Described are 131 new facilities being constructed to implement a Florida legislative mandate to provide all exceptional children with appropriate educational programs by 1973. A chart lists the new facilities by county and disability (educable mentally retarded, trainable mentally retarded, physically handicapped, deaf, and visually handicapped). It is reported that over 16 million dollars have been appropriated for the specialized facilities. Provided for each facility are specifications such...
Topics: ERIC Archive, State Programs
Topics: PUBLIC HEALTH, STATE PROGRAMS, FEDERAL PROGRAMS
In 1990 the Arkansas State Board of Higher Education adopted guidelines for the development of state minimum core curriculum response to state legislation. This legislation provides that courses within the core shall apply to the general education core curriculum requirements for baccalaureate degrees at state-supported institutions and shall be fully transferable between state institutions. The Board has approved state minimum core curricula for 2- and 4-year colleges and universities. This...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Core Curriculum, Higher Education, Public Colleges, State Programs
Based on data from the Family Foster Care Reimbursement Survey for 1981, tables in this report present the level of the 50 states' reimbursements for family foster care. Categories of data reported include age of child in foster care, basic monthly rate, clothing allowance, personal and incidental allowance, and special needs allowance (on a continuum ranging from mild to very severe). (RH)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Foster Care, National Surveys, State Programs, Tables (Data)
Topics: HEALTH STATISTICS, FEDERAL PROGRAMS, STATE PROGRAMS, INFORMATION RESOURCES, INTERNET
The concepts, terms, and definitions as stated indicate the current level of conceptualization and implementation of the Ohio Career Development Program--a Statewide program for grades K-10. The concepts explained are: the career education program in Ohio, career orientation, career exploration, self, individual and environment, world of work, economics, education and training, employability and work adjustment, and career decision making. Thirty-two career development terms are defined in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Career Education, Conceptual Schemes, Definitions, State Programs
Based on a needs assessment of intra-state and inter-state interconnection telecommunication services, the Virginia Public Telecommunications Council (VPTC) envisions a public service satellite system consisting of: (1) primarily broadband transceiver capacities to areas having state supported institutions of higher education, perhaps with common carrier supplied narrow-band extensions to various state agencies; and (2) narrow-band transceiver capacities located in areas lacking institutions of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Communications Satellites, Higher Education, State Programs, Telecommunications
This document presents a report on domestic violence and sexual assault in Alaska. An introduction includes vignettes and a review of the problems of domestic violence and sexual assault. National and state statistics are provided and it is noted that Alaska has the highest incidence of rape in the country. The next section describes major initiatives by the Council on Domestic Violence. The initiatives included funding for prison batterers' programs; a videotape for training law enforcement...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Family Violence, Rape, Sexual Abuse, State Programs
A previous document, with a similar title for 1972-77 (ED 070 476), set out long range goals for statewide development of Illinois libraries. According to the present report, progress has been made toward: increasing the number of local libraries and population served; increasing income and expenditures for libraries; augmenting media collections; expanding systems and networks; enhancing cooperation between school and public libraries; updating and enlarging physical facilities; improving...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Evaluation, Library Planning, Library Services, State Programs
The annual report (1972-73) of the Nevada Department of Education on the American Indian education program is concerned with the allocation of the Johnson O'Malley (JOM) Act funds, which enables the Bureau of Indian Affairs to contract with states and local school districts for the education of Indian children. At present, the JOM funds in the state are used exclusively to support school lunch and special programs. Four basic objectives, such as ensuring that the state allots to schools...
Topics: ERIC Archive, State Federal Aid, State Programs, Tables (Data)
Topics: MINORITY GROUPS, BILINGUAL EDUCATION, STATE PROGRAMS, PUBLIC HEALTH, NEEDS ASSESSMENT
The publication is intended to encourage states and localities to give further consideration to the development and utilization of training agreements in the conduct of cooperative vocational education programs. Training agreements assure the integrity of the continuing educational experiences that occur outside the classroom. It is with this awareness that the material contained within this document was brought together. The introduction briefly states the role of cooperative education and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Contracts, Cooperative Education, Guidelines, State Programs, Vocational Education
This report presents the final recommendations of the Special Media Records Project for the improved management and preservation of machine-readable records in New York State government agencies. The first of three parts of the report discusses strategic issues in the management and preservation of electronic records, including key trends in information technology; the relationship between paper and electronic records; and the organizational context. Objectives for improved management and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Archives, Information Technology, Recordkeeping, State Agencies, State Programs
This report reviews California's Child Support Enforcement program (CCSEP) and prospects for increasing support payments. Chapter I describes the structure of the CCSEP, recent collection experience, and prospects for growth in collections under current practices. Chapter II describes recent revisions in federal law concerning the program and the expected effect of the changes on collections of support payments in California. Chapter III presents an analysis of county collections in 1982-83 and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Federal Legislation, Program Development, Program Effectiveness, State Programs
The source of most of the opposition to educational assessment is fear on the part of administrators and teachers that assessment will be used as an instrument of evaluation. Assessment plans make it impossible to identify individual teachers or schools. Thus, the fear that someone may be penalized because of a bad assessment is not realistic. Furthermore, all school systems at present do a great deal of testing. If school authorities wanted to use test results as evaluating instruments, they...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Assessment, State Programs, State Surveys, Selden, David
The document presents the Nevada State Plan for Gifted and Talented adopted by the Nevada State Board of Education, May 16, 1974. The first section gives a position statement. A section on planning includes a table of the estimated number of academically talented students in Nevada school districts. Other sections outline State Board of Education goals, specific objectives for completion of the goals, programs, budgetary considerations, and strategies to attract support for education of the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Exceptional Child Education, Gifted, Program Development, State Programs
Topics: MEDICAID MANAGED CARE, HEALTH CARE, LANGUAGE, INTERPRETER SERVICES, STATE PROGRAMS
This report from the Department of Interior presents information concerning individual state actions and projects related to the broad topic of outdoor recreation. Included are data on the following topics: rights-of-way for recreation; federal financing of outdoor recreation; state and local financing of outdoor recreation; federal acquisition and development; federal planning, research, conferences, and special studies; and surplus property for parks and recreation. (JA)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Federal Programs, Outdoor Education, Recreation, State Programs
Designed to provide an overview of programs offered by state humanities councils, this publication is divided into seven sections. An introduction defines the humanities and outlines the Division of State Programs within the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). A section entitled "The State Humanities Councils" presents the history, purpose, funding, and council members' responsibilities in the state councils. In the next two sections, the services provided by the Division of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship, Humanities, State Programs
DURING THE 1965-66 SCHOOL YEAR, 20 CLASSES FOR THE EMOTIONALLY DISTURBED (IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS, MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS, AND HOSPITALS) ENROLLED 253 CHILDREN IN THIS PILOT PROGRAM. EVIDENCE OF NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTION WAS FOUND IN 37 PERCENT OF THE STUDENTS. PSYCHIATRISTS CATEGORIZED THE STUDENTS AS HAVING TRANSIENT SITUATIONAL PERSONALITY DISORDERS (35 PERCENT), HAVING PERSONALITY DISORDERS (28 PERCENT), HAVING BRAIN DISORDERS (9 PERCENT), PSYCHOTIC (12 PERCENT), AND NEUROTIC (16 PERCENT). THE FISH...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adolescents, Children, Emotional Disturbances, Pilot Projects, Special Education,...
This final report of the Florida Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) for Vocational Education covers a period from December 1, 1966 to August 31, 1969. The RCU was established to coordinate, encourage, and assist in the preparation of studies needed to improve vocational education in Florida, and to disseminate the results. This report includes a listing of major purposes, activities, and accomplishments of the RCU during the 4-year period and projects future operational plans of the unit. (CH)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Conferences, Educational Research, Program Descriptions, Research Coordinating Units,...
This "newsletter" contains reports on legislative action affecting higher education in the Southern states which had regular or special legislative sessions in 1969. The states included in the report are: West Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, Virginia, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas, Texas, Mississippi and Alabama. (AF)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Financial Support, Higher Education, Legislation, State Aid, State Legislation, State...
in addition to meeting the requirements of the Library Services and Construction Act (LSCA), 1970, this Long-Range Program is presented to make known the library needs of the state and to show how funds under this Act may contribute to meeting these needs. The Program also aims to provide guidance to all citizens of Arkansas who are engaged, or may wish to be engaged, in developing, improving, and expanding library and information services; and to give direction to library governing bodies and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Evaluation, Library Planning, Library Services, Objectives, State Libraries, State...
New York State's long history of interest in libraries has provided a series of studies and evaluations of library service dating back to the 1940's. Because of this, a broad and well-planned base already existed from which the New York State Long-Range Plan for Library Service was developed. As a result, it is necessary to read this plan in relation to the "Report of the Commissioner of Education's Committee on Library Development" (1970), which recommends directions and ways of...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Evaluation, Library Planning, Library Services, Objectives, State Libraries, State...
The purpose of this State plan is to provide a focus for the continued development of library services in Maryland. It presents an overview of the present situation and a plan of action that will implement the recommendations of recent studies, reports, legislation, and discussions by many individuals, committees, and other groups. It indicates in general terms other areas that need attention. The plan also emphasizes activities which begin to provide a means for more pertinent data to be...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Evaluation, Library Planning, Library Services, Objectives, State Libraries, State...
The purposes of this document which is the 1972 version of the long-range plan for library development are: to identify the broad goals of library service; to delineate specific objectives which will be involved in reaching those goals; to assess the existing situation with regard to both objectives and goals; to determine what procedures, projects and programs should be implemented; to assess the effectiveness of such steps; and, to propose evaluation techniques. The following areas are...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Evaluation, Library Planning, Library Services, Objectives, State Libraries, State...
The goals set forth in the State Plan for Louisiana are: (1) to enhance the usefulness and effectiveness of library personnel at every level of service; (2) to provide the public with enriched library materials and to assure more productive use of those materials by all feasible cooperative means; (3) to develop programs that will provide meaningful library service to the urban and rural disadvantaged and to racial minorities with special needs; (4) to reach more effectively and completely with...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Evaluation, Library Planning, Library Services, Objectives, State Libraries, State...
The administration and activities of the American Indian Affairs Commission for the State of Nevada are covered in this fourth report, which also gives an accounting of funds for which the Commission is responsible. The report discusses problems in the following 5 areas: (1) national Indian policy; (2) jurisdiction of the Indian reservations; (3) public assistance for Nevada Indians; (4) population and income information; and (5) education and the Nevada Indian. Recommendations are made...
Topics: ERIC Archive, American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Civil Rights, Income, Policy, State...
This program expresses a library philosophy that rests on the following principles: (1) That government--city, county, state, and federal--is responsible for the educational, economic, and cultural development of the society it serves; (2) That libraries are vital agents in the educational, economic, and cultural development of cities, counties, states, and nations, and, therefore, that library development is a responsibility shared by all levels of government; and (3) That since every citizen...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Evaluation, Library Planning, Library Services, Objectives, State Libraries, State...
This publication contains information from 20 state depository library programs. Reports from the Center for Research Libraries (Chicago) and the Library of Congress, which are officially designated as depositories by some states, are included for the first time. Reports provide information about: (1) name and address of reporting agency; (2) legal authority; (3) place in parent agency; (4) staff; (5) powers and duties; (6) depository libraries; (7) documents distributed; (8) exchanges and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Budgets, Depository Libraries, Government Publications, Library Personnel, Library...
This guide assists individuals with disabilities to understand vocational rehabilitation (VR) services available to postsecondary students. Presented in a question-and-answer format, the guide covers the following topics: purpose of vocational rehabilitation, eligibility of postsecondary students, implications of geographical relocation, attendance at out-of-state programs, variations in financial support among states, the appeal process, VR eligibility criteria and postsecondary programs, the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disabilities, Eligibility, Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, State Programs,...
The Wisconsin legislature has required the Department of Public Instruction to adopt or approve standardized tests for statewide use to measure student attainment of knowledge and concepts in grades 4, 8, and 10. Although school districts generally gave high ratings to the contents of TerraNova (McGraw Hill), the testing instrument most recently used, there was dissatisfaction with the administration of the testing program in 1996-97. A review of testing program administration, scoring, and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Achievement Tests, Contracts, Elementary Secondary Education, State Legislation,...
This document contains the enrollment application form and line-by-line instructions for subscribing to LincOn, a statewide network, administered by the Illinois State Board of Education, that allows public K-12 schools to access the Internet. An overview of LincOn and a checklist for implementing LincOn membership are also included. Appendices include a discussion of domain names, common questions, and contact information. Also appended are forms and instructions for additional...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Information, Computer Networks, Elementary Secondary Education, Information...
The historical background, information, and proposed policies and procedures for the special education services of the Michigan Department of Education are set forth. The status of each of the following programs is considered: physical and health handicaps, aurally handicapped, visually handicapped, educable and trainable retarded, emotionally disturbed, and speech handicapped. Also discussed are the status and objectives of the curriculum resource consultant program and of directors and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Objectives, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children, Program...
This report describes the national Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) performance contracting experiment and three of its local programs. It also briefly outlines one state-level development in performance contracting. In the OEO experiment, 20 school districts were selected to represent diverse geographic settings; the common elements of the selected schools are that the children largely perform below grade level in reading and math and are from low-income families. Six profit-making...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Accountability, Educational Programs, National Programs, Performance Contracts,...
This report examines the relationship between outreach projects and the new State Grants Program involved in the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP). Following a brief review of HCEEP'S mission and history, the State Grants Program and its three types of grants are described: planning, development, and implementation grants. Distinctions between the State Grant Program and an earlier program, the State Implementation Grant, are offered. Noted is the emphasis on collaboration...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cooperative Programs, Disabilities, Federal Programs, Outreach Programs, Preschool...
This paper reports on the High/Scope National Policy Conference, which was concerned with the process of designing good early childhood legislation and the political processes that enhance or impede legislative passage. Discussion began with an overview of the range of options facing policymakers as they attempt to design legislation or write regulations to govern state-funded programs. Following the overview, three states were featured for an in-depth look at their experience in designing and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Early Childhood Education, Educational Legislation, Policy Formation, Politics of...
In the past few years, numerous states have initiated school improvement programs. These programs have included any or all of the following characteristics: (1) teacher and administrator certification and competency tests; (2) school-based planning; (3) staff development; (4) student assessment; (5) revised curricula and instructional strategies; and (6) student competency tests and revised accreditation standards. New Jersey has developed a comprehensive plan to implement a "thorough and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Improvement, Improvement Programs, Program Descriptions, State Programs,...
The Michigan Educational Assessment Program presents an untimed, 70-question Social Studies Test (Form 35) for grade 4 students to assess social studies skills. This document contains the test booklet only. (PN)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Achievement Tests, Educational Assessment, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades, Social...
This report was written by the General Accounting Office (GAO) in response to a request by Senator John Melcher that the GAO provide information about prescription drugs as they relate to the needs of the elderly. The information in the report is based on results of an ongoing GAO study of catastrophic illness insurance and is derived from documents which the GAO has reviewed and from two legislative proposals to expand Medicare coverage for catastrophic illness. Demographic information about...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Drug Therapy, Drug Use, Federal Legislation, Financial Problems, Health Needs, Older...
This directory is designed for use by parents, professionals, and disabled persons interested and concerned about the transition period from high school to adult working life. It lists persons in each state who can be contacted for information on current transition activities as well as future transition services being planned by the state. It includes names, titles, addresses, and telephone numbers for persons designated as transition specialists by each state's chief state school officer and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Secondary Education, State Programs,...
Topics: STATE PROGRAMS, ETHNOCULTURAL FACTORS, PUBLIC HEALTH, MINORITY GROUPS, HEALTH CARE ACCESS
This directory lists state approved programs for the preparation of education personnel in Illinois. Addresses, telephone numbers, and contact persons for each institution are listed. The directory presents programs in terms of: (1) alphabetical listing of recognized institutions and approved programs; (2) approved early childhood education certificate programs; (3) approved elementary certificate programs; (4) approved secondary certificate programs; (5) approved special certificate programs;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Certificates, Higher Education, School Personnel, State Programs, Teacher...
In a background report and five appendices, this fact sheet reviews the automation status of state child support enforcement programs, giving particular attention to the status of automation efforts, state and federal officials' views, and reasons for progress or lack of progress. Information was obtained primarily by telephone interviews of officials in the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. As of May 1988, each of the 54 governmental units reported...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Administrator Attitudes, Automation, Financial Support, Law Enforcement, National...
Topics: CULTURAL COMPETENCE, MANAGED CARE, STATE PROGRAMS, HEALTH CARE DELIVERY, HEALTH INSURANCE, MINORITY...
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This directory contains 355 discretionary projects addressing the early childhood provisions of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) that received funds in 2004. It was compiled from 4 volumes separately published by the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHCY). The Research to Practice Division of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) administers the discretionary programs authorized by the 1997 Amendments...
Topics: ERIC Archive, State Programs, Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement, Disabilities, Technical...
The five year plan for gifted education in Illinois includes an historical overview, a brief statement of program philosophy, and summary of the plan's components, which include student identification, local program development, intermediate level services, and planning and development. The major portion of the document consists of a chart detailing objectives, activities, and timeliness for the four components of the plan. Among objectives are the following: establishment of the two categories...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Academically Gifted, Gifted, Program Development, Regional Programs, State Programs,...
The utilization of the third grade achievement data reported by the California Assessment Program (CAP) to schools was studied. All elementary school principals in California were surveyed in 1979 regarding the uses they made of the report. Over 70 percent used their score reports to compare results across years looking for trends. Other common uses included: closer examination of curriculum; revision of existing programs; development of instructional strategies to correct problem areas; to...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Education, Grade 3, Information Utilization, Principals, Scores, State...
The long range program proposed in this document is intended to provide the necessary framework for assuring that funds received through the Library Services and Construction Act will be used for assistance in: (1) the establishment, extension, and improvement of public library services in the areas of the state which are without such services or in which such services are inadequate; (2) the construction of public libraries; (3) the establishment, extension, and improvement of such other state...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Evaluation, Library Planning, Library Services, Objectives, State Libraries, State...
The goal of the Disabled Infants Project was to develop and implement a plan for updating child protective services in Texas to assure the protection of infants as required by the Child Abuse Amendments of 1984. As a result of the project, the Texas Department of Human Services has in place both policy and mechanisms which guide and enable response to reports of medical neglect of disabled infants with life-threatening conditions. Additionally, the project (1) determined that necessary laws and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Neglect, Disabilities, Financial Support, Guidelines, High Risk Persons,...
A state sponsored pilot project designed to provide special education services to rural South Dakota has attempted to overcome high teacher turnover due to lack of community resources, inappropriate preservice preparation, and poor relationships with administrators and peers. The model emphasizes retraining rural special educators as special education generalists and is built around three components: coursework designed to prepare graduate level students for a rural special education setting;...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Course Content, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher...
This report on Missouri's efforts to achieve the six National Education Goals for the year 2000 includes indicators to assess the state's progress in meeting those goals and program descriptions. Measures to achieve goal 1, to ensure that all children start school ready to learn, include education for preschoolers and their families, family crisis intervention, and health services. Reaching goal 2, raising the high school graduation rate to at least 90 percent, involves programs including...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Schools, State...
This Youth-School-Community Resource Guide is a reference manual of state and national programs for Texas youth, their schools, and their families. The agencies and organizations contained in this guide are divided into the following sections: (1) education programs; (2) service agencies; (3) university system services; (4) state agency services; (5) out-of-state/national agencies; and (6) hotlines. For each agency or organization there are: a program description stating the agency's purpose or...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Elementary Secondary Education, Family (Sociological Unit), National Programs, School...
Messages from the Governor and the State Librarian of Montana, background information on preconference activities, and an overview of the governor's conference process introduce this conference report. The report covers: (1) the planning process, including the purpose and goals of the conference, members of the various committees and subcommittees, and the charges to each of the committees; (2) the planning process for six regional preconferences and the Native American preconference, including...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Conferences, Democracy, Government Role, Library Services, Literacy, Objectives,...
This report describes the 1990 Pennsylvania Governor's Conference on Library and Information Services, which was held in September 1990 prior to the 1991 White House Conference on Library and Information Services. The report includes brief descriptions of the planning process, the governor's regional forums, the selection of delegates, and various sessions at the conference, including photographs of the conference speakers and brief highlights from their presentations. The report also provides...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Awards, Conferences, Information Services, Library Services, Planning, Public...
Intended as a model to aid school districts as they develop and review their curriculum documents and not intended for direct use by teachers preparing lessons, this guide to the kindergarten curriculum lists topics/concepts, learning outcomes, and sample learning objectives for children's social, physical, emotional, creative, and cognitive development. Entries in the topics/concepts column broadly define the content to be included in the study of each subject area. In the second column,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Educational Objectives, Elementary School Curriculum, Guidelines, Kindergarten,...
The introduction (Section I) to the Arizona Long-Range Program contains: the Planning process: past, present, future; General statements of library and archives, functions organization, etc.; and General statements of the conditions of Arizona: demography and library services. Section II contains needs, goals and objectives. Action to implement objectives is in Section III. Evaluation methodology and technique and dissemination of information are in Section IV. Part I of Section V contains the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Evaluation, Library Planning, Library Services, Objectives, State Libraries, State...
This State Plan for Environmental Education, proposed by the Texas Advisory Council on Environmental Education, is designed to promote a greater public awareness and understanding among Texas citizens of their relationships with and dependence upon the natural and man-made environments. Such an awareness should foster an ability to comprehend and evaluate the total costs of proposed trade-offs between environmental quality, continued economic growth, and standards of living. The plan calls for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Citizen Participation, Educational Programs, Environmental Education, Master Plans,...
The Alabama Commission on Higher Education has the statutory responsibility for the overall statewide planning and coordination of higher education in Alabama, the administration of various student aid programs, and the performance of designated regulatory functions. This annual report provides information about all of these responsibilities and some initiatives. Some of the higher education initiatives achieved during this fiscal year were continued funding for the Alabama Virtual Library and...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annual Reports, Educational Finance, Educational Planning, Educational Research,...
The position paper briefly outlines seven aspects of career education: (1) justice and equality, (2) the State goal, (3) competency-based credentialing, (4) curriculum, (5) services to students, (6) teacher education, and (7) Florida's position. (NH)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Career Education, Educational Objectives, State Departments of Education, State...
This memorandum of agreement for an academic common market is drawn up under the general framework of operation of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). The agreement is designed to establish an academic common market for sharing specified academic programs through an exchange of students across state borders. The Common Market will assist in eliminating unnecessary duplication and increasing availability and access to programs necessary in meeting the educational needs of citizens in...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Cooperative Programs, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Institutional Cooperation,...
Two programs have been developed in Pennsylvania to provide opportunities for and guidance in the development of speech communication curricula. The State Consultancy Service, established in 1964, first used volunteer consultant authorities to initiate speech education programs in school curricula or to suggest methods for improving existing programs. At no time has there been an attempt to establish a state prescribed syllabus or curriculum, although the program has operated under the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, State Departments of Education, State Programs, Lutz, Jeanne M.
The long-range program presented in this document outlines the present status of statewide library development in California and identifies needs and resources as a background for future statewide library development. It relates the forecast requirements for the next five years with the future of library service. The program sets forth the goals and objectives for the development of library service in California and presents alternative programs for achieving those goals and objectives. This...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Evaluation, Library Planning, Library Services, Objectives, State Libraries, State...
Teacher Centers began less than ten years ago in England. The English Teacher Centers are governed by the teachers themselves and are financially supported by the local educational authority. The various centers have two functions in common: (a) curriculum development; and (b) inservice education. In the United States, there are at least 4,500 programs listed as competency based, yet the procedures now used to accredit teacher education programs do not provide data on program quality,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Competency Based Education, Higher Education, Schools of Education, State Programs,...
The report summarizes the projects conducted by 16 agencies in South Dakota using P.L. 89-313, which ammended Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Each of the projects is reviewed in terms of title; specific state agency; location; type and number of children served; project background, goal, and objectives; methodology; and evaluation. Projects include computerizaton of an educational resource center, on-the-job-training, preschool services for handicapped children, efforts...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal...
This brochure lists some steps to help adults in Minnesota who want to further their education and career prospects through college, technical school, or graduate school. Minnesota has several types of postsecondary institutions that offer hundreds of programs. Many of these are geared for adults with courses on weekends and evenings. There are public and private resources to help those who are not sure about the type of education they want. These resources, which are listed, explain various...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Adult Students, Career Choice, Higher Education, Nontraditional Students, Reentry...
This report looks at higher education policy issues that are taking shape at the state level and provides data on key trends and indicators. The first section presents findings from the 2001 State Issues Survey. Topics discussed include: fiscal issues; governance/management; economic development; academic issues; distance education; and relationship issues between educational institutions and state entities. The second section gives a state fiscal update for fiscal year 2002, focusing on the...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Budgeting, Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Higher...
Among the provisions of Maryland Senate Bill 682 was that mission statements would be developed by the presidents of public institutions of higher education in Maryland, submitted, and then reviewed by the Higher Education Commission no later than June 30, 1999 as required by the law in effect before July 1, 1999. Mission statements were to be revised in the context of the state's new higher education plan. The mission statements submitted by the state's higher education institutions were found...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Higher Education, Mission Statements, Program Evaluation, Public Colleges, State...
This briefing book contains several documents prepared by the Montana University System for educators, policymakers, and other interested parties. The "Montana University System Fact Sheet" provides factual information about funding, costs, quality, and the productivity of the university system. The "Montana University System Message" describes the themes that are important for public understanding of the accomplishments and needs of the university system. An initiative,...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Access to Education, Economic Factors, Educational Finance, Higher Education, Program...
This document provides detailed information on how to interpret and use the results provided by the Kentucky Core Content Test (KCCT), Writing Portfolio, Norm-referenced Test, and other components of the Commonwealth Accountability Testing System (CATS) administered during the 2001-2002 school year. As required by statute, these reports are received by school districts on or before September 15 each year. Individual pages of the Kentucky Performance Report and three separate student level...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Reports, Scores, State Programs, Test...
The Fifth Annual Evaluation of Vocational Education in Nebraska, prepared by the Nebraska Advisory Council for Vocational Education for the Period July 1, 1973, through June 30, 1974, reviews progress and makes recommendations in the areas of four State priorities and three major goals: (1) State goals and priorities, (2) serving people and their needs, and (3) the extent to which previous recommendations have received due consideration. The first section considers a concept of career...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Annual Reports, Career Education, Educational Development, Postsecondary Education,...
This study of services to young children with special needs in Massachusetts was conducted for the Early Childhood Project, Division of Special Education, Massachusetts Department of Education. The report contains the following: (1) an evaluation of activities carried out between October 1979 and August 1980 by the Birth to Six Project in Brockton, Massachusetts; (2) a review of reports relating to the Early Childhood Planning Group's document A Plan for Coordinated Interagency Services for...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Agency Cooperation, Policy Formation, Preschool Education, Program Evaluation, Social...
The booklet documents the activities of Special Education Programs (SEP) and the National Diffusion Network (NDN) to build cooperative efforts between the two agencies in disseminating effective models for early intervention with the handicapped. Part I explains the historical network of the subnetwork, details the formal agreements, and presents results of a conference to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the system and to develop cooperative/coordinative plans for the future. Six major...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Agency Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education,...
This is a summary of the planning process which will be followed in pursuit of the "1977 General Plan," (LI004046). It is designed to guide the activities which give growth and direction to Nebraska libraries during at least the next five years. The summary of the Nebraska Five Year Long Range Planning Process represents the best thinking of a number of Nebraska residents who are assisted by the Nebraska Library Commission's professional planning staff. (Author/NH)
Topics: ERIC Archive, Library Planning, Library Services, State Libraries, State Programs, Kemper, Robert...
A five year plan for the State Library of West Virginia is projected. The problems and characteristics of the state which affect library service are outlined; it is concluded that economic conditions necessitate funds from either the state or Federal Government and that the present lack of recreational facilities indicates an opportunity for library service to have an impact on the population. Special consideration is also needed for the large portion of the existing conditions, showed a need...
Topics: ERIC Archive, Library Planning, Library Services, Needs, Objectives, Planning, State Agencies,...
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