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Quenemoen, Rachel – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2008
This synthesis report provides a historical look back over the past 15 years of alternate assessment, from the early 1990s through the mid 2000s, as reported by state directors of special education on the National Center on Educational Outcomes (NCEO) state surveys, and augmented by other research and policy reports published by NCEO and related…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, State Surveys, Alternative Assessment, Educational Assessment
Faraj, Abdulatif Hussein – 1988
This report is designed to familarize educators with systems of education in a selected sample of countries and with the development that has occurred in these systems between 1984 and 1986. The information presented is drawn largely from national reports and questionnaire reports summarized by member states of UNESCO at the International…
Descriptors: Cooperative Education, Developing Nations, Educational Administration, Educational Assessment
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1990
This round table discussion involved some 50 participants and seven panelists and focused on planning and management for excellence and efficiency in higher education. Basic issues or problems facing higher education were identified including coping with increasing student numbers, raising the quality of teaching, training and research programs,…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Quality
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Paris (France). – 1990
This study analyzes the needs of the Palestinian people in the area of education and training and identifies projects that would aid further development in this area. The first of seven chapters provides demographic and socioeconomic background. The second chapter is an overview of the pre-university education system in the Occupied Territories…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives, Educational Practices
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1990
Arts education is a fundamental obligation of the public schools. Students grow in unique and critical ways by experiencing the arts through practice. The study of the heritage of the arts in their intellectual, critical, and aesthetic dimensions enhances student perspectives. Mankind's artistic achievements are the heritage of every child and an…
Descriptors: Art Education, Core Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Dance
Raze, Nasus – 1986
Strategic planning is a process by which the guiding members of an organization envision its future and develop tactics to achieve that future. This paper discusses the nature and purposes of strategic planning in educational organizations, and presents a 10-step generic model to illustrate the basic components of strategic planning. These 10…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Development, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning
Asian Development Bank, Manila (Philippines). – 1988
Since the beginning of the Asian Development Bank's involvement in education in 1970 up to December 1987, 35 education loans to its developing member countries (DMCs) have been approved. The general aim of this paper is to determine the direction of the bank's future policy in assisting education. Among the main reasons for reviewing the bank's…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Banking, Demography, Developing Nations
Hamblin, Fred, Ed. – 1982
These proceedings contain all of the formal presentations made at a conference focusing on policy issues affecting the Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology of Ontario. Introductory remarks by Harry Fisher are followed by an outline by Blair Tully of the Ontario government's focus on high technology and the projects of the Board of Industrial…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Delivery Systems, Educational Change, Educational Development
Avakov, R., Ed.; Atakishiev, A., Ed. – 1984
A comprehensive review of the public education system in Soviet Azerbaijan, this book traces the system's development since its establishment in 1920; it examines the system's context, goals, and organization, and analyzes its achievements and their economic effects. Two sections (four chapters each) cover the periods before and since the…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Economic Development, Educational Development, Educational Objectives
West Virginia State Board of Education, Charleston. – 1983
The West Virginia Board of Education and state superintendent of schools directed the preparation of this document as the result of a court opinion (Pauley v Bailey) holding that the system of financing West Virginia public schools was unconstitutional, and requiring the development of a master plan for a thorough and efficient system of…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Development, Educational Finance, Educational Improvement
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1994
This final report for the Washington State Technology Plan for K-12 Common Schools provides a vision, long-term framework, and recommendations for implementation. Following an executive summary and a list of committee members, the first section of the report discusses technology in K-12 schools of tomorrow, including legislative charge, vision,…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Costs, Educational Development, Educational Objectives
Pountney, Charmaine – 1986
Working toward the creation of a truly equitable human society demands that school administrators (1) become aware of ways in which educational systems currently collaborate in maintaining inequitable societies and (2) work to change the structures that serve the status quo into structures that support cooperative change. One major task is to…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Discrimination
Holsinger, Donald B. – 2000
This book, written from the policymaker's perspective, examines key issues facing education ministries trying to find the optimal size of and curricular emphasis for their secondary-education systems. It sets out the principle choices to be made and the dilemmas encountered regarding the scale and thrust of the sector. The work first looks at key…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Comprehensive Programs, Course Content, Curriculum Design
Howard, Marilyn – 2001
Idaho has made substantial progress carrying out its State School Improvement Plan under the direction of the Idaho State Board of Education and the Idaho State Department of Education, and with funding under the Goals 2000: Educate America Act. Three major areas of accomplishment provide the basis for continuing improvement activities. The first…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Annual Reports, Educational Administration, Educational Assessment
Nanaimo School District #68 (British Columbia). – 1991
These materials feature the report and recommendations of a task force that was asked to develop a strategic plan that identifies the present and future needs of the Nanaimo (British Columbia) School District and recommends strategies for policy development and implementation in the years ahead. The task force gathered information for its…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Development
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