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Rhode Island Office of the Lieutenant Governor, Providence. – 1986
This document reports on the activities of the Rhode Island Task Force on Teenage Suicide Prevention which held its first meeting in September 1985. The function, progress, membership, and meetings of the three committees (public relations, resource, and research) are discussed. A pilot program on suicide prevention is described which provided…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Perception, Secondary Education, Secondary School Teachers
Download full textCunningham, Michelle Doucette – 1995
A poll of the attitudes of Connecticut citizens toward children in the state was commissioned by Kids 2000, a project of the Connecticut Association for Human Services, and was conducted by the Institute for Social Inquiry at the University of Connecticut as a telephone interview of 500 randomly selected adult residents. Questions asked covered…
Descriptors: Adults, Child Health, Child Welfare, Children
New York State Office of the Comptroller, Albany. Div. of Management Audit. – 1996
To help New York's State Department of Education assess public school districts' energy conservation activities, the results of an audit of school districts' energy conservation activities are presented. The audit shows that most school districts have made some efforts toward energy conservation and that the Department does provide some assistance…
Descriptors: Costs, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Higgins, Jon L., Comp.; And Others – 1979
This report was compiled to serve as a reference on assessments of achievement in pre-college mathematics. Patterns of mathematical assessments are discussed in terms of the history and nature of assessments of achievement, the relationship between assessment and minimum competency testing, and the current status of state assessment programs.…
Descriptors: Achievement, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Testing
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Records Branch. – 1987
This document summarizes results of province-wide achievement tests given in Alberta, Canada in June 1987. These tests evaluated student achievement in third grade science, sixth grade mathematics, and ninth grade social studies. The test questions for each subject area reflected Alberta's curriculum specifications for that subject. The grade 3…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Educational Testing. – 1978
New York state high school principals and superintendents were surveyed regarding their evaluations of the statewide minimum competency testing program for high school graduation. Program data were also supplied by the principals. It was concluded that: (1) 85 percent of eleventh grade students had completed the basic competency test graduation…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Problems, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Testing
Petit, Michael R.; Curtis, Patrick A. – 1997
This report provides a comprehensive portrait of America's most vulnerable children and families, gathered as a quick reference to national and state data on the U.S. child welfare system. Data were derived from the Child Welfare League of America's 1996 State Survey of Child Welfare and from U.S. Government agencies and other national sources.…
Descriptors: Adoption, At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Advocacy
