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Atherton, Blair – 1997
The report summarizes a study of the six-year graduation rates of first-time college-degree-seeking undergraduates at Nova Southeastern University (NSU) (Florida). The purpose of the study was to (1) develop research methods that would be in compliance with the Student Right-to-Know Act (SRK), and to further investigate the composition of…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Freshmen, College Outcomes Assessment, College Students
Reynolds, Carolyn E. – 1990
The development and implementation of a program to facilitate communication and improve working relationships between elementary school staff members is described. Methodology involved observation of inservice faculty training sessions and a participant survey. The program was based on three components: a series of faculty inservice workshops,…
Descriptors: Collegiality, Communication Research, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Williams, O'Neal – 1986
Because of the poor response rate to St. Johns River Community College's follow-up surveys on program completers, the college decided to develop a postcard format survey form in the hope of improving survey response rates. After reviewing a similar follow-up survey postcard used by another two-year college in Florida, the project staff settled on…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data Collection, Databases, Educational Legislation
Commission on the Future of Florida's Public Universities, Tallahassee. – 1978
A 1977 review is presented of Florida's State University System, which was conducted by the Commission on the Future of Florida's Public Universities--a blue ribbon commission. The current status of the system and some indications of the importance of high quality universities to Florida's future are considered, and recommendations for improving…
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Faculty, College Planning, College Programs
Rollason, Wendell N. – 1984
The report presents Redlands Christian Migrant Association's (RCMA's) position on Florida's Migrant Education Program, the program changes sought by RCMA, and background and back-up materials. The packet of materials includes brief discussions of the background and reactivation of the Task Force on Migrant Education; State Board of Education…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate, Early Childhood Education
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Atlanta, GA. – 1969
The Rural Education Improvement Project of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools presents its second annual report relative to a 5-year rural education improvement program funded by the Noyes Foundation and the Danforth Foundation. The purposes of the program are reported as (1) the identification of effective means of interrupting the…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Communication Skills, Community Organizations, Cultural Enrichment

Florida Dept. of State, Tallahassee. Div. of Library and Information Services. – 1998
This 49th annual Florida Library directory with statistics edition includes listings for over 1,000 libraries of all types in Florida, with contact named, phone numbers, addresses, and e-mail and web addresses. In addition, there is a section of library statistics, showing data on the use, resources, and financial condition of Florida's libraries.…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Libraries
Brischetto, Robert; Vaughan, David – 1979
To study the impact of school finance reform on minorities and the poor, researchers gathered data on educational revenues and spending, tax effort, district wealth and income, ethnicity, and urban location in California, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, New Mexico, and Texas. Their data analysis used various measures of educational equity and fiscal…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
Nassif, Paula M.; And Others – 1979
A procedure which employs a method of item substitution based on item difficulty is recommended for developing parallel criterion referenced test forms. This procedure is currently being used in the Florida functional literacy testing program and the Georgia teacher certification testing program. Reasons for developing parallel test forms involve…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Difficulty Level, Equated Scores, Functional Literacy
Florida State Advisory Council on Vocational and Technical Education, Tallahassee. – 1973
To report on a large number of wide-ranging vocational and career education programs, the Florida State advisory council utilized the three broad goals developed for such evaluations by the U. S. Office of Education, the National Advisory Council, and an ad hoc committee representing State advisory councils, responding to specific items of inquiry…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Annual Reports, Career Education, Demonstration Programs
Cheek, Martha C.; Haynes, Judy L. – 1972
The third section of a four-art technical report on Florida's Statewide Assessment Program provides statewide results of tests of reading-related skills in grades 2 and 4 and recommendations based on the results. A description of the reading-related skills is provided in Chapter 1, which covers assessment of reading skills, organization of…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Grade 2, Grade 4, Listening Comprehension
Lazear, Katherine J.; Gomez, Angela; Chambers, Tina – 1998
A qualitative study that examined the characteristics and experiences of Florida youth who are served under the Florida Department of Education Multiagency Network for Students with Serious Emotional Disturbance (SED) and who have achieved success in several life domains. The study used the framework of the Child and Adolescent Service System…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Children

Bickel, Robert; Papagiannis, George – Youth and Society, 1988
Analyzes the effects of high school students' economic prospects on high school completion rates for 67 Florida school districts. Concludes that students' decisions to drop out or complete high school may be influenced by their perceptions of the economic advantages that accompany a diploma. (FMW)
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, County School Districts, Dropout Rate, Dropout Research
Fardig, Glen E. – 1984
A project was conducted to extend the planning and implementation for performance-based teacher education (PBTE) and competency-based vocational education (CBVE) in Florida by developing criteria according to which programs could be planned, implemented, and evaluated. A steering committee of Florida vocational educators met throughout the…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Competency Based Teacher Education, Curriculum Development, Data Collection
Dhillon, Jogindar S.; Cassel, Carol A. – 1977
Designed as Phase I of a project directed toward the eventual establishment of multi-purpose, cooperative, local organizations concerned predominately with the socio-economic development of low income rural families in northwest Florida, this survey project was conducted in six counties which were selected according to rurality, incidence of…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Behavior Patterns, Behavioral Science Research, Economic Opportunities