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New Mexico Public Education Department, 2021
The purpose of this guidebook is to provide guidance to school districts in completing their local Tribal Education Status Report (TESR). Any data that is reported in the local TESRs has to comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) which is a Federal law that protects the privacy of…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Tribes, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation
New Mexico Public Education Department, 2020
The purpose of this guidebook is to provide guidance to school districts in completing their local Tribal Education Status Report (TESR). Any data that is reported in the local TESRs has to comply with the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g; 34 CFR Part 99) which is a Federal law that protects the privacy of…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, American Indian Education, Educational Legislation, Public Education
Princiotta, Daniel; Reyna, Ryan – NGA Center for Best Practices, 2009
As governors confront the worst state fiscal environment in the past 25 years, long-term prospects for strong economic growth are hampered by an immense underlying problem: the high school dropout crisis. At least one student in five drops out of school, and nearly 5 million 18- to 24-year-olds lack a high school diploma. Annually, dropouts cost…
Descriptors: Economic Progress, High Schools, Graduation Rate, Dropout Rate
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Office of Policy Planning and Research. – 1996
This manual is designed as a technical resource to explain the accountability system used by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to evaluate the performance of public school districts and campuses. The system integrates district accreditation status; campus ratings; district and campus recognition for high performance and performance improvement; and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Attendance, Dropout Rate, Educational Assessment
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Office of Policy Planning and Research. – 1996
This manual is designed as a technical resource to explain the accountability system used by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to evaluate the performance of public school districts and campuses. The system integrates district accreditation status; campus ratings; district and campus recognition for high performance and performance improvement; and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Attendance, Dropout Rate, Educational Assessment
Painter, Bert; And Others – 1979
This report aims to reconstruct the experience of the participants within the school districts in the West Kootenay region of British Columbia during the six-week period of a strike/lockout of nonteaching employees. It also attempts to determine the labor dispute's major effects on school performance and to identify ways of minimizing the effects…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Attendance, Attendance Patterns
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Berkay, Paul J. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1990
A model of direct communication in American Sign Language is presented for application in mainstreamed adult education courses. Comparisons of 12 hearing and 11 deaf students enrolled in a mainstreamed word processing class using the suggested client-centered, individual instruction format with limited lecture time showed no significant…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Adult Education, American Sign Language
Knight, Dorothy Mae – 1994
This publication is the second state-mandated annual report card for Alaska's public school districts, covering the 1992-93 school year. Included are a state summary of all 54 school districts' report cards, individual summaries of school district report cards, a state-operated schools summary, and a state summary of the 1993-94 education plans.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Annual Reports, Attendance
Kaeser, Susan C. – 1984
This guide to children out of school is addressed mainly, but not exclusively, to school districts, school personnel, and concerned citizens in the State of Ohio. The greatest focus is on the educator's role in assuring that all children are served and on finding solutions when school participation problems exist. The basic position on attendance…
Descriptors: Attendance, Board of Education Policy, Discipline Policy, Dropout Prevention