Discusses the effect of recent court decisions on the role of the state in school support. (JF)

Discusses the implication of recent court cases on federal and state funding of education. (JF)

Discusses valid systems of educational finance under court doctrine set forth in the California case, Serrano vs Priest. (JF)

The entire issue is devoted to speeches and reports from the 1970 AEL meeting. The largest consists of descriptions of programs in the member states--Virginia, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia. (RT)

An interview with Lawrence R. Sargent, a state special education consultant, focuses on state education agency problems related to evaluation, state evaluation and monitoring of programs for mentally retarded students, and Iowa's approach to developing instructional outcome criteria as a measure of program quality. (CL)

Outlines the 4-point Computer Literacy Requirement Plan for seventh and eighth grade students being implemented throughout Tennessee and discusses the purchase and distribution of microcomputer equipment, inservice training for teachers, development of computer literacy curriculum, and proposed support services. (EAO)

The Oklahoma State Department of Human Services, the Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension, and other support organizations have formed a network to provide suitable and accessible child-related training for child care careers. (SK)

In situations where there are enormous pressures to produce "good" test results, standardized testing can be a very painful experience, but there are ways of using test data to help in the educational process. California assessment data are disseminated widely to school districts in meaningful diagnostic displays. (Author/CM)

Outlines processes by which the Florida Department of Education, as a result of official state policy, provides services to computer-using educators in public schools in such areas as courseware selection and evaluation, distribution of computing materials, inservice training, programing planning and development, hardware selection and purchase,…

New Jersey Education Association policy regarding testing is presented. The policy recognizes the need of teachers, students, parents, and other decision-makers for continuous and comprehensive evaluation and diagnosis of student progress, but opposes the use of tests for denying opportunities, allocating school funds, evaluating teachers or…

Describes school improvement programs established by universities, state agencies, and school districts. All are based on effective schools' research. (Author/JM)

Presents the results of a study comparing several sources of state-oriented curriculum materials conducted as part of the Wisconsin Development Project (WDP), and outlines the reasons for the use of ERIC as the most efficient means for locating such materials. Two tables accompany the text. (JL)