A Special Education Resource System (SERS) is a local school district's clearinghouse for all instructional materials used to teach handicapped students in any given instructional arrangement. It gives teachers ready access to instructional resources that correlate with the district's curriculum objectives and the student's individual educational…

The 30-year history of the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education is reviewed. The article describes the partnership between the Council for Exceptional Children and ERIC, the broadened scope of ERIC in the 1980s, the Special Project to disseminate research funded by the Office of Special…

Several short articles outline services of information clearinghouses in special education, how to access them, collaborative activities among clearinghouses, types of information requests received by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Disabilities and Gifted Education and by the National Clearinghouse for Professions in Special Education, documents about…

The "Catalog of ERIC Clearinghouse Publications" lists approximately 500 titles of publications prepared by the ERIC Clearinghouses and currently available in original copies from them. It is the equivalent of a "Books-in-Print" for the ERIC Clearinghouses. The titles listed range across the past several years. Titles are…

These four annual reports detail Indiana's efforts to enhance computer literacy for teachers and assist in computer instruction in the schools. The consortium was given the responsibility by 1983 legislation to establish regional clearinghouses for computer instruction information, coordinate teacher training in computer instruction skills, and…

Examines in detail the channels through which educational research information is disseminated. Organized dissemination efforts such as clearinghouses and information networks are described and the utilization of formal and informal channels is reviewed. A reference list and a list of selected sources for disseminating research in education are…

This guide describes ERIC (the Educational Resources Information Center) as a system of 16 clearinghouses and 5 support units providing many types of information services related to education, and also describes ERIC as a bibliographic database where descriptions of education-related documents and articles are maintained. It explains how to get…

Included are the four information bulletins produced by the ERIC Clearinghouse for Science, Mathematics and Environmental Education for the calendar year 1980. The first issue contains an interpretative summary from the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics project "Priorities in School Mathematics" as well as announcements of…

A clearinghouse specializing in providing tax-sheltered annuity services for school employees eliminates any question of school district liability for investment performance. (MLF)

This document outlines the collection development policies for the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC). It details the clientele the collection is intended to serve, the scope and boundary of the collection, the methods employed to identify and acquire resources for the collection, the selection and…

Describes the Eisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education (ENC), which provides free online access to instructional materials for K-12 educators. Discusses the ENC Catalog of Curriculum Resources; how to access the ENC; lesson plans, projects, and programs; print materials for those who are not yet online; and…

The directory, a revision of the 1986 version, lists public (federal, state, and local) and private agencies, professional associations, commissions, clearinghouses, resource centers, and other organizations, that might be of interest to those involved in the education of language minority students and the school districts that serve them.…

This booklet explains how the ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center) and ECER (Exceptional Child Education Resources) databases can be used to find information about the education of individuals who have disabilities or who are gifted. The guide describes ERIC as a federally funded information system with a database of over 400,000…

This digest highlights features of the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC), explains how to use the system most effectively, and offers suggestions on how health and physical education teacher education faculty can present and use the ERIC system to supplement classroom instruction. Following a description of how resources in ERIC can…

Six critical educational technology (ET) needs in California were identified at the first of two forums held in California in the summer of 1982. The six needs are: (1) state and local planning: coordination and cooperation across the state; (2) public awareness of technology literacy issues; (3) adequate funding for planning and implementation of…