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Presberry, Rosa L., Comp.; And Others – 1983
Designed to assist local officials in examining their library media collections and staff according to the recommendations in the Criteria for Modern School Library Media Programs, this factbook lists statistical data on school library media programs in the state of Maryland. The entries are arranged alphabetically by local educational agency name…
Descriptors: County School Districts, Elementary Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers
Download full textNew York State Legislative Commission on Rural Resources, Albany. – 1983
The report catalogs strengths, defines problems, and establishes goals for the next two decades for rural New York in the area of transportation. Describing where rural New York is today, section one lists 12 trends, 8 strengths, and 16 weaknesses affecting transporation. Trends include increased rural population inflow and demands on local…
Descriptors: Costs, Local Issues, Long Range Planning, Maintenance
Kaynor, Robert K. – 1985
The value of microcomputer modeling tools and spreadsheets to help college institutional researchers analyze proposed capital projects is discussed, along with strengths and weaknesses of different software packages. Capital budgeting is the analysis that supports decisions about the allocation and commitment of funds to long-term capital…
Descriptors: Budgets, Campus Planning, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), College Planning
Collier, Carol; And Others – 1984
This interim report of the University of Wyoming's Collection Analysis Project, whose purpose is to examine the university library's collection development process and make workable recommendations for process improvement, consists of a brief history of the library's collection, including a review of the evolution of the collection development…
Descriptors: College Libraries, Financial Support, Government Role, Higher Education
Nava, Hector; And Others – 1984
Results of a national study of the use of funds provided by the 1974 amendments to Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act by the state education agencies (SEAs) are presented. The study was undertaken to (1) describe and analyze SEA policies and activities regarding bilingual education, (2) describe and analyze the SEA-level…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Bilingual Education, Budgeting, Certification
SRA Technologies, Inc., Arlington, VA. – 1984
An executive summary of the results of a national study of the state education agencies' (SEAs) use of funds provided by the 1974 amendments to Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are presented. The study was undertaken to (1) describe and analyze SEA policies and activities regarding bilingual education, (2) describe and…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Bilingual Education, Budgeting, Certification
Franklin, Paul L. – 1985
Eleven Talent Search (TS) projects and six Educational Opportunity Centers (EOC) were evaluated. Designed to increase college enrollment by low-income youth and adults, these federal programs provide students information, counseling, and other support. Recommendations for national policymakers, U.S. Department of Education officials, and local…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Students, Ancillary School Services, College Attendance
Albanese, Mark A. – 1985
This study reexamines results reported by Angoff and Schrader regarding formula directions and rights directions for standardized tests. In that study, it was concluded that the two scoring directions were essentially equivalent. In this study, methodological concerns are discussed and additional data analyses undertaken. Among various…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Data Interpretation, Fatigue (Biology), Guessing (Tests)
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This paper uses inquiry-based learning to introduce primary students to the concepts and terminology found in four introductory engineering courses: Differential Equations, Circuit Analysis, Thermodynamics, and Dynamics. Simple electronic sensors coupled with everyday objects, such as a troll doll, demonstrate and reinforce the physical principles…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Engineering Education, Elementary Education
McInnis, C. E.; Donoghue, E. E. – 1976
This report consists of an evaluation of four experimental French programs (1973-74) and the federally-funded extensions of these programs (1974-75) in the schools of the Carleton, Ontario, Roman Catholic Separate School Board. Part 1 provides a review of literature relevant to immersion, intensive and enriched language programs, and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, French
Froman, Robin D.; Owen, Steven V. – 1977
The long term predictive validity of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) and the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test for Children, when used for the educational placement of exceptional students, was investigated. In 1971, 225 learning disabled elementary school students were tested on the WISC and the Bender. The students were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Processes, Data Analysis, Diagnostic Tests
Jenkins, Robert L., III – 1976
Focusing on program development and evaluation, this document presents the summative evaluation of the community development component of the Mountain-Plains Career Education Model IV, a residential, family-based education program developed to improve the economic potential and lifestyle of selected student families in a six-state area. The report…
Descriptors: Career Education, Community Development, Community Involvement, Demonstration Programs
Cleary, T. Anne; McCandless, Sam A. – 1976
Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores have declined during the last 14 years. Similar score declines have been observed in many different testing programs, many groups, and tested areas. The declines, while not large in any given year, have been consistent over time, area, and group. The period around 1965 is critical for the interpretation of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations
Jackson, Rex – 1976
Data are presented concerning the numbers of students taking the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) and the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT), and their mean scores for the period 1959 through l976. The implications of these results in relation to changes in the candidate group…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, College Bound Students, College Entrance Examinations, Educational Problems
Begin, James P.; And Others – 1977
This study's purpose was to analyze the operation of the bargaining systems in the 16 public two-year New Jersey colleges, to compare these systems with those in other states, and to develop policy recommendations. Research covered the history and origins of bargaining, employers' negotiating structures, faculty salary and compensation analysis,…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Community Colleges, Contract Salaries, Contracts
