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Illinois State Office of Education, Springfield. – 1978
This catalogue of student competencies, gleaned from 10,000 competency statements developed by secondary school districts, is designed to allow flexibility at the local level. Districts are free to adopt or modify this set of graduation competencies by following a six-step process: organize, orient a task force, identify priority competency…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Community Involvement, Community Surveys
Latta, E. Michael – 1978
Almost seventy years passed before vocational education was recognized in 1977 as a state function in North Carolina's public secondary schools, community colleges/technical institutes, and teacher education programs. Although the 1917 Smith-Hughes Act initiated vocational education, North Carolina education was primarily a local matter until the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Educational History, Educational Responsibility, Federal Legislation
Download full textPhelps, James; And Others – 1978
The Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) was designed to provide information on the extent to which Michigan students have attained minimal performance objectives. This manual was written to help local Michigan school district staff read, interpret, and use MEAP data. The 1977-78 MEAP provided objective-referenced achievement measures in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1978
This report reviews major components of a workshop to develop consensus on a variety of issues and to increase participant awareness of innovative approaches to competency-based adult education (CBAE). The 200 workshop participants included state directors of adult education, other state staff, university personnel, local project directors, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Basic Skills
Cronk, George A., Jr. – 1978
The report summarizes pupil behavioral change data from 176 instructional projects involving handicapped children in New York state. Data are presented for reading achievement, mathematics achievement, and a broad category that encompassed language arts, corrective speech, psychomotor, auditory and visual perceptions, personal hygiene, societal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Emotional Disturbances, Handicapped Children
Smith, James P., Ed.; Weiland, Steven, Ed. – 1980
Six essays exploring the uses of the humanities in public programs are presented. They relate to the traditional and current interests of the disciplines, and discuss matters that bear on the conduct of projects and the activities of participating humanists in state programs. They are the result of a study of the concepts and practices in the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Community Programs, Community Role, Essays
Haney, Walt; Radin, Eugene – 1979
Remarks made at the conference are summarized in seven sections of this narrative report: (1) update: recent events concerning testing,--representing the viewpoints of school districts, professional associations, government agencies, and research organizations; (2) National Institute of Education (NIE) study of school districts' use of test and…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Court Litigation, Curriculum, Educational Legislation
Hauptman, Arthur; Rice, Lois D. – 1980
Student grant assistance in New York State and federal-state interaction are considered. The evolution and growth of New York's student grant programs is traced. The state's response, or lack of it, to the federal Basic Grants program is addressed, and ways that other states might coordinate their own assistance programs with Basic Grants are…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Students, Eligibility, Federal Aid
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1967
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION IS GIVEN OF THE FEDERAL ADULT BASIC EDUCATION PROGRAM, UNDER THE ADULT EDUCATION ACT OF 1966, AT THE NATIONAL AND STATE LEVELS (INCLUDING PUERTO RICO, GUAM, AMERICAN SAMOA, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS) AS PROVIDED BY STATE EDUCATION AGENCIES. STATISTICS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1965 AND 1966, AND ESTIMATES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1967, INDICATE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Age Groups, Educational Background
HOWE, HAROLD, II – 1967
EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE SCHOOL DESEGREGATION HAVE NOT YET SUCCEEDED. BOTH FEDERAL AND STATE PROGRAMS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED IN VARYING DEGREES AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. HOWEVER, ATTEMPTS TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OFTEN FAIL BECAUSE OF OPPOSITION OR INVOLVEMENT WITH SUCH RELATED PROBLEMS AS RESIDENTIAL SEGREGATION. RATHER THAN EQUAL EDUCATION, THE REAL GOAL OF…
Descriptors: Administrators, Black Education, Boards of Education, Civil Rights
Newburgh City School District, NY. – 1966
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES A 5-YEAR PROGRAM IN A NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SERVING A DISADVANTAGED POPULATION. FROM THE OUTSET THE PROGRAM HAS AIMED TO RAISE ACHIEVEMENT LEVELS, ENCOURAGE ABLE STUDENTS TO CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION, OFFER CULTURAL ENRICHMENT, ENHANCE PUPIL SELF-IMAGE, REDUCE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL PROBLEMS, INVOLVE PARENTS IN THE…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Attendance, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
RODGERS, MARY COLUMBRO – 1967
THE MAJOR ADDRESSES AND PROFESSIONAL RECOMMENDATIONS DEVELOPED BY THE FIVE DISCUSSION GROUPS AT THE CONFERENCE OF STATE SUPERVISORS OF ENGLISH AND READING ARE PRESENTED. THE DISCUSSION GROUP TOPICS WERE PRESERVICE AND INSERVICE EDUCATION, CURRICULUM INNOVATION, "INNOVATIONS AND THE SUPERVISOR," A REPORT ON RECENT RESEARCH IN LANGUAGE LEARNING BY…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Research
MORPHET, EDGAR L.; RYAN, CHARLES O. – 1966
FIFTEEN PAPERS RELATED TO VARIOUS ASPECTS OF PROJECTED SOCIAL CHANGE WERE PRESENTED AT THE FIRST AREA CONFERENCE OF "DESIGNING EDUCATION FOR THE FUTURE," AN EIGHT-STATE PROJECT OF JOINT ACTION BY ARIZONA, COLORADO, IDAHO, MONTANA, NEVADA, NEW MEXICO, UTAH, AND WYOMING. THE 15-YEAR PROJECTION FOCUSED UPON IMPLICATIONS FOR EDUCATION IN THE…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Communications, Economic Factors, Educational Change
JESSER, DAVID L.; MORPHET, EDGAR L. – 1968
THIS DOCUMENT CONTAINS FOUR REPORTS PREPARED TO ASSIST EDUCATORS, LEGISLATORS, AND LAY CITIZENS TO SEE MORE CLEARLY HOW INTEREST, INVOLVEMENT, AND CONCERN CAN BE TRANSPLANTED INTO PLANNING AND ACTION. AUTHORS AND REPORT SUBJECTS INCLUDE--(1) EDGAR L. MORPHET, "THE FUTURE IN THE PRESENT--PLANNING FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN EDUCATION," (2)…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Demand, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Rhode Island State Dept. of Education, Providence. – 1979
The Rhode Island Commissioner of Education was authorized to appoint and work with a State Standards Council to develop recommendations on the establishment of measurable statewide educational achievement standards at two levels: basic skills and minimum competency. The purpose of setting standards and measuring achievement is to define minimally…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
