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Download full textShepard, Lorrie A.; And Others – 1987
The Texas Examination of Current Administrators and Teachers (TECAT), is a basic literacy test that was administered to 202,000 practicing educators in March 1986. The test was developed in response to state action for educational reform. The Texas reform legislation provided for redistribution of resources to poorer schools and for salary…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Negative Attitudes
Connecticut State Dept. of Income Maintenance, Hartford. – 1992
The Job Connection, which meets the requirements stipulated in the Family Support Act of 1988, is structured to ensure that needy families with children obtain the education, training, and employment needed to help them avoid long-term welfare dependence. The Job Connection program is administered through Connecticut's Department of Income…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Employment Services
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1984
This report summarizes recent compensatory education program activities in Ohio, which were funded through Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. It presents and discusses statistics for the 1982-83 school year, participation trends, instructional impact, expenditure and staffing patterns, inservice training, parent…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Texas State Board of Education, Austin. – 1985
Twenty-three Texas school districts conducted state-funded pilot projects in 1982 and 1983 to determine whether summer school programs could successfully remediate the needs of students who were retained in grade or had failed a required course, who were functioning greatly below their peers in skill attainment, or who were identified as having…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Expenditure per Student
Anderson, Barry D. – 1977
Little is known about the costs of setting up and implementing legislated minimal competency testing (MCT). To estimate the financial obstacles which lie between the idea and its implementation, MCT requirements are viewed from two perspectives. The first, government regulation, views legislated minimal competency requirements as an attempt by the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Compliance (Legal), Cost Effectiveness
Minnesota State Dept. of Education, St. Paul. – 1993
Adult basic education (ABE) programming efforts in Minnesota for the 1992-93 year were designed to accomplish the following state plan-stipulated goals: (1) continue developing/implementing a statewide ABE delivery system to enable adults (especially disadvantaged adults) with basic skill deficiencies to identify and achieve their personal and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Annual Reports, Basic Skills
