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Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1978
The National Diffusion Network (NDN) was established to bring together representatives of federal, state, and local agencies to promote widespread adoption of new and innovative programs within and across state boundaries. The goal in publishing this directory is to help local educators solve problems through program improvements gleaned from…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Directories, Elementary Secondary Education, Nontraditional Education
National Education Association, Washington, DC. Project on Utilization of Inservice Education R & D Outcomes. – 1978
Announcement is made of the availability of materials for the use of all education personnel involved in assisting schools in implementing Individually Guided Education (IGE) programs. Described are: the implementor's manual, the basic tool for the program; the required text, INDIVIDUALLY GUIDED ELEMENTARY EDUCATION; 11 different simulations…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials
Thrash, Patricia A. – North Central Association Quarterly, 1979
Monitoring educational change is seen as a critical problem for regional accrediting commissions. The response by the Commission on Institutions of Higher Education of the North Central Association to the problem is described, and procedures to validate educational quality in off-campus programs and sequential evaluation are discussed. (MLW)
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Educational Change, Educational Quality
Kinney, John F., Jr.; And Others – 1975
The Senior Elective Program at New Jersey's Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School was designed by eighteen students and six faculty members during the summer of 1971. Initiated to update curriculum to complement an open-space building exclusively for seniors, it included revamping the school calendar from four to five marking periods. Students…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Educational Change, Elective Courses, High School Seniors
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1979
Intended to stimulate communication among the federal, state, intermediate, local, and postsecondary agencies that share responsibility for the improvement of education, this Department of Education catalog of exemplary educational programs describes all the projects dealt with in previous editions as well as providing information on more than 30…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Communication Skills, Demonstration Programs, Educational Administration
White-Stevens, Lillian – 1978
Designed to assist school districts in making meaningful improvements in programs for their adolescent populations, this publication presents descriptions of 64 innovative and successful educational projects developed throughout the United States. The descriptions are classified in five categories: basic skills, including reading, language arts,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Basic Skills, Career Education, Education
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1978
This catalog is intended to make successful programs and practices available so that interested school districts may adapt and install their key elements. All programs were approved by program offices within their funding agencies and often by state education agencies. All were then carefully scrutinized for quality by the Joint Dissemination…
Descriptors: Art Education, Bilingual Education, Career Education, Communication Skills
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1979
This catalog is intended to make successful programs and practices available so that interested school districts may adapt and install their key elements. All programs were approved by program offices within their funding agencies and often by state education agencies. All were then carefully scrutinized for quality by the Joint Dissemination…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Career Education, Catalogs, Demonstration Programs
Download full textMichigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1986
This booklet provides descriptions of 16 adult education programs that have been validated as successful by the Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP), U.S. Department of Education and that are being promoted by the National Diffusion Network (NDN). Although the programs were developed by individual school districts in response to local needs,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Adult Reading Programs
