Part I, Administrative Provisions, of the State Plan for the Administration of Vocational and Technical Education in Illinois constitutes the basis upon which eligibility of the State for Federal funds is determined and becomes a contract with the Federal government. This section includes coverage of general provisions, fiscal control and fund…

The proposed program represents a vehicle whereby Minnesota can conduct a comprehensive assessment of the State's educational progress. It can provide a means of periodically monitoring achievement in the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains. The program is modeled after the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP), an ongoing…

The purpose of the Maine Assessment of Educational Progress (MAEP) in 1972 was to complete the first phase of a 10-year comprehensive needs assessment program involving students in public and non-public schools of the state. The total program is designed to provide specific information about knowledge, skills, understandings, and attitudes in 10…

Intended for all persons concerned with differentiated education for talented elementary and secondary school students, the bibliography annotates 275 items (dating from 1956 to 1965 and including audio and video books, tapes, films, and filmstrips) in three groups. The first group includes materials on classroom practices, which are classified by…

Section 3602 of the New York State Education Law provides supplementary means of improving the teacher-learning situation for those students having special educational needs associated with poverty. Funds are provided on an annual basis, 1970-71 being the third one for receipt of such funds by New York City. This bulletin contains summaries of…

Evaluation reports for 13 of the 23 1971 Summer Migrant Projects in North Carolina are presented in Volume II of this compilation. Each report contains the following information: (1) descriptive statistics and results of student achievement; (2) description of the project as obtained from site team reports and other available information; and (3)…

The intent of this report, as stated, is to bring about an awareness of the kinds of problems faced by migrant agricultural workers (Mexican Americans and Navajos), by farmers, and by agencies offering services to these migrants in New Mexico. An overview of the national and state migrant situation is presented, as well as case studies of various…

After a 2-page history of the Johnson-O'Malley Act, which provides funds for Indian children attending public schools, basic objectives for educational programs, the problems encountered in developing these programs, and accompanying recommendations are discussed. Tabular reports of Johnson-O'Malley (JOM) expenditures are then presented in…

The primary objectives of this NEFP satellite study on vocational education were to assess the need for vocational education, to develop a program accounting system, to project the cost of vocational education in l980, and to describe the allocation of Federal vocational education funds. A method for projecting costs of vocational education was…

The objectives of the Michigan Educational Assessment Program for 1972-73 are: (1) to provide State officials and citizens with information which contributes to an understanding of the educational needs of the State's school children and to the analysis of the educational system's response to these needs; (2) to provide citizens and educators with…

The purpose of this study was to obtain information necessary to determine specific minimum guidelines to be used to evaluate automotive programs in postsecondary schools. Participants were personnel from selected junior or community colleges offering automotive programs and from automotive service and repair organizations. Answers to pertinent…

This book of readings is divided into two sections, each describing a specific aspect of staff development. There are three articles on planning in Section I. The quadrant arrangement developed in Georgia is described as one method of facilitating cooperation between an institution and the State Department of Education to serve a particular area…

This first phase of an exemplary career development project in Maryland included the following seven action programs, each with general and specific goals and objectives: (1) a team approach at selected junior high schools involving counselors, home economics, and industrial arts teachers, (2) use of a full-time resource consultant in five…

This report represents one step in Arizona's statewide student assessment program. The data presented here identify student achievement in grade 8, the end of the elementary school experience, in the basic skills of reading, writing, and arithmetic. The needs assessment program (ENAPA) is described in section one. The design for this evaluation is…

For a work experience education program in vocational education for the secondary grades in California, learning activity packages (LAP) are provided separately for two general program goals which focus on the relevancy of school to career requirements and the importance of self-actualization. Program goals, performance objectives, learning…