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Council of Europe, Strasbourg (France). – 1986
This document gives a summary of the main results of a conference held in May, 1986 and entitled "Adult Education and Community Development--Challenge and Response." The Conference marked the end of the Council of Europe's Project No. 9, which considered adult education as a factor of cultural, social, and economic innovation in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Development, Cooperative Planning, Cultural Exchange
Beaton, Albert E. – 1989
The introduction of the trial state assessment program into the design of the 1990 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) raises questions about differences across states in sampling and administration practices. In addition, questions about the general approach to comparing state data to national data need discussion. Subject areas…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Differences, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Fairfax County Public Schools, VA. Dept. of Instructional Services. – 1982
This checklist was developed to aid elementary school principals in long range planning for the school year. It is the product of the Management for Effective Teaching (MET) Project, which is funded by the Fairfax County (Virginia) Public Schools, and which is responsible for developing materials to help to implement objectives of the Program of…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Ancillary School Services, Budgeting, Classroom Techniques
Boraks, Nancy; Schumacher, Sally – 1981
The third and final phase of a three-year project to develop state-studies materials for Virginia is described in this report. The third phase involved continued pilot testing of fourth-grade materials, development of drafts of seventh-grade materials, and exploration of plans for dissemination. The report comprises six chapters. Chapter 1 reviews…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Cooperative Planning, Coordination, Curriculum Development
Whinfield, R. W. – 1981
A study was conducted to evaluate the admission criteria being used by the Connecticut Regional Vocational Technical Schools for the years 1977-1979, in an attempt to determine whether or not admission criteria and success in school could be used to predict second- and third-year grades. In addition, a pilot study was developed to follow up…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Admission (School)
Kirkness, Verna J. – 1976
Aims, design, curriculum materials, and evaluation results of a bilingual education pilot project which began in 1971 in several Manitoba schools are presented in this handbook. Designed to instruct native children in their own language, the project was begun to combat high failure and dropout rates among native children being taught wholly in…
Descriptors: American Indians, Arithmetic, Bilingual Education, Canada Natives
Storlie, Theodore R.; And Others – 1978
A two-stage model for early identification and selection of gifted children in kindergarden through grade 3 was successfully developed for the Walker Full-time Gifted Program in the Flint, Michigan Community Schools. Using the Nominative Group Process of interactive decision-making, project participants, school administrators, school…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Advanced Programs, Check Lists, Community Involvement
Work in America Inst., Scarsdale, NY. – 1979
Developed by a study concerned with urban youth unemployment, this report provides descriptions of sixteen pilot projects intended to find or create unsubsidized jobs for youth, help them prepare for these jobs, and bring youth and jobs together. Based on the theme that unemployment results not from lack of will to work but from lack of…
Descriptors: Career Education, Employment Opportunities, Job Development, Job Placement
Bogue, E. Grady; Troutt, William E. – 1978
The Performance Funding Project of the Tennessee Higher Education Commission to improve the current appropriations formula in Tennessee is discussed, and abstracts regarding pilot implementation of the project at four institutions are presented. The major project objective is to explore the feasibility of allocating some portion of state funds on…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives
Minneapolis Public Schools, Minn. – 1977
The document provides an outline and support materials describing a project designed by the Ethnic Cultural Center of the Minneapolis public schools to train classroom teachers to incorporate multi-ethnic concepts into the social studies curriculum. The objective of the report is to update and supplement information contained in earlier interim…
Descriptors: Activities, Cultural Pluralism, Curriculum Development, Educational Objectives
LAWRENCE, PAUL F.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THE MCATEER ACT ESTABLISHED A 2-YEAR PILOT PROJECT IN COMPENSATORY EDUCATION TO AID DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, THOSE WHO, ALTHOUGH POTENTIALLY CAPABLE OF COMPLETING THE PROGRAM OFFERED BY THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ARE HINDERED FROM DOING SO BY CULTURAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC HANDICAPS. THIRTY-TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE INVOLVED. GOALS ARE TO DEMONSTRATE TO PUPILS…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, After School Programs, Community Resources, Compensatory Education
PRUETT, ROLLA F. – 1967
THIS IS A CONDENSED EDITION OF THE FULL NARRATIVE REPORTS SUBMITTED BY THE COUNSELORS OF INDIANA'S 15 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GUIDANCE PILOT PROGRAMS. THE REPORTS DESCRIBE IN DETAIL THE PHILOSOPHY, GOALS, OBJECTIVES, PROCEDURES, AND OUTCOMES OF THEIR UNIQUE PROGRAMS. MOST OF THE COUNSELORS INCLUDED PLANS FOR THE FUTURE. CLARIFICATION OF THE BASIC ISSUES…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Consultation Programs, Counselor Role, Educational Environment
Viri, Denis F. – 1980
The development of Hotevilla-Bacavi Community School, the first Hopi school to open under Public Law 93-638, is described in this model for other reservation communities. The following projects and programs are outlined: (1) the Hopi-English Language Assessment Battery, designed to assess the total linguistic knowledge of Hopi children in their…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adoption (Ideas), American Indian Education, American Indians
Reed, Vincent E. – 1978
The philosophy of the District of Columbia Public School System is that evaluation should help to determine what was intended, what was done, and what was the result. It should contribute to improvement and should involve students, staff, and parents. Two essential components of the District's evaluation system are the data bank and field studies.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Board of Education Policy, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Collection
Lynn, James J.; Woltz, Dan – 1979
The Portable Assisted Study Sequence (P.A.S.S.) Program, a pilot high school program designed to support California migrant student graduation through the use of competency based credits and portable learning packets, more than met its goals and objectives in 1978-79. Evaluation was by questionnaire, to which 16% of the surveyed P.A.S.S. students…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Bilingual Education, Correspondence Study, Credits
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