Investigations into the legal validity of the content and procedures proposed in the Teacher Performance Assessment Instruments (TPAI) and allied materials for use in certifying Georgia's beginning teachers are reported. TPAI was designed to determine how well teachers can demonstrate certain minimum teaching skills considered essential to…

Intended for self evaluation and improvement of school psychological services, the document lists competencies and standards for psychological assessment, intervention, and followup of children with suspected handicapping conditions. The first section presents a flow chart and a list of standards for seven competencies: referral; definition of…

Lack of independent review process in professional schools and refusal of courts to review errors not resulting from arbitrariness, caprice, or bad faith leave student and societal interests in accurate grading inadequately protected. (Journal availability: University of the Pacific, 3201 Donner Way, Sacramento, CA 95817.) (MSE)

Although the main purpose of a school district's evaluation system is to improve employees' performance, the evaluation procedures and the supporting documentation must also serve as evidence in the termination hearings of an unsatisfactory employee. Accordingly, this chapter provides practical advice to school administrators concerning…

The Kansas state plan for FY 1979 includes information on the following topics: full educational opportunities goal, policy on priorities, child identification, personnel development, individualized education program, procedural safeguards, least restrictive environment, protection in evaluation procedures, participation of private school…

Chapter 14 in a book on school law concerns the legal aspects of evaluating teacher performance. Careful analysis of recent decisions makes it clear the courts will compel uniform standards and unprecedented rigor in teacher evaluation practices. Particularly in the consideration of equitable standards, state and federal courts are relying on…

Based on data obtained by the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, the report provides the most recent information on the progress and issues of implementing P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. An introduction gives a general sense of the progress being made nationwide in implementing the Act. Sections entitled…

The Kansas State Plan for special education for the fiscal year 1980 is presented. The plan details the background and needs of the special education population of the state. The chapter on state department operations includes revised sections on state institutions and schools and an evaluation plan, along with sections on areas such as state…

The regulations interpret Virginia's special education legislation as well as P.L. 94-142, the Education For All Handicapped Children Act. Responsibilities of the State Department of Education, including preparing and submitting for approval the Amended Annual Program Plan for the Education of the Handicapped, are considered. The bulk of the…

This document contains regulations governing the provision of equal educational opportunities and free, appropriate public education in the least restrictive educational alternative to all Maine student residents with disabilities between the ages of 5 and 20. Twenty sections contain provisions relating to: (1) the policy and purpose of special…

This document contains regulations governing the administration of the Childfind system for children age birth to under age 6, the provision of early intervention services to eligible children birth through two with disabilities and their families, and the provision of special education and related services to eligible children age 3 to under 6…

The manual is intended to support the Oklahoma State Plan for Special Education by establishing minimum standards for program approval, for determination of pupil eligibility, and for appropriate programming within the least restrictive environment. After delineating responsibilities of state and local agencies, the following programmatic aspects…