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Updating School Board Policies, 1976
Describes new routes school districts are offering as a means for obtaining a high school diploma. Emphasizes competency-based education. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Competency Based Education, Evaluation, Graduation Requirements
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. Div. of General Academic Education. – 1987
This state plan identifies New Jersey Department of Education activities for assisting local school districts in designing educational programs to meet the needs of intellectually and academically gifted students. The plan begins with an identification of needs in the area of gifted education, focusing on the need for multiple measures for student…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Gnezda, Terry; Sonnier, Cate – State Legislative Report, 1988
Examined in this report is the extent of interest in educational programs for preschool-age children during the 1980s. The introduction notes that 21 states spent state money on early childhood programs in 1987, and that the spending was in response to: (1) increased employment of mothers of young children; (2) research demonstrating the long- and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Early Childhood Education, Financial Support, Preschool Education
Hansen, Kenneth H. – 1985
The parental right to select a child's school involves more than the option to choose nonpublic education. This document reviews a number of policy options availaable to public education systems for providing educational choice. Options at the state level include the use of education vouchers, subsidized transfer to selected schools, and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Nontraditional Education, Public Education
Hansen, Kenneth H. – 1985
When establishing statewide and nationally comparable educational evaluation and assessment systems, state education agencies (SEAs) must consider factors affecting policy in at least four areas. First, the full range of purposes for establishing such a system should be clarified. It must be decided whether the system exists to provide data for…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Data Interpretation, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy
Weissman, Stanley P. – 1978
Efforts to coordinate state-level Right to Read activities are reported in this document by listing objectives and indicating what activities were undertaken in support of those objectives. The activities included four regional meetings of state Right to Read project directors during which the following four problem areas were discussed: training…
Descriptors: Coordination, Educational Cooperation, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
Glasman, Naftaly S. – 1981
California state officials vary in their perceptions of the functions and uses of state Department of Education evaluations, according to state legislators, legislative staff members, department administrators, and outside evaluators whose opinions were gathered through interviews and at a 1981 symposium. Highlighted here are the legislators'…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Credibility, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Needs
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Office of Research and Planning. – 1981
The Kentucky Department of Education has a responsibility to provide technical assistance and consultative services to local school districts. Descriptions of the state selected diagnostic reading test, the Prescriptive Reading Inventory (PRI) and the diagnostic math test, the Diagnostic Math Inventory (DMI), are explained. Each school district in…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Elementary Secondary Education, Quantitative Tests, Reading Tests
American Association of Advertising Agencies Contract Center, Lincoln, NE.
In an effort to help alleviate functional illiteracy this directory identified organizations and individuals that are actively working to increase adults' functional competencies. The major organizations listed in the directory include state departments of education and local affiliates of the International Reading Association, Literacy Volunteers…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Programs, Directories, Functional Literacy
Baker, Robert, F.; And Others – 1980
A set of procedures were developed for evaluating the State Capacity Building Programs; (SCBP), state projects for increasing facilities for the dissemination of information related to education. Six scales were developed, based on questionnaire items, to evaluate the following six facets of state information-dissemination systems: comprehensive…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Information Dissemination, Latent Trait Theory
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1967
THIS BRIEF REPORT ON THE ILLINOIS PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE ACT STATES THE OBJECTIVES, PHILOSOPHY, AND MINIMUM STANDARDS FOR JUNIOR COLLEGES, GIVES EXCERPTS FROM THE ACT ITSELF, DEFINES CLASS I AND II DISTRICTS, AND DESCRIBES THE ORGANIZATION OF THE DISTRICT JUNIOR COLLEGE BOARD. THE ACT ENCOURAGES COMPREHENSIVENESS IN EACH DISTRICT, TO BE ACHIEVED BY…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, College Role, Educational Legislation, Master Plans
Pittenger, John C. – 1977
The outgoing Pennsylvania Secretary of Education reviews the accomplishments of the department of education during his tenure--1972-77. All areas, from elementary through postsecondary, are covered. Particular emphasis is placed on student achievement, declining enrollment, and finance. (IRT)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Declining Enrollment, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Cantoni, Mary – 1977
While most information dissemination activity in education is taking place at the national level within systems that emphasize documents, such as ERIC, the most important developments for individual teachers should take place at the state and local levels. SEEKER III, a local automated system in Michigan, is tied in with the Michigan Department of…
Descriptors: Automation, Information Dissemination, Information Services, Information Systems
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. Div. of Special Education. – 1974
Presented is the 1974 Virginia state plan for the education of handicapped children below 5 years of age. The tentative program is outlined, examples of potential service components (such as mobile classrooms and small group programs) are given, and personnel categories are reviewed. Summarized are administrative and technical assistance available…
Descriptors: Administration, Delivery Systems, Exceptional Child Education, Handicapped Children
Soper, Dorothy B. – 1975
This report evaluates the New Jersey ESEA Title III dissemination program during its first two years, 1972-74. Purposes of the program are to (a) determine if essential elements of successful education programs can be transferred from originating districts to adopter districts while yielding comparable student gains, and (b) provide educators with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Administration, Educational Programs, Information Dissemination