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Breiter, Joan – 1978
The status of education for gifted elementary grade children in Iowa was exammned by means of a survey instrument focusing on state guidelines for program development, the ideas of experts in gifted education, and program relationship to Public Law 91-230 (The Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1970). Of the 351 school districts…
Descriptors: Administration, Elementary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Federal Legislation
Kondrath, Andrew S. – American Vocational Journal, 1973
Descriptors: Adult Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Certification, Community Colleges
Little, Priscilla – 1998
Interest is growing in planning and implementing new systems of holding child and family services accountable for results. The Results-Based Accountability (RBA) Project at the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) has supported and built upon recent state efforts to develop these new accountability systems for child and family services. The RBA…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Program Descriptions, Program Design
Download full textOffice of Manpower Policy, Evaluation, and Research (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1967
THE COUNCIL NEGOTIATED SEVERAL ON-THE-JOB TRAINING SUBCONTRACTS FOR PLACEMENTS, INITIATED 4 COUPLED ON-THE-JOB TRAINING-VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS, ACQUIRED ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO ENLARGE BOTH PROJECTS, AND WAS INVOLVED IN A CONTROVERSY OVER THE TRAINING OF BRICKLAYERS UNDER A MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT TRAINING ACT-APPROVED PROGRAM. REPRODUCTIONS OF…
Descriptors: Bricklaying, Labor Force Development, Minority Groups, On the Job Training
Iowa State Dept. of Public Instruction, Des Moines. Div. of Special Education. – 1988
The report and an accompanying executive summary of a statewide needs assessment on young handicapped children in Iowa examine services available, effectiveness of services, and needed changes. The introduction provides an overview of State Planning Grants, Iowa's history of early childhood special education, and this project's approach to…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Mezirow, Jack; And Others – 1975
Volume 1 presents the findings of an evaluation of Iowa's "merged area" organizational system for adult basic education (ABE), a system which operates from 15 regional community colleges or vocational-technical schools serving as area schools. The perspective discrepancy assessment methodology of the evaluation team was the outgrowth of…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Basic Education, Coordination, Coordinators
Harvard Family Research Project, Cambridge, MA. – 1992
The five states featured in this second edition of "Innovative States" were chosen because they reflect crucial elements in an emerging understanding of state policy making in family support and education. Creative state partnerships involving program development and funding are a key ingredient to successful endeavors. States rely on…
Descriptors: Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Maitre, Merry, Ed. – 1977
The document reviews Iowa's 3-year state plan for physical education for handicapped students. An introductory section covers legislative action, program development, areas of concern, goals and subgoals, actions to be undertaken, recommendations to the state board of public instruction, and definitions. A second section addresses federal and…
Descriptors: Administration, Attitudes, Child Advocacy, Elementary Secondary Education
Van Ast, John – 1981
Iowa State University conducted a study to determine the feasibility of a vocational curriculum management system for the state of Iowa. Interest in and potential use of a curriculum management system were determined by surveying a sample population of 450 vocational educators on both secondary and postsecondary levels. The educators indicated…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Curriculum Study Centers, Educational Needs, Educational Resources
Iowa State Dept. of Public Instruction, Des Moines. – 1969
Definitions, identification, and characteristics of gifted children are considered. Other areas covered are administrative responsibility, principal role, teacher qualifications, and inservice education. Objectives in program development are discussed as are program evaluation and differential education, including programs for enrichment,…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Enrichment Activities
Kirkwood Community Coll., Cedar Rapids, IA. – 1991
This report presents results of a project to identify alternative delivery systems for marketing education and to disseminate marketing education resource information. It describes project objectives and activities, including development of a regional delivery approach, preparation of trainers to conduct regional inservice meetings, and regional…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Course Descriptions, Diffusion (Communication), Distributive Education
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. – 1991
This document reports information and lists resources for educating homeless and at-risk populations in Iowa. Organized into 12 sections that are grouped into three areas, the document provides research reports, listings of resources, and policy guidelines. Sections I through III, titled "Homeless Information," contain the following: (1)…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
Iowa State Univ. of Science and Technology, Ames. Dept. of Industrial Education. – 1982
The Iowa High School Curriculum Project was initiated to improve secondary industrial arts programs in Iowa. Phase I of the project addressed the following objectives: (1) completion of a review of courses, topics, concepts, skills, and attitudes currently taught and considered desirable to teach in secondary industrial arts programs; (2)…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Course Content, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
National Advisory Council on Adult Education, Washington, DC. – 1980
This report on the current status of state advisory councils on adult education contains data concerning the 1975 and 1980 status of state councils in the 50 states. It consists of an introduction, four sections, and an appendix. Provided in the introduction are some conclusions of a 1975 survey on state advisory councils on adult education as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Advisory Committees, Comparative Analysis
Iowa State Dept. of Public Instruction, Des Moines. – 1974
Three components (manpower needs, availability of students, program effectiveness) for priority training area rankings, drawn up by the Priority Training Areas and Priority Programs Ad Hoc Committee of Iowa, supplement the areas list identifying the occupational areas for priority programs. Career education consultants worked with management staff…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Cost Effectiveness, Demand Occupations
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