discussion of the numbers available to predict teacher supply and projected student enrollment is presented with an examination of Arizona's professional education programs and how they are meeting the needs. A discussion of…
Descriptors: Certification, College Students, Competition, Educational Quality
Porter, G. William, Ed.; And Others – 1976
The basic text (or, in some cases, an outline of the text) of the presentations taped at the conference for vocational education personnel coordinators constitute the major portion of this report. Titles are (1) A Philosophy for Personnel Development in Vocational Education, (2) Performance-Based Teacher Education for Vocational Teachers, (3) A…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Career Education, Competency Based Teacher Education, Conference Reports
Larson, Elizabeth Hunt; Vandegrift, Judith A. – 1998
In spring 1998, 1,020 seventh-grade students were surveyed as one component of a statewide evaluation of Arizona's school-to-work system designed by the Morrison Institute for Public Policy. This second survey measured attitudes toward and participation in career activities. Results were compared to baseline data collected from over 2,000…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Comparative Analysis
O'Dell, Janelle E., Ed. – 1993
The Arizona Educational and Informational Telecommunications Cooperative (AEITC) hosted the Arizona Telecommunications Issues and Policy Symposium in order to provide a forum for telecommunications discussions, planning, and cooperation; bring together Arizona telecommunications leaders from the education, industrial, military, government, and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Business, Community Involvement, Computer Networks
Gau, Rebecca L. – 2001
A study explored performance of the Arizona School-to-Work (STW) system in meeting the six goals established by the state STW Division. Goal 1 was to create a self-sustaining STW system at the state and regional levels. The state developed state policies and goals and provided implementation funding to partnerships, but no continuation funding.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Community Involvement, Education Work Relationship
Griffiths, Jose-Marie; King, Donald W. – 1990
The objectives of the project described in this report were to provide specific, clearly defined options for Arizona libraries to share information and bibliographic resources, propose strategies for implementing the options, and present a phased implementation schedule for implementing them. The report begins with an executive summary which…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Information Technology
Davis, Benjamin G. – 1978
During the 1977-78 school year the Arizona Migrant Child Education Program served over 8,000 migrant students, 80% of which were in grades 1 through 8. Academic, health and nutritional services were among those provided with academic services featuring special instruction in reading skills, oral language and computational skill development. During…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Ancillary Services, Annual Reports, Comparative Analysis
Barkley, Margaret V.; And Others – 1975
Third in an annual series of State-sponsored inservice clinics for Arizona educators and administrators, the theme of the clinic attracted over 370 participants. Students and parents, as well as professional personnel, attended the two-day sessions. Program format included speeches, panel discussions, and the formation of task force groups to…
Descriptors: Administrators, Affirmative Action, Change Strategies, Civil Rights Legislation
Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2009
The work of the Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education (ACPE) is guided by a 5-year strategic plan. The purpose of the plan is to provide focus for the activity of this small agency and its eight staff members in order to increase productivity and impact in the areas of its statutory authority. The mission and goals were accepted by…
Descriptors: Productivity, Strategic Planning, Higher Education, Grants
Danzig, Arnold; Vandegrift, Judith A. – 1994
Resources available to Arizona through the School-to-Work Opportunities Act will not be concentrated in rural communities, although their educational and economic development needs are proportionately greater. Absent from education reform bills pending in the Arizona House and Senate is any reference to school-to-work transition or any explicit…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Economic Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship
Mendoza, Jose – 1991
The Mathematics, Engineering, Science, and Achievement (MESA) pre-college program was developed and implemented at Glendale Community College (GCC) in 1984. GCC's program is part of a statewide effort in Arizona to increase the number of under-represented minority students who complete high school with a foundation in mathematics, science, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Awards, College Bound Students
Public Perceptions of School to Work: First Year Progress. Arizona School to Work Briefing Paper #7.
Vandegrift, Judith A.; Wright, Joel – 1997
In spring 1997, Arizona repeated a spring 1996 statewide public poll that established baseline measures of public attitudes toward school-to-work (STW). Samples were drawn from three constituent groups: parents, businesses, and educators. Over 2,700 Arizonans participated each year. Overall awareness of STW was up significantly among every group.…
Descriptors: Career Education, Curriculum Design, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change
