Sections 51215-51217 of California's Educational Code require that school districts in that state provide remedial instruction to students who do not pass district-developed proficiency tests. As a result of this requirement, school districts have had to create remedial courses for some 100,000 students who did not pass one or more tests in…

In 1975, the Kentucky Advisory Council for Environmental Education, consisting of representatives from education, government agencies, business, conservation groups, and concerned citizens, was appointed by the Kentucky Department of Education to develop and promote guidelines which would help increase environmental awareness in Kentucky. As a…

The report presents information based on a 1978 survey on programs in 46 state education agencies for severely and profoundly handicapped (SPH) individuals. The principal section of the report discusses summary data on state consultants responsible for services to SPH students, definitions, percentage of consultant time spent on programs, child…

This pilot edition provides current information to local educators on the Spring 1981 Basic Skills Tests. Input forms are included as a means of obtaining information from district level curriculum coordinators and teachers on the utility of this guide. The guide is designed to be a tool for curriculum and instructional development consistent with…

Eight agencies (including three teacher centers and three Teacher Corps programs) in the state of Washington, concerned with inservice teacher education, formed a network to test and to explore avenues of cooperation and coordination. Since the emphasis was on collaboration between Teacher Corps and and teacher centers, the first step was to…

The New Jersey State Facilitator Project of the New Jersey State Department of Education attempted to implement the department's urban education improvement plan. A meeting with urban educators was held to discuss the services available through the Facilitator Project and how they might best be provided to the cities. The project was committed to…

The intent of this guide is to extend the 1977 document, "A Framework for Environmental Education in the Public Schools of Hawaii," (ED 196 726) so as to provide more specific guidelines for teachers and administrators. Chapter I contains introductory material pertaining to the guiding principles and rationale for environmental…

The focus of this handbook is on institutional rather than on individual neglect and abuse of children. Specific problems facing children are documented and strategies offered for alleviating those problems at the federal, state, and local levels, as well as in the public and private sectors. A discussion is presented on the United States Census…

The manual summarizes information on 39 programs and services in nine agencies available for handicapped children ages birth to 5 in New York state. A matrix depicting programs and services and a fact sheet describing each program on the matrix are provided for the nine agencies: State Education Department, Department of Health, Office of Mental…

The final technical report focuses on National Learning Resource Center of Pennsylvania (NLRS/P) functions and services to the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Division of Special Education, and its 29 intermediate units. Descriptions of NLRC/P assistance are reported via five workscope areas: state program development, education appraisal,…

One of a series of documents on the evaluation of the National Home Start (NHS) program this third year interim report of case studies describes program efforts and successes with 16 Home Start families throughout the nation. A federally funded demonstration program, NHS is aimed at providing home-based services (such as health, education,…

A study of thirteen exemplary compensatory education projects in Elementary Education (nine in reading, four in mathematics) in the State of New York is described in this report. The study, which was designed to investigate and describe specific educational practices so that they could be replicated in other schools, found ten major factors which…

The report summarizes a 2-year project to train personnel in California agencies, facilities, schools and state hospitals in the principles of Try Another Way, a normalization-geared approach using systematic task analysis to teach moderately to profoundly retarded and severely developmentally disabled persons. The report's first three sections…

The paper traces the history and current status of special education services for handicapped children in New York state. The initial section reviews the historical perspective and analyzes future trends. The philosophy of special education regarding labeling, individualized learning, and mainstreaming is examined. Staff selection, transportation,…

NIE's State Capacity Building Program in Dissemination supports the development of comprehensive programs in State Education Agencies. The nature of the dissemination capacity is reflected in goals of providing greater access to information resources for educators, and realization of increased coordination among activities of SEAs. Each SEA…