This report contains abstracts of 29 projects funded under the Adult Education National Research Program. The projects are of six types: studies of effective practices and programs, national impact studies, descriptive studies, developmental and design studies, commissioned papers, and technical assistance. Some of the projects examined cover the…

"OATYC Journal," which is published by the Ohio Association of Two-Year Colleges, is designed as a forum for the exchange of concepts, methods, and findings relevant to the two-year college classroom. Along with commentaries and letters of reaction from the readership, the two issues of volume XIII contain: (1) "Focus: The…

In an effort to provide the people of Iowa with a clearer sense of the needs for improvement in the state's 15 public community colleges, this report examines problem areas and causes and presents recommendations for improving educational quality. First, a discussion is provided of four key problem areas identified through a survey of over 1,000…

Students in poverty areas still perform poorly on achievement tests, have high dropout rates, and are not receiving the kind of assistance they need. This paper reports the educational experiences and needs of middle school students in poverty. Specific topics include: (1) the distribution of middle school students in poverty by social background,…

This document details state-level actions taken in Texas during 1990-92 as part of the state's continuing education-reform efforts. Following the state's educational mission statement and long-range plan for public education (1991-1995), nine sections detail the state's educational goals and objectives, which include: (1) all students will achieve…

This publication provides a theoretical framework for a Finnish research project, "Effectiveness of Teacher Education." The collection of papers includes two parts. Part 1, "Approaches to Evaluation," offers: "Effectiveness of Teacher Education--A Theoretical Framework of Communicative Evaluation and the Design of a…

With the move to self-governance and the dismantling of Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), there is a need to know if Aboriginal education systems are providing superior, adequate, marginal, or unsatisfactory standards of education for their students. A study of 165 First Nations students attending a K-10 First Nations school sought to…

This two-part document, published in 1998, contains a report and blueprint that discuss the crisis facing California's system of higher education due to an influx of new students that the state cannot accommodate. The blueprint describes implementation of the report's recommendations for action include: (1) adopting strategies that smooth out the…

This document consists of a user's guide to flexible delivery of professional development activities aimed at teachers in Australia's system of vocational education and training and a collection of profiles and "snapshots" of successful flexible staff development programs and activities. The user's guide examines the following topics:…

This paper reports on a survey that examined writing pedagogy and assessment across the State University of New York (SUNY) system. The survey attempted to identify "best practices" in writing pedagogy, the extent to which these practices are being implemented, characteristics of campuses implementing these practices, and whether…

This report examines the perspectives of parents, staff, and experts on the definition of quality early education and care in New Zealand. Participants included families and staff from four types of centers: kindergarten, play centers, childcare centers, and Te Kohanga Reo centers. Three data collection methods were used: questionnaires, group…

This publication on the importance of further education is one in a series of booklets written specially for managers in further and higher education in the United Kingdom. The series is intended to provide up-to-date information on current issues in vocational education and training, summaries of key research studies, and perspectives on these…

In this document, a state appointed task force commissioned to examine how Ohio state colleges and universities can sustain quality programs with the highest degree of efficiency during times of fiscal constraint reports on its findings and conclusions, and offers its recommendations. Following an executive summary the report is presented in four…

Each year, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges (CCC) develops and adopts a Basic Agenda that sets forth current priorities for the 107-college system. Guided by emerging trends and issues, this Basic Agenda constitutes the Board of Governor's long-range planning document for the 1990's. The report's preface and introduction…

This formative report presents data collected through the second year of full operation (1990-1991) of Nolin Middle School for Environmental Science, in the Kansas City School District, Missouri. The report focuses on student demographics; program implementation information; achievement data; and perceptions of staff, parents, and students of the…