This planning guide provides local education agencies in New York State with the necessary information and instructions for participation in Part B of the ESEA Title IV Library and Learning Resources program. The application for grants cannot be completed correctly without reference to this guide. Contents of the guide include an overview of the…

The processes used by State Education Agencies (SEAs) to develop capacity for gaining access to information resources and for linking such resources to the needs of educators are described by studying SEAs that have received capacity building grants. Included are an overview of the evaluation, purposes of the study, framework, evaluation…

This document details the changes that have occurred in the 95th Congress with respect to compensatory education and explores the implications of those changes with respect to Federal policy for compensatory education programs. The 93rd Congressional hearings on Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are reviewed. Also described are…

Developments in federal funding to individual colleges and universities are presented. Information included is: (1) Federal R&D funding principally accounted for the 15% increase in total Federal obligations to universities and colleges in 1978; (2) A sharp rise of 15% occurred as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) increased its R&D…

This report includes content areas consistent with the major activities and program components of the National Institute for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (NIJJDP). The major statutorily-established functions of NIJJDP are assessed in terms of research, evaluation, and program development, information development and dissemination,…

Proceedings are presented of hearings before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources (1) to examine the transition from school to work and explore the nature of youth employment and unemployment and (2) to gauge the conditions, trends and problems likely to affect federal labor and human resources policy in the 1980s. Among those testifying…

This is an evaluation of a Title VII bilingual education program carried out for Spanish speaking students in grades K-5 at Public School 155 (P.S. 155), Brooklyn, New York. A brief background of Title VII legislation is given. Instructional goals, staff development, parent involvement, and the development of a bilingual curriculum are listed as…

Public access needs for libraries of all types are assessed and plans of action to meet these needs are presented in this update of the Texas State Library's five year plan. Objectives for the next five years center around development of library services for the general public, the disadvantaged, the handicapped, and for institutions. In addition,…

Research evidence on the potentials of health education for contributing to resolution of national health issues was reviewed. It is concluded that greater investments in health education on selected problems for selected populations would yield a better cost-benefit return than comparable investments in tertiary medical care. High priority groups…

Evaluability assessment is a descriptive and analytic process intended to produce a reasoned basis for proceeding with an evaluation of use to both management and policymakers. It was jointly developed by the members of the program evaluation group of the Urban Institute between 1968 and 1978. The approach begins by obtaining management's…

For more than 35 years the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) has been the nation's major instrument of support for research in mental health. The yield from this ongoing research effort has been substantial, with a substantive increase of information about the causes, treatment, and prevention of mental illness as well as the factors that…

ABOUT 100 REPRESENTATIVES OF INTERESTED AGENCIES, INSTITUTIONS, AND PROFESSIONS MET IN A WORKSHOP WITH U.S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND U.S. ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS A STUDY WHOSE PURPOSE WAS TO IDENTIFY WAYS IN WHICH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT MIGHT INDUCE OR ENCOURAGE THE STATES TO UNDERTAKE CHANGES IN THEIR WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION…

THE NEED FOR LARGE NUMBERS OF FARM WORKERS FOR SHORT PERIODS DURING THE CULTIVATION AND HARVESTING OF CROPS IN WIDELY SEPARATED AREAS RESULTS IN A MIGRATORY WORK FORCE OF APPROXIMATELY 400,000 PERSONS EACH YEAR. MIGRANTS ARE EMPLOYED TO AVOID LOSSES OF PERISHABLE CROPS IN THE FIELDS, TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GOOD WEATHER OR TO FORESTALL LOSSES DUE TO…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS EVALUATION WAS TO GATHER DATA FROM 35 EDUCATIONAL MEDIA SPECIALIST INSTITUTES ON (1) PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF INSTITUTE PARTICIPANTS, (2) CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INSTITUTES THEMSELVES, (3) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INSTITUTE PROGRAMS, (4) THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INSTITUTE EXPERIENCES ON PARTICIPANT INTERESTS AND…

STATISTICS OF 1964 AND EARLIER FROM 49 STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, GUAM, PUERTO RICO, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS ARE COMPILED IN THIS REPORT OF DATA ON HANDICAPPED CHILDREN PROVIDED PHYSICIANS' SERVICES UNDER TITLE FIVE, PART TWO, OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT. PART ONE PRESENTS NATIONAL SUMMARY TABLES AND BREAKDOWNS BY STATE AND REGION. IN PART TWO…