This brief illustrates how digital learning opportunities and technology can significantly increase access to high-quality learning materials, curricula, and effective online learning tools to help youth in secure care settings develop expertise in shaping personalized learning and future goals. The brief also offers takeaways that practitioners,…

The Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science and Mathematics Teaching were awarded for the first time in October 1983. This bulletin spotlights the two Oregon mathematics teachers who were nominated by the state for the national award. Sue McGraw and Fred Board are master teachers with unique, individual, and exceptional classroom teaching…

Annually, ACT provides a snapshot of the college and career readiness of ACT-tested high school graduates. This report is offered as a service to inform policymakers and practitioners about selected indicators of effectiveness and how that translates into readiness. It is designed to stimulate discussion, inquiry, and action. This report is…

This manual provides school bus drivers and school officials with pertinent material relating to safe and efficent school transportation. Chapter I presents the laws governing pupil transportation. Oregon motor vehicle laws are identified by an ORS (Oregon Revised Statute) number, and pupil transportation regulations are identified by an OAR…

In six sections, this guide suggests school record maintenance policies and procedures that conform to the requirements of state and federal legislation. Framing each section are the notions that school districts can legally protect the privacy of both students and parents, ensure that a process exists for challenging incorrect, inapproriate, or…

A study of principal evaluation practices in Oregon is based on responses of a supervisor and two principals from each of 30 school districts. Differences of opinion between principals and their supervisors are discussed and implications explored. Results suggest specific areas in which commonly used procedures could be improved. (MLF)

The manual aims to assist occupational and physical therapists in describing the differences between school-based therapy and clinic-based therapy, recognizing the primary role of school-based therapy in special education, identifying the therapist's responsibilities in the Individualized Education Program development process, describing the…

This study examines (1) the financial consequences of pursuing teaching as a profession in Oregon and (2) the progression of teachers' salaries at three levels of public education (elementary-secondary, community college, and university) over the period 1976-77 through 1985-86. A longitudinal research design focused on two cohorts of teachers:…

Seven concept papers are presented that focus on the changes needed in the mathematics curriculum, K-12, to make mathematics teaching in Oregon school districts more relevant to the mathematics used in today's technological society. Task forces developed the papers, which addressed the major issues of reform in the mathematics curriculum:…

Team management became popular during the late 1960s and early 1970s as educators adopted the concept to help solve the increasingly complex problems facing schools. The mere existence of a management team of central office and building administrators does not mean that team management is being practiced. Chapter 1 enumerates the benefits of team…

The purpose of this manual is to improve and clarify the system of student accounting used in Oregon public schools. Student accounting in Oregon should yield accurate demographic assessments of students at the local school and program level that will in turn provide cumulative data at the district, state, and federal levels. The manual reviews…

Presents a partial list of the 132 Oregon and Washington plants which have been proposed for federal protection under the Endangered Species Act. Suggestions for student/citizen involvement in preserving these species and a description of a videotape about rare/endangered species of the Willamette Valley (Oregon) are included. (DH)

Three developments lend support to the idea that schools must help teach study skills: (1) advances in cognitive psychology that suggest children are active learners; (2) society's concern for at-risk students; and (3) growing demands for improved student performance. There is evidence that systematic study skills instruction does improve academic…

This document was prepared to support school districts in the process of implementing Oregon administrative regulations regarding gifted student education. Elements are listed that should be included in school district policies relating to the education of gifted students. A step-by-step program planning outline is suggested, from establishing a…

Stressing that building vocabulary knowledge is a continuously developing skill, acquired over a lifetime and in a variety of ways, this concept paper suggests instructional strategies that lead to word knowledge. Following a research summary and a section on implications for instructions, the paper focuses on the various instructional strategies…