Eight agencies (including three teacher centers and three Teacher Corps programs) in the state of Washington, concerned with inservice teacher education, formed a network to test and to explore avenues of cooperation and coordination. Since the emphasis was on collaboration between Teacher Corps and and teacher centers, the first step was to…

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…

NIE's State Capacity Building Program in Dissemination supports the development of comprehensive programs in State Education Agencies. The nature of the dissemination capacity is reflected in goals of providing greater access to information resources for educators, and realization of increased coordination among activities of SEAs. Each SEA…

The report--40% of which consists of appendixes--presents the state of Kentucky's 1980 plan for special education and related services for handicapped children: the annual program plan amendment for Part B of the Education of the Handicapped Act as amended by the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (P.L. 94-142). The plan documents…

Narrative reports and tabular data on the status of efforts in each of the territories and states of the United States to meet the needs of limited English speaking students are presented. The information was collected as part of a national survey. (JB)

The approach of Georgia's career education program is one in which the state leadership serves first as a catalyst in stimulating local educators to re-examine the educational needs of their students, and second, as a source of assistance to local educators as they think through, within the context of their local environments, the changes they…

The report evaluates the effectiveness of Oklahoma's vocational programs, services, and activities for 1975. It includes a list of the 25 members of the Advisory Council, a summary of the status of current programs, the year's evaluation and recommendations, commendations, and a digest of comments made at regional meetings with school…

Presented by the Iowa Department of Public Instruction are recommendations for comprehensive hearing conservation services and educational programing for hearing impaired (HI) pupils. Part 1 consists of Iowa's Rules of Special Education which are arranged under 10 divisions: authority, scope, general principles and definitions; methods of…

This document describes the Pennsylvania Competency-Based Teacher Education (PaCBTE) program and the Pennsylvania Competency-Assessment Certification (PaCAC) program and their relationship to teacher certification. The PaCBTE program is described as the state department of education's effort to assist colleges and universities in the transition to…

This analysis focuses on the current patterns of linkage of local and intermediate education districts to State departmnts of education. Most of the literature offers suggestions and recommendations that State education departments increase their role in statewide coordination and in development and implementation of statewide educational policy.…

To provide a basis for fulfillment of a statutory responsibility to review the administration of Federal programs that reinforce State education agencies, this report traces the history of those agencies from the data provided by the agencies in their annual reports, and from information supplied by the staff of the U.S. Office of Education.…

This study investigated how rural states assess programs and services provided to disabled and disadvantaged vocational education students in terms of planning and operational processes. Study findings revealed a variety of strategies for affecting the implementation of state education agency evaluations. (Author)

A major challenge facing state policymakers who are demanding a high level of accountability in education is to design an accountability mechanism to track educational reform. The structure and uses of eight exemplary approaches to accountability are examined, resulting in a set of design characteristics for state accountability mechanisms. (TJH)

This report by the Kentucky Secretary of Education, Arts, and Humanities offers an overview of the initiatives begun in the arts and humanities with the implementation of KERA (Kentucky Education Reform Act), and a Kentucky Education Technology System. The Kentucky Education, Arts, and Humanities Cabinet was formed with restructuring efforts…

This position document is introduced by a fact sheet that lists the numbers of homeless people and the appropriations for various programs that assist homeless people. The executive summary discusses: (1) the plight of homeless children; (2) the passage of the McKinney Homeless Assistance Amendments of 1990 by the U.S. Congress; (3) services…