A statewide survey of the infrastructure of teacher education program assessment systems in North Carolina, which include electronic portfolios as a component in the assessment system, measured their ability to meet current and anticipated future data demands for state approval and national accreditation. Almost two-thirds of the 46 teacher…

State coordinators of early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) programs completed a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, or SWOT, analysis that consisted of 12 evaluative areas of EHDI programs. For the professional development area, 47 coordinators responded with a total of 223 items, and themes were identified in each SWOT…

Oregon's educational needs were identified through 120 in-depth interviews with the general public, educators, students, and dropouts. The result of these interviews was a list of 27 critical needs. An interview instrument was developed around these critical needs, and was administered to a statewide sample of the population of Oregon who…

This statewide study attempted to survey secondary environmental education programs concerning content areas, student evaluation, teaching strategies, teacher-training, and objectives. The Colorado survey was compared to a national survey indicating similarities and areas for improvement. (MR)

The project focused on securing evidence to support or reject the assumption, based on their support by educators and industry, that vocational youth organizations (Distributive Education Clubs of America, Home Economics Related Occupations Clubs, Future Farmers of America, Future Homemakers of America, Future Business Leaders of America, and…

Strengths and weaknesses of consumer competencies of Kentucky high school graduates were studied. The sample consisted of 193 students selected from required freshmen English classes at three universities and three community colleges in Kentucky. (Of the 193 students, 122 were Kentucky 1976 high school graduates, thirty-one graduated from Kentucky…

To identify learning program needs and to make recommendations for quality control and expansion of programs for the mentally handicapped in institutions, four facilities were studied. Detailed questionnaires and visitations were used to obtain the information. The major findings were that learning programs in Minnesota State Institutions are…

From information obtained through published reports, questionnaires, and on-site visitations with staff in Louisiana plus four southern and two midwestern states, an examination was made of Louisiana's present programs in vocational and technical training areas. This report presents the findings of the examination, notes weaknesses, and offers…

It has become increasingly important to determine the attitudes of certain key segments of the population toward secondary school programs of vocational education. This report, Part II of a two-part series, deals with some of the attitudes toward these programs held by employers and by business, industry, and labor leaders. Data were collected by…

A statewide career education needs assessment was done in Tennessee by surveying all superintendents and samples of principals, teachers, and community leaders. State employment security data and Career Maturity Inventory (CMI) scores for a sample of the state's ninth graders were secondary information sources. The primary conclusion was that the…

This bibliography, one of a series of reports dealing with accountability, lists publications from State education agencies on the progress of their accountability programs, Statewide assessment, legislation, and on other related subjects. These publications, which are contained in the Wisconsin State Repository, appear in the bibliography by…

This study of competency-based vocational education (CBVE) in Pennsylvania was guided by evaluation questions in eight areas: overall, current status of CBVE; implementation of the state Bureau of Vocational Education's (BVE) model of CBVE; characteristics of other CBVE models implemented in Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Department of Education…

A research project assessed the needs and desires of deaf adults living in northeastern Pennsylvania for adult and continuing education. Using a project-developed questionnaire and sign language, four researchers interviewed 150 deaf persons between the ages of 20 and 83 who were living in six counties in northeastern Pennsylvania. Of those…

Based on data collected from agriculture teachers, business firms, and employees throughout the state of California, this study sought to: (1) determine the current status of education in agriculture, (2) identify the current need for employees in agriculture, (3) develop estimates of future needs for employees in agriculture, (4) identify…

The central purpose of a study was to ascertain the views of business and industry toward vocational education in Alabama. The objectives were (1) to determine the familiarity of business and industry with the State's vocational education programs, (2) to determine the extent business and industry feels that the State's public vocational education…