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Pfeffer, Eileen; Kester, Donald L. – 1978
Described is a procedure (Audit Dress Rehearsal) used in a special education program audit consultation service which included a practice audit designed to lower anxiety and raise awareness of concern for program success. The introduction includes sections dealing with evaluation and audit personnel, planning and implementing an audit, and stages…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Evaluators, Gifted, Program Administration
Maine State Dept. of Educational and Cultural Services, Augusta. – 1989
This handbook was developed to help teachers in Maine better understand and operate the state's migrant education programs. The document contains six sections describing state migrant education programs and services. In section A, "The Program Year," the following topics are included: program staff; program background and overview;…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Information Sources, Migrant Education, Migrant Programs
Dib, Elias L. – 1978
The special needs of older adults in relation to community colleges were studied with the intent to (1) identify Southern California community colleges which have a special program for older adults, (2) identify and report the characteristics of selected programs, and (3) delineate the effect of Proposition 13 and under-financing for programs. Of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Community Services, Financial Problems, Financial Support
Paris Independent School District, TX. – 1978
Intended for administrators, the handbook provides an overview to Project SOCRATES, a program for academically gifted fourth and fifth graders designed to expand academic capabilities for problem solving, creative thinking, evaluation, leadership, and the ability to adjust to change. Sections address the following areas: statement of philosophy;…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Cognitive Development, Creative Thinking, Curriculum Design
Saunders, Robert J., Ed.; Schmidt, Lloyd, Ed. – 1979
The Connecticut task force report, half of which consists of appendixes, discusses the identification of children and youth who are gifted and talented in the creative arts. General identification criteria and strategies are outlined, along with specific criteria for each discrete art form, including music, theater, visual arts, dance, and…
Descriptors: Creative Art, Creative Writing, Creativity, Dance
Chicago Board of Education, IL. – 1965
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A SPECIAL PROJECT IN SOME DISADVANTAGED PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN A CHICAGO SCHOOL DISTRICT. OVERAGE, UNDERACHIEVING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUPILS WERE OFFERED YEAR-ROUND SPECIAL INSTRUCTION AND AN AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM WHICH PROVIDED VOCATIONAL SKILL TRAINING, CULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AND PART-TIME JOBS. THE PRIMARY GOAL OF THE PROJECT WAS TO…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
REYNOLDS, MAYNARD C., ED. – 1962
RESEARCH AND SCHOOL SYSTEM POLICIES ON EARLY ADMISSION ARE REVIEWED IN THIS PUBLICATION. ARTICLES INCLUDE (1) "THE EARLY ADMISSION ISSUE" BY MAYNARD C. REYNOLDS, (2) "REVIEW OF RESEARCH ON EARLY ADMISSION" BY MAYNARD C. REYNOLDS AND OTHERS, (3) "THE BROOKLINE MASSACHUSETTS PROGRAM OF EARLY ADMISSION TO KINDERGARTEN"…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Administration, Admission Criteria, Admission (School)
National Science Foundation, Washington, DC. Directorate for Scientific, Technological and International Affairs. – 1987
This publication was produced in response to a perceived need for a compact reference volume that permits a rapid overview of all the projects carried out by the Division of Science Resources Studies of the National Science Foundation. It was designed to furnish sufficient information on project objectives, methods, results, and references to…
Descriptors: College Programs, College Science, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
DEMOND, ALBERT L.; AND OTHERS – 1968
PROGRAMS DEVELOPED SINCE THE PASSAGE OF THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT OF 1963 ARE REPORTED FOR EACH STATE, GUAM, PUERTO RICO AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS. EACH REPORT INCLUDES INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION AND THE OCCUPATIONAL AREAS IN WHICH TRAINING IS BEING OFFERED. A LARGE NUMBER OF SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS ARE GETTING SUBSTANTIAL RESULTS IN REDUCING SCHOOL…
Descriptors: Academically Handicapped, Annual Reports, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged