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Download full textFoster, Andrew H.; And Others – 1994
This report presents a model state legislative bill to provide for the special needs of gifted and talented students. The model bill utilizes a "best practices" framework and attempts to be fiscally responsible and provide maximum flexibility while meeting the needs of gifted and talented students. The model legislation itself begins with a…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Change Strategies, Educational Legislation, Educational Practices
Dugger, William E., Jr.; And Others – 1981
Developed by over 400 industrial arts teachers, state and local supervisors, teacher educators, and consultants, these standards are comparative statements that were developed to determine the strengths and weaknesses of industrial arts programs. While the standards were written primarily for secondary school level industrial arts programs, many…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Philosophy, Educational Practices
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1981
This first part of the congressional hearings held in Washington, D.C., in February 1981, to reauthorize the Vocational Education Act of 1963 contains 16 pieces of testimony about vocational education programs in different institutional settings. Individuals giving testimony include representatives of the following institutions: Des Moines…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Educational Needs, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
East Carolina Univ., Greenville, NC. – 1985
This volume contains 247 program standards for business education and 188 instructional standards for information processing that were developed during an 18-month project entailing a comprehensive literature review, regional conferences, and a mail survey of professional business educators. Addressed in the individual standards are the following…
Descriptors: Business Education, Counseling Services, Course Content, Curriculum
Purton, Debbie – 2000
This document presents and discusses the 12 family literacy standards for family literacy programs in Saskatchewan, Canada, that were developed during a 2-year process by Saskatchewan's Family Literacy Best Practices committee. The document is: (1) an educational tool to develop greater understanding of effective literacy practices; (2) a program…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Office of Research. – 1994
A 3-year national assessment of vocational education (VE) examined various issues related to improvement of VE programs, their academic and employment outcomes, participation of special population students in VE, and Perkins funding and administration. The assessment established that most secondary VE is still very traditional and that Perkins…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Accountability, Articulation (Education), Classroom Techniques
