In line with the current trend toward more diagnostic testing in the public schools, the State of Oklahoma has adopted a mandatory screening program for all kindergarten, first, and second grade students. This paper discusses the six-year development, norming, and implementation of the new 58 item, teacher administered and scored screening…

Representatives of several states met to identify basic elements of a tracking system designed to ensure that disabled and at-risk infants and their families receive continuous and appropriate services to improve health and developmental outcome. Discussants explored six clusters of questions concerning the following: realistic goals and…

This study assesses progress made by the states, as of 1990, in the implementation of the 14 components of Part H of Public Law 99-457, the Education of the Handicapped Act Amendments, 1986. Fifty out of 51 jurisdictions completed the State Progress Scale, which contains items for each of the 14 components and determines the stages of policy…

A survey was conducted of 687 teachers and 768 administrators on the implementation and perceptions of Colorado's mandated certificated personnel performance evaluation system, which requires that all school districts adopt performance standards for certificated personnel and that all administrators receive training in personnel evaluation skills.…

In 1983 the California State Department of Education (CSDE) began to develop a coordinated compliance monitoring review process to simplify and coordinate the legally required compliance monitoring of specially funded programs while maintaining the commitment to students with special needs. A new 3-year cycle of coordinated compliance reviews for…

The Assessment of Law-Related Competencies includes tests for three different levels: primary, covering grades K-4; intermediate, covering grades 5-8; and secondary, covering grades 9-12. Most of the items in the three multiple choice tests are intended to measure cognitive knowledge of various law-related concepts, including: nature and types of…

A revision of a manual first produced in 1980, this guide is designed to help local school districts in Minnesota meet the educational needs of their limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in academically and administratively expedient ways. The chapters in the manual, which correspond to topics pertinent to designing and maintaining an LEP…

A coordinated compliance review (CCR) process for the evaluation of specially funded state programs in California is outlined. Goals of the process are to decrease multiple state board of education visits, encourage self-evaluation by local education agencies, provide participating students with a core curriculum, and give technical and management…