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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. – 1988
This report presents the testimony of numerous expert witnesses who appeared at three hearings on the following topics: (1) Hunger and Related Nutritional Issues; (2) U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Assistance Programs; and (3) Domestic Hunger and Related Nutritional Issues. The following major issues were discussed: (1) the number of…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Delivery Systems, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. – 1988
Catholic charities and church groups have been actively engaged in providing basic shelter needs for homeless people long before the issue of homelessness came to the national attention. The purpose of this hearing was to allow the U.S. Catholic Conference and its Domestic Policy Committee to present its report, "Homelessness and Housing: A…
Descriptors: Catholics, Church Programs, Church Responsibility, Church Role
McDonnell, Lorraine M.; And Others – 1983
Data are presented on the recipients of Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships, a federally-funded program supporting specialist training at the graduate level. The information comes from two surveys, one of FLAS recipients who earned a Ph.D. between 1967 and 1979, and the second a sample of those who received FLAS fellowships…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Careers, Educational Policy, Federal Aid
Association for Educational Communications and Technology, Washington, DC. – 1983
Satellite telecasts and videotape are discussed in this two-part paper, which is based on the preliminary experiences of Project BEST (Basic Education Skills through Technology), a dissemination project for communicating about the use of technology in teaching basic skills, and providing functional experience with new information communication…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communications Satellites, Design Requirements, Federal Programs
Services to Families, with Many a Slip. Institute of Family Studies Policy Background Paper [No. 1].
Alexander, Jim – 1983
The objective of the Family Support Services Scheme is to find new ways to prevent the breakdown of families and the institutionalization of children. The view taken in this report is that not much progress has been made toward achieving this goal. Criticisms of and recommendations for the scheme include the following: (1) The program attempts to…
Descriptors: Failure, Family Programs, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Structure
Lang, Robert D. – 1984
Asbestos in school buildings continues to threaten the future health of children. Because of prolonged exposure while their metabolism and activity levels are relatively high and their cellular development is relatively rapid, children and adolescents have a lifetime risk of developing asbestos-related diseases--such as asbestosis, mesothelioma,…
Descriptors: Asbestos, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Educational Facilities
Office of Inspector General (ED), Washington, DC. – 1984
This eighth semi-annual report issued by the United States Department of Education's Office of Inspector General (OIG) summarizes the activities and accomplishments of that office during a 6-month period ending March 31, 1984. A condensation of audits of Department of Education programs presents statistics on OIG activities and the allocation of…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
Office of Inspector General (ED), Washington, DC. – 1983
The United States Department of Education (ED), Office of Inspector General (OIG), describes in its semiannual report its provisions for audit, investigation, fraud detection and prevention, as well as other activities. The first section reviews management improvement and preventive activities including recommended changes to legislation and…
Descriptors: Crime Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
Schubert, Jane G. – 1983
Activities to achieve sex equity at five demonstration sites funded by the Women's Educational Equity Act are summarized. The five sites, all local education agencies, are located in North Carolina, Massachusetts, Oregon, Arizona, and Florida. The document is organized into seven major sections. Following an introduction, Section 2 describes the…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Federal Programs
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Federal Programs. – 1983
This report consists of several tables which are intended to illustrate the impact that Title I has exerted on South Carolina schools and describes 23 Title I/Chapter 1 projects in operation in the State. The preliminary summary provides data for 1978-1982, delineating (for each year) funds allocated, number of students participating, participants…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Office of Policy Development, Washington, DC. – 1982
This document describes the Federal response to drug abuse and drug trafficking. The actions of President Reagan, in Executive Order 12368, establishing an official advisor on drug abuse policy matters, and the priorities, issues, and objectives (international cooperation, drug law enforcement, education and prevention, detoxification and…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Armed Forces, Drug Abuse, Drug Education
Messick, Samuel; And Others – 1983
This report presents the conceptual framework and major features of the new design for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) as conducted by Educational Testing Service beginning July 1983. It comprises three major chapters. The first chapter reviews the social and environmental changes that demand reconsideration of NAEP. The new…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Borger, Jeanne B.; Walberg, Herbert J. – 1983
To integrate findings concerning the influence of productive factors on student achievement and attitudes across various disciplines and ages, nine regression studies of National Assessment of Educational Progress samples containing a total of 15,802 students were quantitatively synthesized. Correlations and standardized regression weights for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Correlation, Educational Assessment
Kalk, John Michael; And Others – 1982
The changing achievement relationships among students, from elementary through high school, were investigated between their ages relative to their classmates and their ages at entry into first grade. A secondary analysis was performed on the data collected by the National Assessment of Educational Progress. The sample involved Caucasian students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Differences, Chronological Age, Educational Assessment
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. – 1984
This document records hearings before the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry and its sub-committee on Nutrition. The hearings, dated March 15 and April 9, 1984, were conducted in order to evaluate and reauthorize the special supplemental food program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), due to expire in 1984. Testimony…
Descriptors: Anemia, Birth Weight, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged
