AN AVERAGE OF 200 TEACHER EDUCATORS, STATE DIRECTORS, LAYMEN, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF VARIOUS AGENCIES ATTENDED EACH OF NINE REGIONAL CONFERENCES CONDUCTED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES TO DISCUSS THE INFLUENCE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGES AND PROBLEMS IN PLANNING AND CONDUCTING VOCATIONAL AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS. MAJOR SPEECHES PRESENTED…

Colorado's Educational Accountability Act, enacted in 1971, requires that each of the state's 181 school districts undergo a process of planning and implementing school improvements. This report utilized local districts' findings to answer the following questions: (1) To what extent is the Educational Accountability Act being implemented in…

The Continuous Uniform Evaluation System (CUES) provides the means for Arizona school districts to demonstrate accountability for achieving the goal of assisting all public school students in Arizona to develop the basic skills of reading, writing, and computation. These suggested guidelines for the development and implementation of a continuous…

This is Volume II-A of a study to describe federally-subsidized state and county child day care management systems and to report how well the management systems work. Information is reported in terms of nine subsystems: (1) Needs Assessment, (2) Planning and Implementation, (3) Evaluation, (4) Information and Referral, (5) Client Eligibility, (6)…

Provided are guidelines for the development of individualized education programs (IEPs) for handicapped, gifted, and talented children, designed to comply with the proposed Pennsylvania Special Education Standards. Chapters cover the following topics: instructional components of the IEP (including determination of present educational levels,…

The document summarizes the fourth annual evaluate findings, based upon on-site evaluation, during 1974-1975, of 88 local educational agencies (LEA) throughout Illinois. Each LEA Evaluation focused on eight areas, and these same areas provide the structure for the report, with conclusions, recommendations rating, and suggested solutions provided.…

This program is stated to have been designed as a new state-administered categorical aid program, with the purpose of making available additional state educational resources to students who have or are likely to have low levels of achievement, especially in relation to social and economic factors. Chapters include an introduction which describes…

This overview presents some of the issues that face those concerned with post baccalaureate education, particularly these issues that emerge from new activities and proposals before the graduate community currently. Three sections and an appendix are presented. Covered are: (1) definitions and distinctions; (2) issue-clusters in the areas of the…

As a basis for establishing criteria for guidelines concerning effective and constructive school district organization in the four states of the Great Plains School District Organization Project, a past president of the American Vocational Association provided data on the purposes and organization of vocational and technical education for…

The publication was prepared to assist Montana school personnel in initiating, developing, and implementing effective K-12 guidance and life career development programs. It contains a rationale, selected theories of career development and occupational choice, domains, concepts, goals, objectives, and implementation procedures for establishing a…

The revised long-range plan (1976-1980) for library services in Arizona begins with an overview of the state library organization and the present library service in the state. Thereafter needs, goals, and objectives are identified, and activities are outlined in the areas of regional development, county libraries, the library extension service,…

A report of vocational rehabilitation planning is introduced by the history and principles of rehabilitation, a discussion of legal provisions, sources of funds, planning objectives, and project population and organization. Demographic information, statewide recommendations, and descriptions of state institutions and agencies are included along…

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,…

The second of five documents developed as an outgrowth of funded programs for career education in Kentucky, the booklet offers practical help in implementing career education into a school system. It deals with the broader concepts permeating career education on a nationwide level and those having grown out of the practical experience of…

The purpose of this study was to obtain information necessary to determine specific minimum guidelines to be used to evaluate automotive programs in postsecondary schools. Participants were personnel from selected junior or community colleges offering automotive programs and from automotive service and repair organizations. Answers to pertinent…