The Annual Report is a critical document in charter school accountability; it is intended to be a clear, concise report regarding school performance and its success in meeting Accountability Plan goals. The formatting for each school's report may be unique; however, there are required elements set forth in this document that must be included in…

A playground safety checklist provides an up-to-date play area inspection system based on standards from the American Society for Testing and Materials' F 1487-95 and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission's Handbook for Public Playground Safety (1994). Guidelines address "public" playground equipment installed in parks, schools,…

What is the best and most economic way to identify pre-school children with handicaps? This study measures the relative effectiveness of parent check-lists and minimal screening procedures. (Editor)

Analysis of the data indicated that parent ratings clearly differentiate child patients from their siblings and from nonclinic children on three of four Behavior Problem Checklist factor scales: Conduct Disorder, Personality Disorder, and Inadequacy-Immaturity. Parents rated nonclinic children as more deviant than siblings of child patients.…

The entire article consists of the checklist used to evaluate behavior of students. (JM)

Describes a systematic approach to training needs identification that is directly tied to changing organizational events and performance requirements. The discussion includes nine questions which address performance expectations. (JJD)

Provides a checklist useful to teachers purchasing programs or wishing to create their own programs, suggesting that creating and evaluating programs on the precepts of goal setting, curiosity, and fantasy should ensure a good return on the software production/purchasing dollar. (MP)

The Norwalk-LaMirada (California) Unified Schools developed a master plan for microcomputer use that involved concentrating programs and equipment in centers; establishing a district committee, committee guidelines, and learning objectives; setting goals before discussing first software and then hardware; and developing standards and a checklist…

A checklist can be used to evaluate a school board's current level of performance as either "adequate" or "needs improvement." The areas covered include goal setting, policy, finance, relationships with the superintendent, community relations, board meetings, staff and personnel relationships, instructional programs, leadership, energy…

Addresses pitfalls in formulating individualized education program (IEP) goals and objectives for handicapped students as mandated by P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act). Short-term objectives are subordinate to goals and should reflect a hierarchical relationship to goal. Some of the inadequacies of written objectives are…

Provides a prescriptive checklist describing necessary or desirable features for a typical application for use in choosing among 150 available data cassette recorders as an effective low-cost method for collecting data in machine-readable form from display terminals. Included are environmental considerations and purchasing information. (RAA)

Institutional advancement is discussed as a leadership concept for small colleges. It is suggested that the leadership-based institution advances with a focus on people and product, vision, the understanding that produces trust, and the commitment that engenders service. A checklist for recognizing leadership-based institutional advancement is…