Based on a study of how eight states have pursued educational reform, this booklet reviews new issues facing school finance as a result of the recent upsurge of interest in educational improvement. The booklet has four sections. The first section discusses changing state fiscal and political contexts within which reforms are being debated. Section…

The data collection instruments used to gather information on the state Right to Read Program, during the periods from 1972 to 1973 and from 1973 to 1974, are presented in this volume. Questionnaires included assess the roles and opinions of the following key individuals in the state and local levels of program administration: chief state school…

Step-by-step instructions for the school representative responsible for Educational Quality Assessment in Pennsylvania are provided. The representative, who is expected to attend Quality Assessment Workshops, is given information about how to schedule the administration of the questionnaire, how to collect district and school data, and how to…

The purpose of this study was to: (1) assess the anticipated ratings of teacher performance by principals using the Missouri Performance Based Teacher Evaluation (PBTE) prior to the first cycle of its implementation; (2) determine whether or not elementary and secondary principals, using the same instrument, would be consistent in perceived…

The evaluation study was undertaken to measure the progress of 15 elementary and secondary career education projects funded by the Rhode Island State Department of Education for 1974-75. Information was obtained from project proposals, teacher questionnaires, onsite observations of classroom activities, and conferences with teachers and…

This year marks the seventh edition of the "Summary of State Student Assessment Programs" (SSAP) and the third year that the Council of Chief State School Officers has conducted the survey on which the summary is based on its own. The survey summarizes what is happening in statewide assessment programs and provides information on trends…

The Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I Wisconsin Migrant Education Conference was held on August 6, 1979 to evaluate programs and to gather program planning data. Data for this evaluation were collected by means of both structured interaction of the 53 conference participants and questionnaires completed by participants. The teachers felt…

To become an adequate educational facility, the school plant must be designed to house, promote, and enhance an educational program. As the community's educational needs change the program changes. Facilities should, therefore, be planned for change as well. While local administrators must be responsible for assessing changes in the community,…

Presented are the proceedings of a 1976 conference on rehabilitation of the deaf. The complete texts of the following addresses are included: "Rehabilitation Imperatives" by C. Mills; "What Must Be Done?" (ten priority areas such as early identification of children with hearing loss) by J. Melcher; "The Current Scene as Viewed by the Deaf" by M.…

This final report describes a coordinated dissemination program that was developed to help provide educational information to the teaching personnel of the Puerto Rico Department of Education. Objectives, problems, accomplishments, and recommendations are included; appendices provide the program's budget, the questionnaire used to assess the needs…

This technical report describes the development of "Finetuning Special Education Finance: A Guide for State Policymakers." The report's introductory section notes the need for information on special education finance. Section 2 describes how these needs were identified--through a national survey of 118 persons knowledgeable about state…

This study examined whether staff development programs exercised by the state can effectively touch competencies of local school staff. A staff development program for special education teachers in Maryland was efficacious only in imparting knowledge related to procedures that ensured legal compliance, and effects were strongest among…

With the administration of the 2002 Delaware Student Testing Program (DSTP), a questionnaire was given to students in grades 3, 5, 8, and 10 about Opportunity to Learn, Reading, Writing, and Mathematics, and to all students in grades 4, 6, 8, and 11 about Opportunity to Learn, Science, and Social Studies. Students responses to the questions were…

Instruments and questionnaires developed for gathering data on students and the schools they attend should be assessed. This was done for those instruments and questionnaires used in the reading assessment of the first year of the Minnesota Educational Assessment Program. General findings are: (1) Student socioeconomic status is strongly…

Superintendents from 155 school districts in Pennsylvania were surveyed regarding their participation in Pennsylvania's 1976 Educational Quality Assessment (EQA). Ten state goals for quality public school education were assessed in grades 5, 8, and 11, as part of the EQA. Questionnaire responses were returned by superintendents from 128 school…