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Ott, J. S.; Langer, M. – 1987
The policy analysis examines application of permanency planning principles (services in family settings that provide continuity in relationships) to services for developmentally disabled children (through age 21) in Colorado. Section I provides an extensive description of permanency planning principles and a discussion of their theoretical and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adoption, Children, Developmental Disabilities
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Delgado-Gaitan, Concha – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1988
Examines 12 Chicano high school students and their families in La Victoria, Colorado, to determine the social conditions that help some students to stay in school and compel others to leave. Discusses the degree of congruency between the values of school held by the school, the family, and the students. (Author/BJV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cultural Context, Dropout Characteristics, Ethnicity
National Assessment of Educational Progress, Princeton, NJ. – 1991
In 1990, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) included a Trial State Assessment (TSA); for the first time in the NAEP's history, voluntary state-by-state assessments (37 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands) were made. The sample was designed to represent the 8th grade public school population in a state…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Calculators, Educational Assessment, Family Environment