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Download full textSouthwest Educational Development Lab., Austin, TX. – 1981
Developed to share information presented at a Southwest Educational Development Laboratory Regional Exchange (SEDL/RX) conference, this document includes reports and related materials on educational computing applications in southwestern school districts and states. Basic computer terminology is defined, and software evaluation instruments are…
Descriptors: Competence, Courseware, Evaluation Criteria, Microcomputers
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Office of Communication Services. – 1979
Describing a state conference on information dissemination held in November 1979 in Frankfort, Kentucky, this report contains conference materials and evaluations of the mini-seminars and awareness sessions conducted there. Materials include a final agenda, seminar and roundabout topics, a description of the Kentucky Department of Education…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational Practices, Guidelines, Information Dissemination
Clark, Catherine P. – 1985
This document reports the proceedings of a 1985 conference on preventing the legal problems that could grow out of the implementation of career ladder and merit pay programs for teachers. The contents of the report include a welcome by Preston C. Kronkosky; an overview by Virginia Koehler of the goals, characteristics, and demands of career ladder…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Court Litigation, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Sattes, Beth D., Ed. – 1983
the 1983 Appalachia Educational Laboratory (AEL) Forum brought together educational researchers and practitioners to learn from one another by sharing their innovations, successes, concerns, and progress in utilizing research and development to promote excellence in their state and local education agencies. Two thematic strands: (1) applications…
Descriptors: Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Software, Computers, Educational Trends
Hillison, John; Finch, Curtis – 1979
This report presents four presentations made at a workshop which was held in Richmond, Virginia, to assist teacher educators to better prepare vocational teachers for competency-based instruction. The first presentation, "The Promise of Competency-Based Vocational Education," summarizes the contemporary curricular movement toward…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Conference Reports, Delivery Systems, Minimum Competency Testing
Huber, Jake, Ed.; And Others – 1976
Regional Interstate Planning Project (RIPP) participants meet periodically at conferences Sponsored by ten Rocky Mountain area state departments of education to discuss issues of general concern. A meeting was held July 21-23, 1976 in Denver, Colorado, to consider various means of effecting the educational future through evaluation. Excerpts from…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Data Analysis, Decision Making, Educational Programs
Haney, Walt; Radin, Eugene – 1979
Remarks made at the conference are summarized in seven sections of this narrative report: (1) update: recent events concerning testing,--representing the viewpoints of school districts, professional associations, government agencies, and research organizations; (2) National Institute of Education (NIE) study of school districts' use of test and…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Court Litigation, Curriculum, Educational Legislation
Ingle, Robert B., Ed.; And Others – 1978
Three conference sessions focused on attempts to implement minimum competency testing programs at various educational levels. In each of the sessions particular attention was paid to planning for the development of a minimum competency testing program; the processes of development, initiation, and interpretation of the results; and difficulties…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competence, Competency Based Education, Conference Reports
David, Henry, Ed.; And Others – 1983
These proceedings consist of the papers presented at a conference on vocational education research in the 1980s. The first group of papers deals with various approaches to, and priorities for, vocational education research in the 1980s. Discussed in the next group of papers are national perspectives on research programming. Following this group…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Curriculum Development, Educational Research, Financial Support
CRESST Evaluation Comment, 1989
An overview of an international conference held on the campus of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) to take stock of the development and use of educational quality indicator systems at the local, state, national, and international levels is provided. Major implications and findings of the education summit held at the University of…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Conference Papers
Mid-Atlantic Teacher Corps Network, Philadelphia, PA. – 1979
The conference's keynote address is presented by Bernard C. Watson. Papers include: Vantage from the State Department of Education, by Robert G. Scanlon (Pennsylvania); Minimum Competency: As the Public Sees the Question, by Jacqueline Grennan Wexler; Minimum Competency Testing (MCT): A Tripartite Response from the Profession, by W. James Popham;…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bureaucracy, Community Attitudes, Educational Policy
Grengg, Dolores A., Ed.; Thompson, Mary B., Ed. – 1982
These proceedings consist of a summary of the presentations, recommendations, and outcomes of a conference held to assist minority women and men and nonminority women achieve leadership positions in Wisconsin's vocational, technical, and adult education (VTAE) system. Following a brief introduction and copy of the conference agenda, summaries are…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Qualifications, Adult Education, Affirmative Action
Peck, Hugh I.; And Others – 1982
These papers were presented at the symposium "Using Statewide Basic Skills Tests to Make Promotion Decisions: Political and Psychometric Issues." The development of basic skills testing and the legislative mandate that needed to be implemented for minimum competency testing in Louisiana are discussed by Hugh I. Peck. Rebecca S. Christian…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Angelis, Jane, Ed. – 1983
These proceedings consist of papers presented at a conference devoted to educational resource sharing. Included in the volume are the following papers: "Educational Resource Sharing: The Challenge for Illinois" by Lewis D. Patterson; "Resource Sharing: The Test Is Yet to Come," by John W. Huther; "A Response to the…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Colleges, Consortia, Cooperative Planning
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. National Assessment of Educational Progress. – 1976
For the past six years the National Assessment of Educational Progress has sponsored a national Conference on Large-Scale Assessment, designed to promote and improve communications among educational assessment personnel in State Departments of Education and other agencies. This volume contains most of the papers that were accepted for presentation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Role, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Assessment
