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Download full textThornton, Julie A. – 1996
The report describes one segment of the Federal Language Testing Board's Unified Language Testing Plan (ULTP), the validation of the speaking proficiency test in Russian. The ULTP is a project to increase standardization of foreign language proficiency measurement and promote sharing of resources among testing programs in the federal government.…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Language Proficiency, Language Tests, Oral Language
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities. – 1995
This document is a congressional joint hearing report of a panel discussion exploring issues related to privatization of two government-sponsored entities (GSEs): the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie Mae) and the College Construction Loan Insurance Association (Connie Lee). The two issues specifically addressed by the panel were: (1)…
Descriptors: Construction Programs, Educational Economics, Federal Government, Federal Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1997
This study examined student loan default rates at 98 of the 104 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the United States. About 3 percent of all federal students loans made in fiscal year (FY) 1995 were made to students at HBCUs, a percentage that has remained steady from FY 1991 through FY 1995. For FY 1993, the average loan…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Black Students, Eligibility, Federal Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1997
This report discusses the continuing concerns of the U.S. General Accounting Office (GAO) in regard to the Department of Education's management and oversight of postsecondary student financial aid programs, especially the Federal Family Education Loan, the Ford Direct Loan, and the Federal Pell Grant Programs. GAO commends the department for its…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Fraud, Higher Education, Information Management
Horace Mann Learning Center (ED), Washington, DC. – 1994
Education program specialists in the United States Department of Education establish and lead the education program, policies, and activities for which the Department of Education is responsible under law. This brochure provides information about the job of education program specialist, describing how the specialists fit into the department's…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Career Choice, Career Development, Elementary Secondary Education
Report on Evaluation of Definitions Used in the Public Library Statistics Program. Technical Report.
Bureau of the Census (DOC), Washington, DC. Governments Div. – 1995
This report reflects the results of an evaluation of the definitions used in the annual Public Library Statistics (PLS) program, a joint federal-state information collection project, and is intended to raise specific issues for discussion among the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), the Federal State Cooperative System (FSCS), and…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Definitions, Federal Programs
PDF pending restorationOklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1993
This handbook for Oklahoma school administrators incorporates vital information about school operations and improvement in one volume. It provides detailed information on the following areas: contracts and their due dates; the progress of House Bill 1017; accreditation; federal/special, financial, and professional services; school improvement; and…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. – 1992
The Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) is a summer employment program for youth ages 15 through 18 from all segments of society. The program provides teenage employment and accomplishes conservation work on public lands. This hearing provides testimony by participants and directors in or related to the Corps to request funding for the YCC. The opening…
Descriptors: Conservation (Environment), Employment Opportunities, Experiential Learning, Federal Aid
National Endowment for the Humanities (NFAH), Washington, DC. – 1990
This report summarizes the activities of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) during fiscal year (FY) 1990, and includes lists of recipients of fellowships and grants, and programs supported by the Endowment. The report opens with a brief chronology of major events in the endowment's history under the heading, Twenty-fifth…
Descriptors: Awards, Educational Finance, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1992
Based on hearings, current research, and interviews with experts, including researchers, medical and service providers, and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) educators, this Select Committee report assesses the impact of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemic on youth and identifies strategies policymakers and program planners…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Federal Legislation
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, Washington, DC. – 1991
This paper offers information and analysis of the direct lending portion of the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act of 1965. The direct lending proposal is described in an opening letter to the reader as a provision that would make the Pell Grant Program an entitlement and raise the maximum award to $4,500 with provisions that would…
Descriptors: Banking, Educational Finance, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Carter, Yvonne B., Comp.; Owens, Janice E., Comp. – 1992
The Library Career Training Program, Title II-B of the Higher Education Act (HEA), provides grants to institutions of higher education and library organizations or agencies to train persons in librarianship through fellowships, institutes, and traineeships, and to establish, develop, and expand programs of library and information science. The U.S.…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Financial Support
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1991
The services provided to various demographic groups under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) were reviewed to determine the extent to which disparities occur in the services provided to women and minorities, factors within the operation of local projects that contribute to such disparities, and efforts by states and the Department of Labor to…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Blacks, Federal Programs, Females
National Center for Children in Poverty, New York, NY. – 1991
This monograph synthesizes information presented at a July 10, 1991, Congressional staff briefing on many dimensions of the child welfare service system and its reform. Summaries of the participants' statements at the briefing are presented and a reproduction of a background paper on child welfare: "Child Welfare: The Context for Reform"…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Welfare, Children
National Commission for Employment Policy (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1993
A number of findings and recommendations regarding the mission of Private Industry Councils (PICs) under the Job Training Partnership ACT (JTPA) were developed based on information collected in several ways: a focus group of PICs, roundtable discussions held nationwide with staff from nearly 100 PICs in 45 states, and canvasses of more than 200…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Employment Programs, Federal Programs, Institutional Mission
