This study was the second year of a project that attempted to formulate criteria for project evaluation and funding decisions. Activities were designed to produce measures of project impact for vocational education projects. The second year's work focused on refinement of impact variables, and a survey of directors of vocational education…

To assist school districts, this document presents the guidelines and evaluation methods used by the New York State Education Department (SED) to identify and validate exemplary school district practices that can be adopted by other districts. The handbook integrates the three phases of the validation process, comprising the district's preparation…

The State of New York Education Department requires that school districts submit applications demonstrating their efforts to provide remedial instruction to all students in need. The program plans reported in the applications should reflect unified procedures for needs assessment, evaluation, and data analysis. The reporting procedure should…

New York's Special Delinquency Prevention Program (SDPP) was started in 1978 to provide preventive services to youth who most likely might become involved in the juvenile, social services, or mental health systems. In 1987, this program funded 542 community youth programs at a cost of $14 million. This audit assesses the Division for Youth's…

The New York State Legislature provided $11.2 million to start up, renovate, improve, and/or operate child care centers on campuses of the City University of New York (CUNY) and the State University of New York (SUNY). The 60 child care centers had over 4,500 children enrolled for 1987-88, and 20 centers opened as a direct result of the state…