Characteristics of 187 free universities and 21 learning referral centers and information on registrations and referrals, finance, and staffing are examined, based on 1982 followup survey results. A free university is broadly defined as an organization that offers to the general public ungraded, unaccredited classes that anyone can teach; learning…

This report presents the Austin (Texas) Independent School District's 1985 test results on the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills (TABS). It was administered to all third, fifth, and ninth grade students and to high school students not meeting ninth grade state-set mastery criteria, the minimum competency requirement for graduation. Results are…

Approximately 60,000 Delaware public school students in grades 1 through 8 and in grade 11 were administered a battery of achievement tests as part of the state-funded Delaware Educational Assessment Program (DEAP) in 1986. This was the second administration of the Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS), in reading, language arts, and…

The first five-year cycle of the Wisconsin Secondary Vocational Program Evaluation System was completed on December 31, 1982 to aid in planning and assessing vocational education in the state and to portray its impact at local, state and national levels. This aggregate report presents first phase data from high school self-evaluations. The second…

Responses and changes made, in answer to the passage and implementation of the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, to preservice and inservice teacher certification patterns and requirements and program approval standards for teacher preparation programs in the United States are described in this report. Part 1 is an analysis of the…

The data in this survey was compiled from information provided by state education agencies and school districts across the country. Tables include data, arranged according to state, on the number of students in operational year-round or extended school year education programs, the types of programs, grade levels involved, purposes of programs,…

In keeping with its commitment to equity in education and the maintenance of academic standards, Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) instituted an Academic Alert and Advisement System (AAAS) to inform students halfway into the term about their progress and to provide them with appropriate academic advisement. Students receive information on their…

Graduates of masters' degree programs in education at a small midwestern state college were surveyed to determine the academic and attitudinal differences between those who had obtained their undergraduate degree at other institutions (regional group) and those who were continuing their study toward a graduate degree at the same college…

This publication, an update of previous reports of the same title, provides information on language programs in Canada under the following headings: (1) programs in the nine provinces (excluding Quebec) including a description of minority language and second language education as well as French immersion programs; and (2) programs in Quebec,…

A needs assessment survey was conducted of the Russian-speaking immigrant population in New York City. Program goals were: (1) to identify the public and priviate schools with concentrations of Soviet immigrant students; (2) to survey the programs established in the identified schools and their levels of instruction; (3) to identify the bilingual…

A series of reports describes the activities of the Office of Research and Evaluation and compiles data descriptive of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District. This report consists of four appendices, one for each of four test batteries: California Achievement Tests, Sequential Tests of Educational Progress, Boehm Tests of Basic Concepts,…

The study was undertaken to investigate the post high school status of 76 mildly retarded graduates (1974-78) of the work/study programs of the eastern and central zones of the Heartland Area Education Agency. Interviews of the Ss yielded data which were analyzed in four main categories: social adjustment, community resources, vocational…

An analysis of enrollment trends for Los Angeles City College (LACC) from 1960 to 1977 produced the following observations: (1) day enrollment rose an average of 4% yearly from 1962 to 1974 to a high of almost 24,000, dropping slightly thereafter; (2) evening enrollment has fluctuated without a clear direction; (3) male day enrollment has dropped…

This report covers the status of school food services in 152 cities with populations of 100,000 and over for fiscal year 1972. It consists of six sections: general information on all schools, schools in the national school lunch program, schools with other and no food service, schools in low income areas, schools in the school breakfast program,…

Of 391 living participants in the 10-year-old Academic Administration Internship Program (AAIP), 320 or 82 percent completed the questionnaire, which became the basis of this evaluation study. Survey data were used to determine the current status of the AAIP alumni and fellows, the usefulness of the AAIP experience in their careers, the national…