States have responsibilities to ensure that transferring students receive uninterrupted education and services, produce indicators that provide a complete picture, and ensure that information is comparable across states. However, states' and districts' ability to meet these responsibilities requires data capacity that can be undermined due to…

To help track whether students are being prepared for further education and work, many states are trying to connect their data systems from preschool through postsecondary education. But a national forum on the topic held June 13, 2006 suggests there's a long way to go. In preparation for the meeting, Peter Ewell, the vice president of the…

Narrative text, tables, and maps summarize information derived from a random sample of 20% of the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS) data base as it existed in June 1976 related to the mobility patterns of migrant children in the contiguous United States and Puerto Rico from January 1975 to April 1976. The data base is a tabulation of…

A 23-item questionnaire was sent to secretaries of education committees in state legislatures and departments of education of all 50 states to obtain data on (1) the basis of intrastate and interstate credit transfer, (2) how migrant students' academic program can be planned to provide continuity, (3) how credit transfers are made, (4) how many…

The Washington Secondary Credit Exchange Program allows grade 7-12 migrant students to complete work toward graduation and/or to enhance basic skills during late afternoon or evening classes as they follow the crops from state to state with their families. A Spring Model allows students entering late in the year to complete courses already begun…

The primary objectives of this 6-state project for developing state leadership in improving the educational opportunities of farm migrant children are (1) to coordinate and articulate the efforts of 6 state departments of education (Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Oregon, and Washington) in assisting school systems to identify the…

The most obvious and difficult problem facing educators of migrant children is that of frequent interruptions in the child's education caused by his migration. Various solutions have been put forth over the past three decades; these have included providing mobile schools and staff, residential schools, uniform record transfers, interstate credit…

Migrant students--especially those requiring special education--are at a disadvantage in our nation's tradition-based schools. Highly mobile migrant students change schools frequently enough to be out of step with normal school calendars, causing both handicapped and gifted students to be underidentified as candidates for special programs. Migrant…

The California Plan for the Education of Migrant Children was an innovative approach designed to provide supplementary educational services to migrant children. The two major programs were (1) supplemental assistance to school districts and county offices to establish new and strengthen existing programs, and (2) interstate programs to coodinate…

For the 1984-85 funding cycle the Interstate Migrant Secondary Services Program established and successfully met 10 objectives related to 3 major goals: (1) assist local and state education agencies (LEA's and SEA's) to improve migrant students' access to junior and senior high school services in the areas of instructional opportunities, credit…