This program review guide discusses the Colorado Education Improvement Program, a process that enables local school districts and the Colorado Department of Education to provide quality education to Colorado's children, including migrant children. The purposes of the program are: (1) to provide a process for state education officials to supervise…

This staff delivery policy study was initiated by the legislature and governor in response to a steady escalation in the number and costs of staff development programs in the California public schools. The report is based on four main data sources: (1) descriptions of local patterns of staff development; (2) teacher and administrator surveys; (3)…

This report examines the adequacy of the standard of need used by the State of Nevada to determine eligibility for the Aid to Families with Dependent Children program (ADC). Nevada's standard of $285 per month for a family of 3 ranked 49 out of 54 states and political entities. The current standard is reviewed in relation to the present cost of…

Illiteracy is an alarming national problem. An estimated 27 million Americans are considered illiterate, and another 45 million are considered marginally competent in basic skills. Although literacy efforts have been increasing, little attention has been focused on women. This oversight could be costly. Four critical factors weigh heavily in favor…

This booklet presents descriptions of adult education programs on basic skills in mathematics that have been validated as successful by the National Diffusion Network. These projects have been developed by individual school districts throughout the nation in response to their local needs and are being promoted by the National Diffusion Network…

The Tennessee Career Ladder evaluation system is a multiple-data-source system for evaluating teachers in order to provide them with merit status and benefits. This presentation is based primarily on data from 1983 through Spring 1986, and focus is on the functioning of the general education teacher appraisal system. Four of the 14 steps involved…

This report concerns the coordination of goals, objectives, and activities of agencies which have responsibilities for programs and activities related to child abuse and neglect, as required by P.L. 93-247, as amended. It describes some of the combined efforts of federal agencies and other organizations for the calendar years 1983 and 1984 and…

This publication is designed to alert local and state advocates to the presence of the National Coalition on Women, Work, and Welfare Reform. It shares the Coalition's perspective on the welfare employment issue and proposes several initial strategies local advocates or policymakers might use in considering proposed or ongoing welfare employment…

The program evaluation design at Michigan State University (MSU) includes three surveys (entry-level, exit-level, and follow-up) that trace the progress of teacher candidates from program entry through their initial years of teaching. This report provides a comprehensive profile of students completing teacher preparation programs at MSU from fall,…

Designed to be used as a model for workshop planning, this report describes the development and implementation of a series of four summer workshops, entitled "Computers Plus," which were designed to increase the computer literacy of teachers and administrators. Intended to provide introductory students with basic concepts, hands-on…

Brief descriptions of interdisciplinary developmental education programs are provided in this paper, along with a more extensive examination of the Personalized Approach to College Education (PACE) program at the College of the Finger Lakes (CFL) in Canandaigua, New York. Introductory material cites examples of developmental programs which involve…

The educational and recreational programs of the United States Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) are carried out to help achieve the overall mission of the FWS, which is to provide federal leadership to conserve, protect, and enhance fish and wildlife and their habitats for the continuous benefit of people. A set of standards and related questions…

Although three types of foreign language program exist in elementary schools (immersion, partial immersion, and core courses), there is no conclusive evidence as to what length of instruction time results in greater student achievement. A logical approach to foreign language teaching at the elementary level is one that integrates foreign language…

The Information Processing Planning (IPP) for Pima Community College for 1984-1987 is presented as a menu-driven computer program. First, the process of the development of the IPP is presented, including information on the college's computer task force, its membership, organization, goals, and focuses; on the purchase and upgrading of computer…

Research suggests that some of the problems faced by reluctant readers may stem from an emphasis on evaluation that precedes real instruction. At a southeastern university, the reading education program attempts to adhere to a particular sequence of methodology for working with children to prevent reading anxiety: teaching, application, practice,…