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Download full textPlata, Maximino – 1982
The document offers a historical perspective, practical suggestions, and guidelines for assessment, placement, and programming of bilingual handicapped students. Chapter 1 on the scope of the problem looks at student, personnel, and instrument variables affecting assessment of bilingual exceptional students. Among the factors discussed are…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Quimbita, Grace – 1989
Student tracking systems are enabling increasing numbers of community colleges to respond to external demands for accountability with tangible measurements of student progress and institutional outcomes. Several recent trends in marketing, accountability, communications with students, and internal competition for resources have prompted interest…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Colleges, Data Collection, Evaluation Criteria
Bredekamp, Sue; Shepard, Lorrie – 1990
Suggestions for early childhood educators on how to provide developmentally appropriate practices and teaching methods are offered. Suggestions concern: (1) making decisions about entrance and placement; (2) evaluating a program's accomplishment of goals; (3) planning and individualizing curriculum and instruction; and (4) promoting appropriate…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Decision Making, Developmentally Appropriate Practices, Early Childhood Education
Coursen, David – 1981
The Education for All Handicapped Children Act of 1975 requires mainstreaming, or the education of handicapped children with regular students, to the greatest extent appropriate. Although the provisions of the law call for each student to be assessed individually and provided with an Individualized Education Program (IEP), the costs associated…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Cohen, Linda M. – 1990
This digest is adapted from Linda Cohen's publication, "Meeting the Needs of Gifted and Talented Minority Language Students." It explores the controversy surrounding the underrepresentation of minority language students in gifted and talented programs and makes recommendations for more suitable assessment techniques and program models.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Acceleration (Education), Cultural Differences, Elementary Secondary Education
Holt, Daniel D., Ed. – 1994
A discussion of family literacy projects focuses on alternatives to traditional methods of program evaluation. In the first chapter, the distinction between standardized and alternative assessments is clarified and the special evaluation needs of family literacy projects are highlighted. The remainder of the handbook is intended to help program…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Classroom Observation Techniques, English (Second Language), Family Literacy
Mitchell, Anita – 1980
This paper explores the issue of establishing and evaluating objectives for local career education programs. It presents a perspective on the state of the art based on reviews of the literature. Although it is addressed principally to local program developers and managers, the paper is also aimed at state career education coordinators. After a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Career Awareness, Career Education
