This Research-to-Policy Resource List provides resources in the "Research Connections" library on statewide KEAs [Kindergarten entry assessments]. It does not address local KEA efforts or broader issues related to child assessment more generally. The first section presents publications that discuss issues surrounding the development and…

Presents strategies which facilitate the design, development, and operation of cooperative national training programs for health science faculty. Twelve references are listed. (FM)

This document describes the development of the PLATO system, and six figures illustrate the chronological development of PLATO terminals, lesson programing languages, instructional material, and system usage. A list of financial supporters of PLATO and the Computer-based Educational Research Laboratory is followed by a chronological listing of…

Describes the application of teleconferencing and videotape in a regional inter-university series of training programs for students studying developmental disabilities. Five references are cited. (FM)

The central purpose of this project was to provide an information base that the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) can use in planning programs to help school personnel cope more effectively with the problem of violence in their schools. The efforts to provide an information base were organized into four tasks: to determine the…

This practicum report describes in detail the efforts of a High School Task Force made up of 21 teachers to establish and operate a model high school as part of a new 4-4-4 educational plan for the Erie, Pennsylvania, schools. The Strong Vincent Comprehensive High School Renewal Site utilized curriculum revision, quarter course offerings, and…

A 20-minute-long videotape program, intended for regular classroom teachers involved in mainstreaming, was developed and implemented to meet in-service needs of elementary school teachers in Cherry Hill, a township in Camden County, New Jersey. Included in the videotape program were an explanation of Public Law 94-142; an overview of the decision…

The document contains the final report of the Parental Skills Program for Parents of Handicapped Children, a 15 unit modulized program designed to provide insights and skills for parenting handicapped children. Section I provides an introduction to the program with sections on the need for the program, program goals, and project objectives. A…

Population growth in central Florida has increased the need for continuing education for trauma nurses. A project was undertaken in 1974 to develop a comprehensive continuing education program on trauma nursing for registered nurses that can be a prototype for the state, and to implement the program in Orange, Seminole, and Osceola counties.…

In this report of a project to research existing industrial training of basic skills are provided an overview of the project and examination of four aspects associated with training. Part 1 is a detailed account of the search procedure that located and reviewed literature on basic skills training industry. A bibliography of the sources found in…

This document draws from an extensive review of articulation practices in schools and colleges in New York State. It summarizes and comments on articulation activities, and describes individual programs. Areas discussed are: (1) acceleration and crediting of college-level study; (2) curriculum articulation; (3) guidance, counseling and advisement;…

A nationwide Adult Education Programme (NAEP), with the object of providing adult education to 100 million adults within five years, was inaugurated in India in October, 1978. A conference held in New Delhi in June, 1979, discussed the problems of training enough adult education instructors to implement the program throughout the country,…

The council's recommendations for 1977 for college-based financial aid programs and for the guaranteed student loan program are both summarized and explained, and the progress of financial aid programs in 1976-77 is reviewed. The latter review includes the training of aid administrators, aid application simplification, regulations and guidelines,…

Never before has a fully informed citizenry been more important to the present and future well-being of the Nation than it is today. And yet, recent investigations have shown that 27 million of our children and adults live in areas without any public library service, and 53 million more have only inadequate book and information services available…

One of the outstanding characteristics of American secondary education is the emphasis that it places upon individual and social needs. Most educators endorse student extraclass activities as an important way to obtain program flexibility, meet individual needs, and attain desirable education objectives. Among the purposes of this publication are…