The North Carolina End-of-Course Testing Program was established to provide student, school, and school system information about achievement in high school courses. This report describes: (1) "Characteristics of Biology Students"; (2) "Student Performance on the Core Test"; (3) "Anticipated Final Grades and Scores on the…

The North Carolina End-of-Course Testing Program was established to provide student, school, and school system information about achievement in high school courses. This report describes: (1) "Characteristics of Chemistry Students"; (2) "Student Performance on the Core Test"; (3) "Combining Performance and Participation:…

Administrator compensation in North Carolina schools has traditionally been based on experience and preparation, independent of the level of performance. The development plan adopted addresses this issue by recommending five levels of differentiation for each administrator job classification. A person may stay in one classification for an entire…

The document describes 17 programs of interagency transitional programming and planning for exceptional students exiting public schools in North Carolina and elsewhere. It is intended to disseminate information on successful programs in the state and encourage visitation between local school administrative units. Programs were selected according…

This revised report on long-range planning for higher education in North Carolina contains sections on: (1) higher education in the state in 1977; (2) constraints, assumptions, and projections affecting planning for higher education; (3) goals, tasks, and objectives; (4) instruction, research, and public service; and (5) future planning and…

To suggest some appropriate courses of action in occupational education for the state of North Carolina, a 20-member advisory committee on vocational education undertook a comprehensive study of local administrative units which resulted in 33 recommendations. Some are: (1) that arrangements be provided for regular, systematic and thorough…

The annual report of ESEA Title VI-A activities of the instructional materials developmental center of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (North Carolina) presents information on statistical data, project objectives, inservice workshops, convention and lecture participation, visitations, areas served, problems encountered, and project…

As a preface to indepth feasibility studies of the concept, this source book characterizes three basic categories of year-round plans; lists the arguments, advantages, and disadvantages of the three general plans; provides a brief description of North Carolina experimental programs; reports sample research findings that explore cost considerations…

This report constitutes an evaluation of the first year of a 2-year training program conducted by the American Management Association. The program focuses on organizational planning in two State educational agencies and involves the sequential implementation of three distinct, offsite, residential training efforts. The first of these, the…

Presented are the findings of the 1976 Chapel Hill Study of the Region IV status of services to Head Start handicapped children. Brief introductory sections cover the roles of various Region IV network components in the provision of comprehensive services to special needs children and the design of the data collection system to investigate the…

At its November 2004 meeting, the North Carolina State Board of Education approved standards for developing and implementing honors courses in that state. These standards in curriculum, instruction, and assessment are designed to provide a consistent framework to guide teachers and principals as they develop and evaluate local courses that are…

This guide was developed for North Carolina teachers in early childhood education and focuses on how play-based center activities in kindergarten teach literacy, mathematics, science, social studies, and the arts. Development of the guide was based on educators' experiences and their understanding of how children learn. The guide's introduction…

In 1998 for the first time, the NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) administered a writing assessment at the state level. This report describes the writing achievement of North Carolina eighth-grade students and compares their overall performance to students in the Southeast region of the United States and the nation (using data…

Describes and evaluates efforts by North Carolina to assist school personnel in using computers and computer assisted instruction. Discusses a general statewide conference, eight follow-up hands-on regional workshops, follow-up application conferences, specialized planning sessions, and the implementation of a state coordinating project. (DC)

Addresses the problems of using student test scores to evaluate teachers, citing North Carolina as an example. Considers the problems with accountability laws, misidentifying problems when using student test scores, and teaching to the test. Discusses appropriate accountability mechanisms, the importance of social context, and organizing for…