The document reports results of a project by the Minnesota University Affiliated Program to develop a comprehensive description of current case management practices serving persons with developmental disabilities. While multiple sources were surveyed, county case managers, case manager supervisors, and county directors of human service agencies…

The document provides information related to statewide testing of exceptional students for the North Carolina Annual, Minimum Skills Diagnostic, End-of-Course, and Competency Testing programs. Guidelines for the appropriate use of alternative test formats, aids, or a different test environment with disabled students are given. Included are rules…

This report describes the status of competency testing in vocational and technical education in the United States in 1988-89. Data were derived from a mailed questionnaire sent to State Liaison Representatives of the National Network for Curriculum Coordination in Vocational-Technical Education. Of a total of 69 surveys, 39 responses were returned…

In the 1980s, there was a notable increase in state funding of preschool programs, particularly for economically disadvantaged children. In fiscal year 1988, a total of 28 states projected program expenditures of almost 226 million dollars. The Administration for Children, Youth, and Families funded a study to explore Head Start's relationship to…

This report was written for the Advisory Committee on Mentally Ill Inmates of the Wisconsin State Legislative Council's Special Committee on Mental Health Issues. It describes mental health services to inmates of Wisconsin's state prisons. Part I describes the organization of state level responsibilities for corrections, including the state…

Produced by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction's Division for Library Services (DLS) for use by applicants for Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA) grants, this guide describes the funding categories and priorities, requirements and criteria by which grants are rated, and the grant review and award process. Recommendations of…

To respond to the need for information about states' provision of child care services to state employees, the National Conference of State Legislatures conducted a 50-state survey on the status of state employee child care. The survey's purpose was to quantify state efforts to increase the affordability, availability, accessibility, and quality of…

To increase parent involvement and meet the need for adult help in classrooms, a preschool director implemented a practicum in a church-owned, nondenominational preschool serving 250 children from an upper-middle-class community in the Northeast. The intervention offered a wide range of parent involvement activities, including the formation of a…

The school finance equity efforts that began in Illinois in the early 1970s collapsed during the early 1980s, partially as a result of poor economic conditions affecting the entire state budget. This monograph opens with a review of the school finance reform events that have unfolded in Illinois since 1973, when major reforms were first enacted…

The monograph summarizes Fiscal Years 1977-86 spending in the states for services to individuals with mental retardation (MR) and related developmental disabilities (DD). Part One consists of three chapters summarizing budgeting characteristics of the states and organizational characteristics of the MR/DD programs. Part Two presents a series of…

The purpose of this study was to: (1) assess the anticipated ratings of teacher performance by principals using the Missouri Performance Based Teacher Evaluation (PBTE) prior to the first cycle of its implementation; (2) determine whether or not elementary and secondary principals, using the same instrument, would be consistent in perceived…

This report presents data on the social, legal, and demographic characteristics of youth admitted to the residential programs of the New York State Division for Youth (DFY) during 1984. These programs offer services for youth referred by the courts, social services, and other agencies. The report is divided into seven sections. Section 1 outlines…

This research report provides an evaluation of a screening program to identify potentially gifted or handicapped children among new entrants to New York City schools. Chapter 53 of the New York State Education Laws (1980) requires screening of students in the areas of physical development, cognitive skills, receptive and expressive language,…

Ethnographic interviews with 36 teachers, principals, and supervisors of kindergarten programs in 12 Ohio school districts were conducted for the purpose of investigating the philosophies and practices of kindergarten programs in Ohio public schools. Broad research questions which formed the structure of the interviews focused on (1) informants'…

This paper describes the programs initiated by the District of Columbia Public Schools with the private sector to provide experiences related to the world of work for students. The majority of programs involve grants from private organizations and the utilization of personnel from both the school system and the private sectors in the development…