Each year, school districts in every state are required to file various financial reporting forms with their state education agency. Although these documents are often viewed more as a nuisance than a useful planning tool, they represent a wealth of information rarely exploited to full advantage by state or local policy makers. The research…

The subcommittee on newspaper internships and training programs, a cooperative venture of the Association for Education in Journalism (AEJ) and the American Newspaper Publishers Association (ANPA), has been searching for information for the cooperative improvement of journalism education. The subcommittee's annual report discusses four projects…

Finding summative evaluation methods lacking in relevance to specific programs within special education, a serial evaluation process was initiated to promote evaluation utilization in a California suburban school district. This method evolved during 5 years of evaluation activity with six strategies facilitating the development: (1) idenification…

For an analysis of real-world writing, a researcher picked annual reports since they are written for stockholders, financial advisers, and "the competition." Annual reports are essentially "puff pieces," documents written by company people aiming to please the stockholders. Because of the varied audience, the narrative section,…

This report analyzes 1990-91 "report card" data for Tennessee's schools, making comparisons to earlier studies when appropriate. Of particular importance are the analyses of the relationships among 15 school district characteristics and mean student outcomes (scores from Tennessee's Comprehensive Testing Program and the Tennessee…

This paper examines Alabama's State Education Report Card for the year 2000. It identifies predictors for student academic achievement at both the district and school levels for 128 public school systems and 1,272 public schools. Separate analyses were conducted for 61 city and 67 county school systems. The variables included number of students,…

In 1988, California voters passed a constitutional ballot initiative, Proposition 98, that required local districts to publish School Accountability Report Cards containing information on specific school characteristics. This study documents some key events leading to the passage of Proposition 98 and the subsequent implementation of the report…

This paper provides an update on how some new charter schools have fared during the first year of operation under Pennsylvania's charter school legislation (PA Act 22, June 1997). Data should facilitate an examination of the degree to which the legislation supports or inhibits the entrepreneurial school reform practice of charter schools. Twenty…

This document comprises information and various forms that can be used by schools to conduct an annual local review of their Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Chapter 1 School Program and identify programs needing improvement. The following materials are included: (1) a summary of requirements for a local annual review; (2) an outline of…

The Section of Education for Peace and Human Rights of the Division for the Promotion of Quality Education held an expert meeting on Intercultural Education from March 20-22, 2006 at UNESCO Headquarters, bringing together international experts from Australia, Bolivia, Egypt, Finland, Hungary, Korea, Lebanon, Mexico, Nigeria, South Africa and the…

The application of management by objectives (MBO) at Roosevelt University is described. Semantic problems were overcome and "administration by objectives" was implemented as a process by which institutional goals and objectives and those of each administrator are made explicit and agreed upon, the detailed steps and the sources needed to…

Themes of this interpretive report of the 27th National Adult Education Conference, held in Portland, Oregon, October 25-29, 1978, were employment, ethics, education, environment, and energy. Focus throughout was on people--adult learners and adult educators--and the role of adult education in the years ahead. (MF)

The annual report of the Division of Bibliographic Control of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) is presented, accompanied by papers that were presented at conference sessions dealing with bibliography. In 1991-92, the Section on Bibliography of the IFLA Division of Bibliographic Control had 89 members,…

Opening remarks by Else Granheim, President of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA), address the meeting theme--"The Basis of Library and Information Services for National Development"--with special attention to the promotion of the reading habit and adult education. Remarks cover IFLA activities in the past…

The 1977-78 activities of the American Association of Colleges of Podiatric Medicine are reviewed including: legislation, state contracts, Bureau of Health Manpower, priorities survey, clinical competence, and application services. Critical issues for AACPM are competency, national health policy, applicant pool, residency programs, and faculty…