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Wood, Linda J.; And Others – 1979
The report examines the characteristics of children (primarily between the ages of 6 and 17 years) placed in 42 New Jersey detention facilities, juveniles in need of supervision (JINS) shelters, and children's shelters; and provides descriptive information and analysis on the programs, policies, and budgets of these "temporary"…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Delinquency, Delinquent Rehabilitation, Demography
Nelson Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1967
In this study undertaken to evaluate the role of the county library in the emerging New Jersey library pattern, information was gathered through personal interviews, consultation with authorities on library government, group meetings with state library personnel, and questionnaires on opinions of county library service sent to trustees, librarians…
Descriptors: Decentralization, Financial Support, Governing Boards, Governmental Structure
Central New Jersey Urban Schools Improvement Council. – 1977
The purpose of this report is to examine the need for integration of various basic skills resources. The report concentrates on the comparison of data in the areas of policy, program integration, attitude and planning, student achievement, and cost effectiveness of the categorically-funded programs. Federal and local studies on compensatory…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Puerto Rican Congress of New Jersey, Trenton. – 1974
In the fall of 1972, superintendents and principals in 21 school district with significant Puerto Rican enrollment were interviewed. The interviews (usually lasting over three hours) focused on the educators' attitudes toward Puerto Ricans as a people; their perceptions of the educational needs of Puerto Rican youngsters; views on accountability,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Acculturation, Administrator Attitudes, Biculturalism
Association for Children of New Jersey, 2004
In an attempt to better prepare young children for the challenges of kindergarten and first grade, the Supreme Court of New Jersey, in its 1998 landmark decision of "Abbott v. Burke" (Abbott V), required the State's poorest school districts to implement high quality, intensive preschool for all 3-and 4-year old children. To take…
Descriptors: Informal Assessment, Young Children, Educational Change, Grade 1
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Somerville, James; Stanwood, Michael – Journal of Athletic Training, 1996
Surveys of 830 National Athletic Trainers' Association members examined academic degree, practice setting, years experience, state of employment, salary, and full- or part-time status. The article provides the resulting information on the trainers. (SM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Athletic Coaches, Athletics, Compensation (Remuneration)
Blumenstyk, Goldie – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1990
The findings of an annual report by the National Association of State Scholarship & Grant Programs, which each year surveys the state agencies responsible for student aid, calls spending increases in need-based aid for undergraduates "a very positive reversal of the slow growth rate" for such aid. (MLW)
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Grants
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Brodzinsky, David M.; Steiger, Cynthia – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 1991
This survey of 100 New Jersey public and private schools found that adopted children were overrepresented in special education populations, accounting for 6.7 percent of neurologically impaired students, 5.4 percent of perceptually impaired students, and 7.2 percent of emotionally disturbed students. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Adopted Children, Elementary Secondary Education, Emotional Disturbances, Hearing Impairments
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Castle, Nicholas G.; Engberg, John – Gerontologist, 2006
Purpose: The association between certified nurse aide, licensed practical nurse, and registered nurse turnover and the organizational characteristics of nursing homes are examined. Design and Methods: Hypotheses for eight organizational characteristics are examined (staffing levels, top management turnover, resident case mix, facility quality,…
Descriptors: Costs, Nursing Homes, Nurses, Job Satisfaction
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1989
In spring 1988, 103 bilingual/English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) and ESL-only school districts in New Jersey participated in a study to establish norms for the Language Assessment Battery (LAB) and Maculaitis Assessment Program (MAC) in grades K-12. This manual is designed to provide local district staff with the study's results and to make…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Cutting Scores, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
Nigh, Gary – 1986
Tabular data on degrees and awards granted by New Jersey colleges in 1985 are presented by program. In addition to totals for the state, data are provided by county. The following degrees/awards are covered: certificates, associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional. The information was obtained from the Higher Education…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, Bachelors Degrees, College Programs, Degrees (Academic)
Moll, Joy K. – 1978
This study of periodical interlibrary loan in New Jersey focuses on access to and sharing of periodical information in the state-wide library networks and investigates the feasibility of providing online search services for such information. The three part study began with a survey of the library literature dealing with networking and an…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Databases, Feasibility Studies, Interlibrary Loans
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Fischer, Joan, Ed. – 1975
At a reading conference devoted to analysis of the impact of statewide testing of reading in New Jersey, the following nine questions were addressed: How can scores be used by teachers? How should test results be reported to the press and the public? Do state tests replace commercial, normed tests? Is the state test unfair to minorities? How might…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Testing, Elementary Secondary Education, Local Norms
Donohue, Gregory; Rainear, Arthur D.
Surveyed were the program planning processes employed by 40 New Jersey schools in establishing resource rooms as alternatives to self-contained special classes for handicapped children. Responses to questionnaire items indicated that a majority of the schools surveyed did not formally evaluate their previous self-contained program to determine its…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Handicapped Children
Geyer, John J.; Mayes, Bea – 1974
This directory contains comprehensive descriptions of diagnostic-prescriptive reading programs for which some success has been demonstrated in the classroom as shown by statistical evidence of significant improvement in student learning. The programs chosen do not constitute all the diagnostic-prescriptive reading programs available nor were all…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, National Surveys
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