The report describes a study to assess 27 states' current data capabilities as they relate to information requirements of P.L. 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. The first part of the report summarizes study results, including such major findings as that most states were reasonably able to meet proposed federal requirements in…

The fifth in a series of annual reports, the status report describes the overall North Carolina Program for Exceptionally Talented Children as instituted by local school units for the school year 1969-1970, evaluating the educational program against predetermined criteria. Statistical data are presented about all known gifted and talented (GT)…

Reported is progress made by the state educational agency and local school districts in Wisconsin toward implementation of Chapter 89, laws of 1973 for the school year 1973-74. (LS)

The sixth annual status report describes the overall North Carolina Program for Gifted and Talented (GT) Children as carried out by local school units during the 1970-71 school year. Following a definition of the GT program and of the GT child, total numbers of GT allotment teachers, other teachers, and students in the program for 1969-70 and…

The Georgia plan considers career education not as a program but as a concept cutting across all other program areas, with potential for achieving a variety of educational objectives. The underlying principles are those of a comprehensive, integrated approach to education, a developmental focus on individuals, and the integration of subject matter…

This report describes the range of methods used by state education agencies to report special education information to the public and the challenges related to this reporting. It begins by reviewing the reporting requirements under the No Child Left Behind Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and then reports the results of a…

Statistics of mental illness in Maryland are provided in the areas of diagnostic distribution of admissions and resident patients, size and nature of patient population, percentage change in daily cost per patient, employee-patient ratios, length of hospitalization, diagnostic treatment trends, patient mortality, and Baltimore's specific problems…

This fold-out chart provides information about educational achievement in New Mexico for 1988-89. Demographic and educational indicators are summarized for the 88 school districts with over 292,450 students in 633 public schools in the state. The New Mexico Assessment System measures student achievement in language arts, social studies, science,…

The report is based on a survey conducted in 1968 and 1969, involving university and state special educators in 13 western states, which provided estimates of need, demand, and supply of special education personnel. Data is supplied for the following: number of children in the west receiving special education in 1967-68, incidence of…

Six pages of text highlighting the Federal-State Program of Vocational Rehabilitation for disabled persons in the fiscal years of 1967-71 accompany 32 tables of statistical data. The publication furnishes answers related to the personal and program-associated characteristics of persons rehabilitated under the program. Information for individual…

This paper reports on a study conducted during the 1972-73 school year. The study aimed at providing facts, empirical evidence, feedback, and other forms of information to aid administrators and the professional staff in a self-assessment directed to the continued improvement of the Department's leadership potential. Although the study results…

To address concerns of an excess of paperwork documenting compliance with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a survey of all 50 state education agencies was conduced that investigated the role of state education agencies in the documentation of special education procedures. The survey listed 19 types of forms related to documentation…

The Illinois project entitled Measurement and Evaluation of Public Library Services is being conducted by the Library Research Center (LRC) at the University of Illinois. The long range goal of the project is to make available meaningful information for the evaluation and improvement of local public libraries. Two immediate objectives are to test…

This document is a report to the Delaware State Legislature concerning the results of the Delaware Educational Assessment Program in 1989-90. The Stanford Achievement Test was administered statewide in grades 1 through 8 and grade 11. This administration allowed both national and state comparisons. The average Delaware student performed above the…

This report presents the Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) performance results to state officials and the public as required by state law. Compiled in two volumes, TAAS results are aggregated and reported for the state as a whole, for education service centers and individual districts, and in district demographic groupings. This volume…