Persistently low-performing schools have been repeatedly targeted for comprehensive reform for more than two decades, usually with poor results. These efforts have suffered, however, because they were often poorly implemented or insufficiently grounded in rigorous research. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), enacted in 2015, provides a…

In the current communications regulatory and policymaking environment there are several factors of crucial importance to public broadcasting, including (1) the system's increased visibility; (2) the impact of inflation on governmental budget decisions; (3) policymaker assumptions about new technologies, economic forces, and deregulation; and (4)…

Compares and contrasts the Canadian federal Environmental Assessment and Review Process (EARP) and the Environmental Assessment Act of Ontario, two different approaches to evaluating potential environmental consequences of proposed projects. Indicates that the federal process is flexible but vulnerable to inconsistency/compromise; and that…

This article reviews child protection research policy in the United States and identifies needs. It considers the current state of knowledge; examines the allocation of responsibility (federal, state, private, and community foundations); summarizes federal support for research on child maltreatment; and considers structural and technical issues…

This book examines disability related housing and support services in Canada. It describes the major sources of funding supporting these services and analyzes associated problems. A variety of policy options for improving the availability and quality of disability-related housing and support services is offered. The first chapter briefly describes…

Provides a background for discussion of the lack of information policies in underdeveloped nations. The paper primarily refers to the conditions and problems of less developed countries, although it is observed that all countries are to a large extent underdeveloped in their information policies. (25 references) (MAB)

The problem addressed in this paper is how to design a policy or set of policies suitable to guide the National Institute of Education (NIE) in allocating funds for projects on curriculum research and development. Principles are set forth for ranking curricular needs in the allocational agenda. Three circumstances are described that would call for…

Priority setting is examined from the perspective of planning practitioners operating in a major federal regulatory agency. Causes of ambivalence in setting priorities are considered, and ways to reduce ambivalence are suggested. Three models are proposed for setting priorities in the public sector. (SLD)

The role of government in curriculum development and how priorities among various types of curriculum and related efforts should be set is discussed. It is argued that federal involvement in curriculum is necessary as a part of general commitment to educational reform and renewal. It is suggested that other major forces in curriculum development,…

Few, if any, of the federal policy and funding decisions in the field of physician career development have been based on the results of empirical research, partly because research has had little practical knowledge to offer policy makers. Examples are cited and implications discussed. (LBH)

Describes what is involved in the Congressional policy-making process, and describes the Capitol Hill community. Discusses the human element that is inherent in understanding and representing constituencies and in attempting to translate the constituents' concerns into policy. Considers what role psychologists might play in this policy-making…

The fifth of five volumes on the means by which Canadian communities can reduce the incidence of mental retardation, minimize existing impairment, and improve the quality of life of the mentally retarded, this booklet focuses on issues raised by the first four volumes, discusses the current system of support and services in Canada, and offers…

This report, one of two required by Public Law 94-282, is concerned with current and anticipated developments in science and technology and the effects of those developments on society. It is to provide, in part, for the Congress to be regularly informed of the condition, health and vitality of science and technology and the relation of science…

This is the first of two volumes of source documents commissioned by the National Science Foundation in preparing the second 5-Year Outlook on Science and Technology for transmission to the Congress. This volume consists of 17 chapters prepared by the National Research Council about human resources, natural resources and the environment, research…

The Lifelong Learning Project (established under the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare) and possible approaches toward the development of effective and efficient Federal-State relationships in carrying out adult learning programs in communities are discussed along with other implications of the project. (TA)