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Download full textTexas State Board of Education, Austin. – 1985
A study was undertaken to determine how driver education courses in Texas schools can be designed to reach maximum effectiveness for a maximum number of eligible new drivers. The two-phased, classroom instruction plus an "in-car" practicum were found to be the type of driver education commonly offered. A consensus description of a quality driver…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Driver Education, High Schools, Program Design
Alaska State Dept. of Education, Juneau. – 1998
Alaska Goals 2000 is part of a coordinated, statewide effort to improve public education for all students in Alaska. In 1997-1998, 90% of Alaska's federal funding was used to fund grants to local school districts, and 10% was used to fund state-level activities through the Alaska Department of Education. During 1997-1998, curriculum frameworks and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedOdden, Allan – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1987
The interaction between state educational reform and curricular services for special needs students, mainly the economically disadvantaged, is discussed in the context of state and federal compensatory education services. Data from eight schools in California suggest that such services can succeed and that excellence and equity can be compatible.…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change
Wollaston, Twila – 1974
The Pennsylvania Legislature funded a two-year program to enable interested local schools to conduct exploratory programs on all-year scheduling. Funds were allocated by contract on the basis of the local school's need and readiness to conduct some type of all-year school program or to study the feasibility of such a program. Findings indicate…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Curriculum Development, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of General Academic Education. – 1989
The names of the county, school, principal, district, and superintendent; address; phone number; grades served; and number of students are provided for each of the 50 award recipients of the City Schools of Excellence Grant Program in New Jersey. These New Jersey schools are engaging in a thorough and intensive program of schoolwide improvement.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Development, Directories, Educational Environment
University of Southern California, Los Angeles. School of Education. – 1968
The proceedings include the following: three papers on state finance; six on state legislation; 10 on state, county, and community resources; two on special education administration; seven on recruitment problems and training of personnel; and 11 on curriculum and program planning. Keynote and banquet addresses treat administrative problems and…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Role, Behavior Change, Community Resources
Gordon, Ruth, Comp.; And Others – 1980
Volume II of a two-volume annotated bibliography presents resumes of research and exemplary and innovative program projects that were administered by the state departments of education during fiscal years 1970-1977. The projects described in Volume II were supported with funds authorized by Section 131(b) of Part C and Section 142(d) of Part D of…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Bilingual Education, Career Education, Contracts
Passow, A. Harry; Rudnitski, Rose A. – 1993
This study analyzed state policies on the identification and education of gifted students as reflected in legislation, regulations, rules, recommendations, and guidelines provided by 49 states. The elements examined include: (1) state mandated services, (2) district plans for the gifted, (3) gifted education as part of special education, (4)…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Compliance (Legal), Counseling, Curriculum Development
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1988
The California Academic Partnership Program (CAPP) has two major components: curriculum development projects, focusing on improving the secondary school curriculum, and diagnostic testing projects, focusing on the assessment of students abilities in writing and mathematics. Both components involve partnerships between K-12 districts and…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development, Diagnostic Tests
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. – 1981
This catalog contains descriptions of the programs funded by governor's grant funds during fiscal 1980. (The governor's grants are funds provided by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 for use at the state level by the state governors.) It is divided into four parts. Part 1, which identifies programs funded under the coordination…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Apprenticeships, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
