Presented to the first session of the advisory committee on Regional Co-operation in Education in Asia and Oceania, this report summarizes the preparatory studies and reflections on the scope and design of the Asian Programme of Educational Innovation for Development (APEID) future programs, as discussed by a group in Bangkok in April, 1980.…

Papers are presented which were generated by this workshop on school improvement. Both session and panel presentations are included on school effectiveness research, curriculum alignment for school improvement, a school climate improvement project, the McRel school improvement program, Pennsylvania's long-range planning for school improvement, an…

The Second Annual Federal Forecasters Conference, "Forecasting and Public Policy", provided a forum where forecasters from various Federal agencies could meet and discuss aspects of forecasting in the U.S. Government. A total of 140 forecasters from 42 Federal agencies and other organizations attended the conference. Opening remarks by…

Papers and summaries of discussions from the 1979 forum of the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems are presented. Contents are organized into three sections: (1) the links between long-range planning and short-range budgeting, (2) the relationship of program review and evaluation to academic planning and budgeting, and (3)…

A Seminar on Teacher Centers was convened in 1977 by the University of Chicago's Department of Education and Center for Policy Study in cooperation with the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Paris. This volume contains the papers commissioned for the seminar. These papers report on principal issues discussed, and give…

Proceedings of a seminar on the role of English second language (ELT) training in British technical assistance projects for economic development are presented in the form of a brief analysis of current issues and concerns to participants, a summary of the conference, and related appended materials. This conference focused on defining project…

This report emphasizes the rationale for and procedures of a high school graduate follow-up telephone survey in Hampton, Virginia, conducted on classes of even-numbered years. The survey instrument and charts of results from 1982-86 comprise over three-fourths of the document. The follow-up survey was initiated to gather information for a school…

These four papers evolved from discussions at the National Conference on Marketing and Distributive Education in Vail, Colorado, May 19-22, 1980. Harland E. Samson's paper, Identity and Image: Strategies and Implementation, highlights the thinking and recommendations of the conference discussion groups on strategies and means of implementation…