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Download full textMellor, Lynn; Stoker, Ginger; Muhisani, Helen – Texas Education Research Center, 2017
With the passage of HB 5 in 2013, the Foundation High School Program became the graduation program for all Texas public high school students beginning with the entering Grade 9 students in 2014-15. The new graduation requirements introduced greater flexibility for students in earning a high school diploma. Updates to curriculum and graduation…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Graduation Requirements, State Policy, Educational Policy
Mellor, Lynn; Stoker, Ginger; Muhisani, Helen – Texas Education Research Center, 2017
The final report on the evaluation of House Bill (HB) 5 provides (1) an update on changes made to the current policy for graduation, including coursework, testing, and accountability during the 84th and 85th Texas Legislative Sessions; (2) an update on the implementation of HB 5 by school districts since 2014-15; and (3) a preliminary look at the…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Graduation Requirements, State Policy, Educational Policy
Mellor, Lynn; Stoker, Ginger; Muhisani, Helen – American Institutes for Research, 2017
In June 2013, the 83rd Texas Legislature passed House Bill (HB) 5, which established a new high school program--the Foundation High School Program. The new high school graduation program was required for all entering Grade 9 students in all Texas public school districts in 2014-15. The Foundation High School Program was designed to give students…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Graduation Requirements, State Policy, Educational Policy
Lehrhaupt, Arthur – NJEA Review, 1972
Believes that the New Jersey Commission of Education's Policy of state-wide testing creates an atmosphere of repression against teachers'' and curbs imagination and innovation'' in children. (DS)
Descriptors: Group Testing, Intelligence Tests, State Government, State Legislation
Research Triangle Inst., Durham, NC. Center for Educational Research and Evaluation. – 1974
Article 77, Section 28a, of the Annotated Code of the Laws of Maryland, commonly called the Maryland Educational Accountability Program (MAAP), was passed in 1972 by the Maryland General Assembly. This act should insure when properly implemented, that educational programs: (1) lead to the attainment of established educational objectives, (2)…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Connerton, James P. – NJEA Review, 1979
The Executive Director of the New Jersey Education Association discusses some of the top priorities facing his organization in the coming years. These include educational quality, accountability and testing, tenure, academic standards, and urban schools. (SJL)
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
Edgley, Mary – 1998
This training manual is designed to provide information that will help Missouri educators understand and implement new state requirements regarding the inclusion of students with disabilities in the Missouri Assessment Program (MAP). It addresses the following topics: (1) reasons for including students with disabilities in a state assessment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alternative Assessment, Decision Making, Disabilities
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Bureau for Mentally Exceptional Children. – 1974
The document presents selected California Education Code sections pertaining to programs for mentally retarded pupils. Major topics included are county school service fund, coordination of county special education programs, provisions for schools or classes, transportation, certification of funds required, county tax, admission and placement,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Exceptional Child Education, Financial Policy
