This handbook is designed for heads of private (nonpublic) elementary and secondary schools. As used here, the term private school means an elementary or secondary school, not under the jurisdiction of a public school board, that complies with race and sex discrimination regulations of the federal government. This includes schools operated by…

This booklet provides a framework for meeting the Illinois constitutional requirement that the schools of the state provide an efficient system of high quality education. Recognition is the process by which the state superintendent of education certifies that a local school district has met efficient and adequate basic standards for the quality of…

Since the California Assessment Program began in 1972 to provide information for evaluation of school programs in California, major changes in testing practices have occurred. Scholastic aptitude testing has been eliminated in all grades; state-designed reading and basic skills tests are administered in grades one, two, three, six, and twelve.…