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Nowicki, Jacqueline M. – US Government Accountability Office, 2019
Roughly 270,000 school-aged youth were in foster care at the end of fiscal year 2017. Youth in foster care may change schools frequently, which can negatively affect their academic achievement. The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), enacted in 2015, reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and included provisions to improve…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Student Mobility, At Risk Students, Student Placement
Strueber, June E. – 1983
This presentation suggests methods for selecting teachers and students for high school advanced placement courses, presenting the course material, and preparing students for examinations. It also discusses some materials that can be used in an advanced placement English course and considers some problems of curriculum revision that can arise when…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, High Schools, Program Development, Program Implementation
LINC Resources, Inc., Columbus, OH. – 1979
Four commissioned papers on approaches to implement the least restrictive environment (LRE) provision of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, are presented. The authors were asked to develop criteria applicable to the local level and appropriate to a variety of contexts. Papers are presented from the following authors:…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of Instructional Services. – 1982
The Hawaii State Department of Education's compliance plan for serving the special needs of minority students of limited English proficiency includes current policies, procedures, and program implementation specifications. The procedures address: surveys of newly enrolled students, English and native language proficiency assessment, program…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Proficiency, Language Tests
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of Special Education. – 1989
This concept paper presents a model for developing a more unified student-centered system of education to meet all students' educational needs in New York City Public Schools. It is intended to promote thinking and discussion on the educational needs of students with handicapping conditions within the larger general education system. General…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention
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McLaughlin, Margaret J.; Owings, Maria F. – Exceptional Children, 1993
This study, which explored the feasibility of using extant national data to study implementation of special education programs, examined the relationships between (1) state-level fiscal and demographic variables, and (2) identification rates and cumulative placement rates for certain categories of special education students in 1976, 1980, and…
Descriptors: Demography, Disabilities, Economic Factors, Educational Economics
Long, James P.; And Others – 1986
This guidebook is designed to assist high schools and 2-year postsecondary institutions in planning, implementing, and operating occupational program articulation efforts. Chapter 1 presents a retrospective of program articulation and a look at program articulation today, including time-shortened programs, advanced skills programs, and other forms…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Articulation (Education), Credits, Curriculum Development
California Community Colleges, Sacramento. Office of the Chancellor. – 1990
This report looks at the history, purposes and goals, components, and implementation progress after two years of the California community colleges' matriculation plan. The first section discusses legislation which brought about the adoption of a matriculation plan. The second section details the purpose and goals of the matriculation plan, which…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Admission (School), Admissions Counseling, College Admission
Ingham Intermediate School District, Mason, MI. – 1995
This guide, which is one of three guides designed to provide state and local leaders, policymakers, practitioners, and other stakeholders with information about the work-based learning component of the School to Work Opportunities Act, deals with connecting activities performed by school-to-work coordinators. The introduction traces the history of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Coordination, Credentials, Education Work Relationship
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 2002
This 23rd annual report to Congress on the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act 1997 (IDEA) discusses the progress of students with disabilities. It includes a number of modules reporting on the results of the National Assessment. Section 1 includes five modules that present statereported data on high school gradation…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Behavior Problems, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities