Addresses the issue of foreign language instruction for elementary and junior high school children in Texas, and describes and assesses a five-week workshop that was designed to help teachers improve their language skills and instruct them in teaching methodology. (10 references) (GLR)

A statewide evaluation of the mental health technologies programs of Texas' community colleges was conducted to determine the extent to which the programs use the principles of competency-based instruction (CBI) and performance standards and to establish whether competencies being taught have been evaluated in the workplace. The following were…