This model was prepared for the purpose of assisting school district personnel in Ohio to develop graded courses of study. A course of study is mandated by Ohio law to ensure commonality and continuity in the educational programs available to students within all school districts. Through identification of skills and concepts teachers are…

THIS IS THE THIRD IN A SERIES OF LANGUAGE GUIDES DEVELOPED AND WRITTEN BY STATEWIDE COMMITTEES UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. A COMPANION VOLUME TO THIS GUIDE IS "LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION--PERSPECTIVE AND PROSPECTUS," PREPARED BY NELSON BROOKS, CHARLES F. HOCKETT, AND EVERETT V. O'ROURKE, 1963. A 1964…

This paper describes an online early childhood assessment course that was developed through a multi-university collaboration with support from a state improvement grant. Collaborators from three universities developed the course to address a new early childhood unified license (birth to age 8, regular and special education) in the state of Kansas.…

The materials describe Kentucky's strategy for reforming the state standards for introductory Spanish second language instruction. They begin with a course description outlining the shift in orientation from grammar instruction to development of communicative competence. A subsequent section suggests ways in which the teacher might identify…

Syllabi and texts used in courses on higher education law are reviewed. These courses are offered as part of graduate level studies in the field of higher education administration. A major gap appears to be the need for a current and frequently revised casebook. Four major topics that higher education law courses emphasize are as follows: the…