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Roistacher, Richard C.; And Others – 1981
The project was designed to investigate sources of available data on the incidence, prevalence, diagnostic conditions, functional limitations, and activity restrictions of the disabled population in the United States, and to design a comprehensive data system. Difficulties, both conceptual and practical in estimating incidence and prevalence are…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Incidence, Information Systems
New York State Education Dept. Albany. Office for the Education of Children with Handicapping Conditions. – 1976
The report summarizes data related to funding and implementation of the Education of the Handicapped Act, Title VIB New York Program, a statewide educational effort with a goal of aiding handicapped children to become as self-sufficient as their handicaps permit. Following an overview are chapters focusing on fiscal characteristics (sources of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Handicapped Children, Program Budgeting
Strasheim, Lorraine A. – The Arizona Foreign Language Teachers' Forum, 1978
This outline of the current status of foreign language education in Indiana was presented to a panel from the President's Commission on Foreign Language and International Studies. Foreign language instruction at all levels is discussed with the support of statistics, and recommendations are made for mitigating deficiencies in existing programs.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Instruction, Language Programs
Davis, Celestine, Ed.; Sonnenberg, Bill – 1995
This is the fourth periodic report on the programs and plans of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). It describes current programs aimed at meeting the needs posed by the National Education Goals and other educational policies, the future plans for the agency, and its major publications. In addition to updating the descriptions of…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Lindia, Albert; And Others – 1976
This is the final report and evaluation of a program designed to disseminate career education curricular materials to career education agencies in Connecticut and nationwide. In three sections, the report evaluates the dissemination process. Section 1 focuses on the number of curricular packets disseminated and the localities reached after initial…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Nelson, Dawn D., Ed. – 1991
This publication is the second annual report on the programs and plans of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Representatives of state and federal education agencies have presented the NCES with a report, "A Guide to Improving the National Education Data System," which contains recommendations for improving the nation's…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Davis, Celestine, Ed.; Sonnenberg, Bill, Ed. – 1993
This is the third periodic report on the programs and plans of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). The challenge facing the NCES is to collect and analyze data that track the growth and change in educational experience in the United States. Current programs toward this goal, future plans, and major publications of the NCES are…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Databases, Educational Assessment, Educational Research
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1972
Large numbers of Puerto Rican and other non-English-speaking students live in school districts throughout New York State. To enable these students to function in an English-speaking society while retaining their own culture, a policy to promote bilingual program planning was established by the Board of Regents of New York State in 1972. In this…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Educational Policy
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1976
This report is the first attempt by the Office of Education to determine: (1) what the condition of bilingual education is in the United States, (2) what advances have been made, and (3) what problems remain to be solved. Following a discussion of the history and rationale of bilingual education, and the quantification of the need for bilingual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Educational Legislation