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Download full textAhearn, Eileen M. – 2001
This paper presents a summary of the proceedings of a two-day policy forum on performance goals and indicators for special education. The conference was part of a larger project to research and analyze the impacts of accountability-based reforms on students with disabilities and special education. The forum focused on the feasibility and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Data Collection, Disabilities
Johnson, Richard A., Ed.; And Others – 1974
Papers presented at this conference relate to redefining conceptual and program parameters for educating handicapped children and serving handicapped young persons previously unserved or underserved by the public schools. The papers address critical issues, legislation and litigation, program implications, and program practices. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Competency Based Education
Johnson, Richard A., Ed.; And Others – 1973
The purpose of the annual leadership conferences is to establish a continuing forum to stimulate dialogue among special education leadership personnel from the public schools, university training programs, and state education agencies. A critical factor in the selection of topics was the recognition that leaders in the field must design their…
Descriptors: Accountability, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Competency Based Education
Doyle, Denis P., Ed.; And Others – 1987
This book, divided into three sections, comprises papers delivered at a conference on "Alternative Strategies in Compensatory Education," convened by the staff of the National Assessment of Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act and designed to aid Congress in its 1987 reauthorization of Chapter 1. The introduction,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change
Clinchy, Evans – 1984
In April 1984, more than 350 parents, teachers, principals and administrators from major urban school systems in Massachusetts met to define what an "excellent" desegregated urban public school system should be. This conference report, following excerpts from a keynote address by John E. Durkin, documents seven workshops which focused on…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bilingual Education, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Improvement
Cronin, F. Patrick, Comp.; Newton, Mark, Comp. – 1977
Objectives of the conference, proceedings of which are described in this report, were to (1) provide decision makers with information designed to foster the continued development of essential attitudes and skills in planning, implementing, administering, regulating, and assessing vocational education in corrections; (2) provide a forum for the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Agency Cooperation, Career Development
App, Anne H. – 1991
This publication summarizes presentations and discussions from a conference that addressed specific issues in the National Assessment of Vocational Education and in the 1990 Perkins Act that mandated the assessment. Introductory materials include a summary of consensus issues from the conference (David Boesel), welcoming remarks (Bruno Manno), and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Accountability, Correctional Education
App, Anne H., Comp. – 1991
This collection of 22 papers is organized by the five conference topics. "Part 1: Effects of the Perkins Act on Policy and Practice" contains five papers: "Federal Legislation as Rorschach Test: Methodological Issues in Assessing the Effects of the 1990 Perkins Act on States and Localities" (Grubb); "Effects of the 1990…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Accountability, Correctional Education
National Governors' Association, Washington, DC. Center for Policy Research. – 1990
These conference proceedings contain 18 presentations that represent a broad range of approaches to improving the effectiveness of public employment, education, and training programs. Papers include "Kentucky Job Training Certificate System" (Rigsby); "Public/Private Training Collaboration at the Workplace: The Michigan Job Opportunity…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Apprenticeships, At Risk Persons
