The Louisiana Numerical Register is a union catalog of 550,000 titles, arranged by LC card number, in seventeen academic libraries, two medical libraries, the Louisiana State Library, and the New Orleans Public Library. Its costs and use as an interlibrary loan finding tool are evaluated. (LS)

Minnesota Interlibrary Teletype Exchange attempts to provide accessibility to all library resources in the state for all citizens, with communication by TWX. Wisconsin Interlibrary Loan Service has similar aims, and has started with the University of Wisconsin-Madison library system. There is a pilot project to interfact the two networks. (LS)

The status report includes a summary and anlaysis of manpower information collected during the first year of the Massachusetts Special Education Manpower Project and offers some recommendations relative to special education manpower development. Section I focuses on variables affecting special education personnel supply/demand such as P.L. 94-142…

Analyzes and discusses legal principles and court decisions bearing on the question of states' responsibilities in the area of bilingual education. Examines the constitutional provisions and legal standards that are used by the courts to judge the adequacy of various educational programs for non-English-speaking children. (JG)

Intended for physical education teachers, the booklet provides guidelines for services as identified under Georgia special education requirements. An initial section offers general guidelines for consideration of student placement in specially designed physical education programs. A following section describes regular and adapted physical…

Aimed at both policy makers and service providers, this report assesses services and policies regarding adolescent parents and pregnant adolescents and recommends a number of additions and changes. The first chapter examines the services already offered to pregnant adolescents and adolescent parents, including counseling, family planning,…

This resource package has been prepared as a means for distributing not only the results of the 1978 British Columbia Assessment of Written Expression but also to provide educators with clear, well-organized, classroom-ready materials which will assist them in teaching and evaluating the skills of written expression. It contains all of the test…

The educational assessment of basic skills in Michigan has grown from a needed source of information on achievement to an integral part of statewide efforts to improve school achievement. The educational assessment program first provided information to address two important educational questions: "What is the level of basic skills achievement…

The paper reviews initiatives the South Carolina Department of Education has undertaken in the area of school psychology, particularly as it pertains to evaluating and placing handicapped children. Two brief introductory sections cover the role, function, and certification of school psychologists and national approaches toward the delineation of…

Uses made of telemedia by various governmental agencies in Virginia in carrying out their functions are reviewed, and potentials for use offered by current technology are explored. The predominant uses for radio and television by those state agencies that have used telemedia are to distribute public service announcements (PSA's). Scripts, slides,…

UNDER THE GENERAL DIRECTION AND CONTROL OF A STATE BOARD FOR COMMUNITY COLLEGES, THE COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN VIRGINIA ARE COMPREHENSIVE INSTITUTIONS OFFERING POST-HIGH SCHOOL PROGRAMS OF NOT MORE THAN TWO YEARS, TO INCLUDE OCCUPATIONAL AND TECHNICAL FIELDS, LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, GENERAL EDUCATION, ADULT EDUCATION, PRECOLLEGE OR PRETECHNICAL…

IMPROVED LEGAL FOUNDATIONS FOR PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES ARE NEEDED IN MOST STATES. BASIC LEGISLATION SHOULD (1) BE PHRASED IN BROAD TERMS, SETTING STATE POLICY AND GENERAL PROCEDURES, (2) ESTABLISH AN AGENCY FOR STATEWIDE ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF DEVELOPMENT, SUPERVISION, AND COORDINATION, (3) PROVIDE FOR STATEWIDE AND LOCAL AREA…

A COMMITTEE OF THE CITIZENS LEAGUE RECOMMENDS THAT THE MINNESOTA STATE LEGISLATURE ESTABLISH COMPREHENSIVE "COMMUNITY" COLLEGES TO REPLACE THE PRESENT PARALLEL AND UNCOORDINATED DEVELOPMENT OF VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL POST-HIGH SCHOOLS AND JUNIOR COLLEGES, THE FORMER OFFERING NO ACADEMIC COURSES AND ONLY THE LATTER PROVIDING TRAINING IN THE…

IN ORDER TO COMPLY WITH LEGISLATIVE ACTION, THIS STUDY HAS BEEN PREPARED AS THE FIRST PART OF A PROPOSED TWO-PART SERIES DESCRIBING THE CHARACTERISTICS OF COLLEGE FRESHMEN IN VIRGINIA'S PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION. ADMISSION APPLICATIONS FOR FALL, 1966, WERE RECEIVED FROM 30,996 FRESHMEN. SEVENTY PERCENT OF THE VIRGINIA APPLICANTS WERE…

SINCE 1959, 11 NEW JUNIOR COLLEGES HAVE BEEN ORGANIZED IN THE 21 AREAS RECOMMENDED IN THE MASTER PLAN. ANNEXATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OR PLANNING OF NEW CAMPUSES HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN ALL THE REMAINING AREAS. AS A RESULT OF THIS GROWTH, PLUS INCREASE IN SIZE OF EXISTING DISTRICTS, OVER 80 PERCENT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE AND OVER 80…