The author states his position on each. (Editor)

The article is based on the report of the Massachusetts Vocational Rehabilitation Planning Commission. (JM)

A description of library service to Indians in Region VI of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, which includes Minnesota, South Dakota, North Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa. (JB)

Discusses the nature and underlying assumptions of the Michigan Assessment Program, outlines the program's long-range planning, and describes the 1969-70 assessment of basic skills. (MK)

Reported here is a four-county project that creates exploratory and job-training opportunities by providing services to schools. (Editor)

The evaluation plan described in this article provides a means of obtaining information which can be used as the basis for statewide improvement of secondary occupational home economics education programs. The procedures used in the plan's formulation and implementation in Wisconsin should also be appropriate for use in other states. (Author/CT)

Assesses the impact of the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 and the Education Amendments of 1976 upon consumer and homemaking education activities of the Wisconsin Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education system. (SK)

Reports the results of a state-by-state (N=27) survey of mental health services available for older persons and compares the extent of need and existing federal mandates. Results show 52 percent of respondents provide mental health services for older adults, while 22 percent include older adults with the general public. (Author/JAC)

Determinants of interstate migration from 1970-1975 are analyzed to predict the impact of President Reagan's proposal to shift the burden of welfare expenditures to the states. Data taken from several government statistical publications indicate that states generous in welfare may lose White taxpayers to less generous states. (KC)

Describes activities of the Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (MECC). Created in 1973, MECC provides instructional services, develops computer software, and is actively involved in training educators. Other organizations (institutional members) may pay a fixed fee to obtain annual right to duplicate and/or distribute MECC products to…

A study determined the extent to which the states and territories used their handicapped and disadvantaged set-aside funds under the Education Amendments of 1976 to support program improvement projects. The population of 57 research coordinating unit directors was surveyed. (Author)

A survey of administrators, paraprofessionals, and teachers was undertaken to study the impact of Kansas' statewide training program for special education paraprofessionals. Results revealed that a large number of paraprofessionals and supervisors were not aware of the training program, despite a general feeling that inservice paraprofessional…

Pennsylvania's Content Area Reading Program uses a network of 50 trained instructors to help teachers improve students' content area reading skills. This article covers program content, instructor recruitment and training, variations in program presentation, factors underlying program success, and steps in planning inservice programs in content…