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Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1991
This document presents recommendations to the Texas state legislature for meeting a 1997-98 goal of reducing the projected longitudinal and cross-sectional state dropout rates. Data for 1986 indicate that approximately 86,000 students were dropping out of Texas schools every year. The recommendations presented here were determined: (1) by tracing…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs
Rice, Sharon C. – Counterpoint, 1989
In 1984, Maine established the Task Force on Special Education and Chemical Dependency, which developed a report recommending, in part: collaboration between special education and local alcohol and drug abuse prevention programs; training for general and special education staff; and development of a vehicle for identification, assessment,…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Drug Addiction, Drug Education
Koroloff, Nancy M.; And Others – 1990
The National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research and the National Institute of Mental Health jointly sponsored a project for the development of statewide organizations for parents of children with emotional disorders. The Statewide Parent Organization Demonstration Project (SPODP) has two major goals: to stimulate and support the…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Emotional Disturbances, Federal Programs
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Worthington. Div. of Special Education. – 1991
The mission of education for Ohio's gifted students is to prepare them to be contributing members of society by providing appropriate programs and services designed to develop and maximize their unique abilities and enhance personal growth. To assist school districts with implementation of this mission, this strategic planning report recommends…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Delker, Paul V. – 1984
A study was conducted to determine the state of the art in adult basic educational programs funded by the state-administered programs of the Adult Education Act (Public Law 91-230). Data for the study were gathered through mail surveys of state educational agency directors of adult education (100 percent), a random sample of 420 local directors of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, English (Second Language), Federal Legislation
Kroll, John R. – 1980
This study was conducted in 1979-80 to obtain baseline opinions of members of the Wisconsin Legislature about vocational education. Sixty-six of the 132 legislators responded to 84 questions regarding the need for, financing of, quality of, and methods of delivering secondary and postsecondary vocational education in the state. The responses were…
Descriptors: Economic Development, Educational Attitudes, Government School Relationship, Legislators
McConnochie, K. R.; Russell, A. – 1982
The report is the result of a 1981 research project commissioned by Australia's Commonwealth Department of Education to investigate early childhood education for Aborigines. The study encompassed the care and education of Aboriginal children from age 0 to age 5 in government and non-government school systems. The report is divided into three major…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Children, Compensatory Education, Day Care
Crook, Shirley J. – 1983
The South Carolina Trade Examinations for Trade and Industrial Education teachers are administered semi-annually by the South Carolina State Department of Education, Office of Vocational Education, Vocational Teacher Education Programs Unit. This handbook is designed to provide prospective trade and industrial education teachers, vocational…
Descriptors: Answer Sheets, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Needs, Standardized Tests
Mason, Emanuel J.; And Others – 1982
This paper describes cost models designed to aid schools in effective cost planning through analysis of the relative costs and benefits of individualized, computer-based instruction. The models are then applied to the Individualized Study by Technology (IST) program of the Alaska Department of Education (DOE) using data obtained in a pilot study…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates, Independent Study
Michigan State Board of Education, Lansing. – 1982
The PACT (Perceptions of Apprenticeship Classroom Training) program was developed as a component of the PROE system (Program Review in Occupational Education). PROE is itself one of four components of the Michigan Community College Occupational Education Evaluation System (MCCOEES), a comprehensive system for evaluative occupational education.…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Community Colleges, Course Evaluation, Employer Attitudes
Knight, Clyde B. – American Vocational Journal, 1974
The article describes Oklahoma's new delivery system for teacher education--closed circuit televised classroom instruction for trade and industrial education teachers located throughout the State. (MW)
Descriptors: Closed Circuit Television, Delivery Systems, Educational Innovation, Educational Television
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Research and Testing Services. – 1988
General testing guidelines for experienced and new testing personnel, teachers, and school administrators are presented. The Testing Code of Ethics is intended to enhance the awareness of school personnel regarding proper testing procedures and to emphasize the unrelenting attention necessary to provide accurate test data for decision making.…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Codes of Ethics, Confidentiality, Elementary Secondary Education
New Hampshire State Div. of Mental Health and Developmental Services, Concord. – 1988
This report presents results and recommendations of a two-year study and information-gathering effort by the New Hampshire Task Force on Homelessness, in compliance with the charge of the State legislature. The report is comprised of five sections. Section 1, "Introduction," presents an overview of the Task Force and a report on the…
Descriptors: Community Health Services, Crisis Intervention, Emergency Programs, Homeless People
Baron, Joan Boykoff; And Others – 1989
A description of ecologically valid, authentic, and integrated performance-based assessment instruments of different lengths was undertaken to measure the extent by which students meet Connecticut's Common Core of Learning (CCL) objectives. The description focuses on the students' knowledge and general understanding of science and mathematics;…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Texas State Dept. of Human Services, Austin. – 1989
This report provides guidance to local Title XX Day Care providers, Head Start administrators, and school district administrators in Texas who are interested in coordinating the services offered to eligible 4-year-olds in their communities. After an introductory section, section 2 presents a general description of each of the three programs…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Day Care
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