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Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1977
The final technical report of the Great Lakes Regional Resource Center summarizes special education activities in five major areas: state program development, educational appraisal, educational programing, sharing resources, and project accountability and administration. Explained are project goals of enhancing development, demonstration,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Handicapped Children
Miles, Guy H. – 1971
This report covers the first phase of a three-phase research program entitled "Developing Model NYC Programs for Rural Youth". The report contains three sections. The first section, "An Experimental Rural Youth Program for the North Central States" contains a detailed description of the general framework of a program for rural…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Employment, Geographic Regions, Program Development
Nolin, Reginald S.; Sloan, Charles A. – 1979
To help in providing high quality school programs in rural communities which do not generate adequate revenue dollars, a model of sharing and pairing services between schools is being used in southeastern Minnesota. The cooperation model, which includes four small districts, consists of eight or nine basic programs which are coordinated by a…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Demonstration Programs, Dual Enrollment
Koroloff, Nancy M.; And Others – 1990
The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research and the National Institute of Mental Health jointly sponsored a project for the development of statewide organizations for parents of children with emotional disorders. The Statewide Parent Organization Demonstration Project (SPODP) has two major goals: to stimulate and support the…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Emotional Disturbances, Federal Programs

Manatt, Richard P. – Educational Leadership, 1987
Describes lessons learned from a five-year comprehensive model evaluation program developed by school systems in Minnesota and Iowa. The learner's experience was planned through instructional and curriculum strategies. Performance criteria were established for teachers, and principals and students evaluated classrooms. Pre- and post-testing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Evaluation, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Smith, Brandon B. – 1974
An evaluation was conducted on seven career education projects in seven Minnesota school districts. Formative and summative evaluation methods were used to assess teachers' and directors' project implementation and the impact on students' (grades 1 to 9) cognitive achievement. Self evaluation forms were used to obtain information from and to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Career Education, Cognitive Tests
Carlson, Helen L. – 1992
Over a decade ago, the Minnesota state legislature funded the Council on Quality Education to create nine exemplary and experimental pilot programs to support young children and their families. One of the early models was a family-oriented, structured preschool activity that featured weekly 2-hour sessions during which parents of 4-year-olds…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Programs, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education
Minnesota Univ., Minneapolis. National Center for Youth with Disabilities. – 1995
This monograph was developed as a product of two Minnesota state conferences (held on June 2, 1994 and on May 19, 1995) on transition issues facing adolescents with chronic illness and disabilities. Participants included health professionals, educators, parents, policymakers, human service providers, and young adults. Introductory remarks by…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Chronic Illness, Delivery Systems

Johnson, David R. – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1993
This paper examines the qualities and limitations of information utilization in special education program planning and improvement; discusses the results of a federally funded transition follow-along and follow-up research and demonstration project in Minnesota; and describes methods for organizing, managing, and reporting follow-along and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
McEvoy, Mary; Reichle, Joe – 1995
This federally funded project was designed to develop, implement, and evaluate a best practices inservice model to train teachers to provide services in least restrictive environments for preschool children with emotional/behavioral disorders. Through collaborative planning among the University of Minnesota and selected Minnesota public schools,…
Descriptors: Augmentative and Alternative Communication, Behavior Disorders, College School Cooperation, Communication Skills
Daines, James R.; And Others – 1995
The Minnesota Defense Conversion Adjustment Project was initiated in 1993 with funding provided through the U.S. Department of Labor's Defense Conversion Adjustment Program to help workers at a Minnesota defense plant make the transition from assembler and related production classifications to machinists and other positions requiring specific job…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Demonstration Programs
Bloom, Dan; Anderson, Jacquelyn; Wavelet, Melissa; Gardiner, Karen N.; Fishman, Michael E. – 2002
The Employment Retention and Advancement (ERA) project was undertaken to identify effective strategies for helping low-income parents work more steadily and advance in the labor market. The 15 ERA demonstration projects that were operating in nine states (California, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, South Carolina; Tennessee, and…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Ladders, Case Studies, Caseworker Approach