Descriptor
Source
| Science and Children | 1 |
Publication Type
| Reports - General | 6 |
| Opinion Papers | 2 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
| Legal/Legislative/Regulatory… | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
| Administrators | 1 |
| Practitioners | 1 |
| Teachers | 1 |
Location
| Illinois | 2 |
| New Jersey | 1 |
| United States | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Brizius, Martine G.; Gappert, Gary – 1976
The New Jersey State Facilitator Project of the New Jersey State Department of Education attempted to implement the department's urban education improvement plan. A meeting with urban educators was held to discuss the services available through the Facilitator Project and how they might best be provided to the cities. The project was committed to…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement, Reading Instruction, State Departments of Education
McCune, Shirley – 1984
This paper presents guidelines for maintaining and extending educational opportunities in a society which is changing rapidly from one based on industry to one based on information and discusses the problems involved. Education, it is argued, must be restructured, the role of state policy and decision makers must be reconsidered, and a new set of…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Policy, Educationally Disadvantaged
Peer reviewedBindel, Henry J., Jr. – Science and Children, 1985
Compares eight states on their inservice teacher training programs, changes in the science curricula (including instruction requirements, skill lists, and/or syllabi development), curriculum evaluation, budget-program/personnel commitments, and resources for assistance. These states include Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Oregon,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Kauffman, John D. – 1979
Two reports on the current status and future trends of state assessment programs are presented. Among the results summarized for 1977-1978 and also presented in chart form for the 41 states which administer testing programs are: 19 programs are mandated by state legislatures; 22 programs test all students in the grades or ages assessed;…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives, Educational Testing, Educational Trends
Download full textIllinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1997
This report summarizes staff recommendations of the Illinois Board of Higher Education concerning budget recommendations for higher education operations and grants for fiscal year 1998. The report also includes recommendations for state appropriated revolving funds, locally held university income funds, and other appropriated funds. Specific…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Budgets, Community Colleges, Educational Finance
Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1997
This report contains project synopses and evaluations supporting recommendations for funding 25 continuing and 7 new projects in public and nonpublic colleges and universities included in the $1.5 million appropriated for fiscal year 1997 for the Illinois Cooperative Work Study Program. Selection criteria included: strengthening cooperation among…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Asian American Students, Asian Americans, Black Students
