This report was created to generate ideas about the kinds of data that might be used to produce follow-up analyses of "Measuring Up 2000," the state-by-state report card for higher education. The analysis attempts to present report card data and related information graphically and mathematically in ways that might be useful to policymakers and…

In 1997, the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry implemented a change in its method of determining prevailing wage and benefit rates, resulting in a reduction in the legally required prevailing rates in many construction trades in much of the state. This report analyzes data to determine if this change in fact lowered the cost of public…

Feelings about State funding of schools, how it works, what it portends are mixed in Maryland. With many another State seeing similar funding as an alternative to other ways of financing school construction, it is well worthwhile looking into all aspects of the issue. (Author)

State plans for implementing air quality standards are evaluated together with problems in modeling procedures and enforcement. Monitoring networks, standards, air quality regions, and industrial problems are also discussed. (BL)

Includes a list of national agencies supporting drug education, results of a survey dealing with drug education for teachers, discussion of the Drug Abuse Education Act of 1970, and a State-by-State survey of drug education programs. (LR)

Looks briefly at State and Federal court litigation on the topic of public aid to parochial schools. (LN)

Examined the enactment and early implementation of remedial education policies in Massachusetts and Oklahoma. Findings suggested that efforts to end or restrict remediation are driven largely by status attainment concerns--the desire by policy makers and administrators to create "competitive advantage" for certain public higher education…

California state initiatives designed to involve parents fell into four categories: government, client services, parents as teachers, and parents as parents. These initiatives, aligned with the state's curriculum reform strategies, required a five-year action plan for enabling school districts to develop local policies and plans that would involve…

The basic purpose of the voucher/choice concept is to provide students and their parents with maximum free choice of educational alternatives. After scanning state plans and conflicting viewpoints, readers are invited to decide for themselves by completing a seven-part questionnaire accompanying the article. Includes five references. (MLH)

The education reforms of the 1980s may best be viewed as a single national reform with state variations. A brief overview is presented of five state education reforms which are described and analyzed in this issue. (JD)