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Download full textHolmlund, Helena – Centre for the Economics of Education (NJ1), 2008
When studying different types of returns to education, educational reforms are commonly used in the economics literature as a source of exogenous variation in education. The Swedish compulsory school reform is one example; the reform extended compulsory education throughout the country, in different municipalities at different points in time. Such…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Compulsory Education, Outcomes of Education, Educational Attainment
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Div. of Public Accountability. – 1989
The Education Improvement Act (EIA), legislated in 1984, was one of the steps South Carolina has undertaken to reform and improve its system of public education. The EIA contained provisions addressing seven major educational goals: (1) raising student performance; (2) teaching and testing basic skills; (3) elevating the teaching profession; (4)…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education
Smyer, Roxane; Wilkinson, David – 1990
The Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) has received federal funds through the Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986. The AISD has established a four-fold approach to educate students in kindergarten through grade 12 about the dangers of drugs and alcohol. The four components of the program include: (1) a core committee…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Drug Education, Educational Trends, Elementary School Students
Special Education Programs (ED/OSERS), Washington, DC. Div. of Educational Services. – 1984
The report examines progress for the school years 1981-82 and 1982-83 in implementing P.L. 94-142, The Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Following an executive summary, an analysis of four major aspects of the law's implementation is detailed. A section on students receiving a free appropriate public education cites data on the number of…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Due Process
Puzzuoli, David A.; Alexander, Donald L. – 1971
In September 1962, the State Board of Education initiated a broad annual study of the academic achievement and scholastic aptitude of West Virginia public schools called the State-County Testing Program. The results of this program in Region II West Virginia schools for 1965-66 - 1969-70 are analyzed to: 1) identify discernable trends; 2) find any…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Accountability, Achievement Tests
Texas Advisory Council for Technical - Vocational Education, Austin. – 1979
Assessment of the present status of vocational education in Texas and recommended priorities for the future constitute this annual report. Part 1 documents the progress of the 1970s and lists 15 challenges for vocational education in the 1980s, including application of meaningful evaluation procedures and careful program planning to maximize cost…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Conservation Education, Correctional Education, Cost Effectiveness
