The purpose of the survey was to obtain information to prepare a profile of state testing programs. One section of the report summarizes the data on the 42 testing programs that were operating in 33 states during the 1972-73 school year. This summary tabulates the findings of eight major areas covering all the questions asked during the…

Describes New Jersey's environmental education program, operated under the auspices of a unique Council for Environmental Education financed by Title III funds.

Presented are proceedings from the Congressional hearing on H.R. 15 (a bill to extend certain elementary and secondary education programs for 5 years), with particular emphasis on Title I programs run by state agencies for handicapped, neglected and delinquent, and migrant children. Statements, prepared statements, and letters are given for such…

Over half of the report on career education programs in Rhode Island consists of detailed reports of specific projects which provide the following information: sponsoring agency, program title, program director, project dates, grade level, number of population to be served, description of the population to be served, amount of Federal funds, and…

This report describes the national Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) performance contracting experiment and three of its local programs. It also briefly outlines one state-level development in performance contracting. In the OEO experiment, 20 school districts were selected to represent diverse geographic settings; the common elements of the…

Intended to provide an orientation to special education under the jurisdiction of the California State Department of Education, the publication presents a summary of the status of special education in California and an overview of provisions made to serve children with physical, mental, and emotional exceptionalities. The history of special…

This State Plan for Environmental Education, proposed by the Texas Advisory Council on Environmental Education, is designed to promote a greater public awareness and understanding among Texas citizens of their relationships with and dependence upon the natural and man-made environments. Such an awareness should foster an ability to comprehend and…

Identifying and describing a variety of educational approaches to the gifted currently in practice on the elementary school level. (RA)

The first of three main sections of the report on career education in Rhode Island, a rationale for career education, discusses the need for career education, some misconceptions about career education, seven career education tenets, and two State career education program models (Oklahoma and Nevada). Part two deals with career education programs…

The publication is a compilation of descriptions of programs for gifted and talented students in North Carolina which have been evaluated by the State Division for Exceptional Children as outstanding and/or possessing worthwhile components on the instructional level. Programs, grouped into primary-elementary, junior high-middle school, and…

THE HISTORY AND FUNCTIONS OF SPECIAL EDUCATION IN TEXAS ARE PRESENTED IN OUTLINE FORM. AN ORGANIZATIONAL CHART SHOWS RELATIONSHIPS AMONG PUBLIC AGENCIES SERVING EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN. (MY)

Report on steps which USOE has taken to implement President Nixon's directive. (Editor)

A State-by-State survey of environmental education programs that includes information on legislation and funding, and that provides a list of departments to contact. (JF)

The concept of governance is discussed in relation to local, state, and federal responsibilities for the education of exceptional children. (LS)

The booklet describes a study of cost projection in funding of handicapped children in the Iowa public schools from 1975-76 through 1985-86. It is explained that estimates of likely numbers of handicapped children were drawn up, along with projections of public school enrollment and estimates of percentage of allowable growth for the 10-year…