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Lynch, Eleanor W.; And Others – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1991
California's approach to developing programmatic and administrative models for the implementation of Individualized Family Service Plans (IFSPs) in providing services to young handicapped children is discussed. The models focus on implementing recognized best practices as well as changing state policy and administrative structure to enhance…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Disabilities
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Rose, Tom; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1991
This section presents two pragmatic studies focusing on a real-life situation and specific applications in managerial decision making. One study deals with improving occupational safety in a bedding manufacturing plant, whereas the other concentrates on managing a state mental health program. (SLD)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Programs, Decision Making, Epistemology
Karlin, Shary; Harnish, Dorothy – 1995
This report describes results of focus group evaluation of the first year of Georgia's CrossRoads program, an alternative public school program to provide chronically disruptive, committed, and/or non-attending students (grades 6-12) with the social services and individualized instruction they require and to make the public schools more secure by…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Behavior Disorders, Community, Focus Groups
Simon, Marlene; And Others – 1992
This technical assistance planning guide was developed as part of the PEERS (Providing Education for Everyone in Regular Schools) Project, a California project to facilitate the integration of students with severe disabilities previously at special centers into services at regular school sites and to facilitate the integration of students in…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Disabilities, Educational Practices, Effective Schools Research
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1981
This congressional report contains testimony given at an oversight hearing on the termination of the Community Services Administration (CSA) and the subsequent transition to the community services block grant program. Among those organizations and agencies represented at the hearing were the following: the National Community Action Agency; the…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Community Services, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Collison, Sidney B., Comp.; Spartz, James L., Comp. – 1986
This annual report, prepared by a Delaware State Advisory Committee in response to federal requirements, evaluates programs assisted under Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) during the 1984-85 school year. The first of five sections provides a financial overview of programs supported during this time and…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Expenditures
Collison, Sidney B., Comp.; Spartz, James L., Comp. – 1987
This annual report, prepared by a Delaware State Advisory Committee in response to federal requirements, evaluates programs assisted under Chapter 2 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 (ECIA) during the 1985-86 school year. The first of five sections provides a financial overview of programs supported during this time and…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid, Expenditures
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. Student Services Section. – 1989
This report contains the Oregon state plan for educating homeless children and youth required by the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987. Data on the number and location of homeless children and homeless youth in the state and the barriers they face in obtaining a free public education are discussed. Section 1 provides an overview…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Organizations, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Legislation
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Higher Education Opportunity Programs. – 1986
The Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) at New York independent colleges and universities is described. Information is provided on eligibility and admission to a HEOP; remedial and developmental courses; tutorial services; academic, personal, and career counseling; financial aid; and economic eligibility criteria. HEOP provides supportive…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Developmental Studies Programs, Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Fuhrman, Susan – 1987
This paper is divided into the following sections: (1) State Capacity and Education, with regard to financial resources and policymaking ability; (2) State Education Reforms; (3) States and the Disadvantaged: A Historical Perspective; (4) Education Reform and At-Risk Youth; and (5) Recent Trends in Programs for the Disadvantaged. The capacity and…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Odden, Allan – 1987
This paper reviews the economic and political science literature, and the literature on Chapter 1/Title I in order to identify policy options that retain adequate fiscal accountability as well as insure program quality. Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 is the successor to Title I of the Elementary and Secondary…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Quality
Tittle, Carol Kehr – 1978
There is a continuing need in evaluation research for the establishment of a relationship between evaluation findings and decision making. A method is proposed for a particular situation: annual funding decisions for projects in a large grant program in vocational education. Outcome and predictive impact variables were ranked by three groups of…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Decision Making, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria
MACLEARIE, ELIZABETH C. – 1964
STANDARDS FOR THE ORGANIZATION, ADMINISTRATION, AND EVALUATION OF A SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR SPEECH- AND HEARING-HANDICAPPED CHILDREN HAVE BEEN ADOPTED BY THE OHIO STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION. THIS PUBLICATION PRESENTS THESE STANDARDS AND THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STATE SUPERVISOR, THE COORDINATOR, THE PRINCIPAL, THE CLASSROOM TEACHER, AND THE SPEECH AND…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Certification, Hearing Impairments, Hearing Therapy
National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1980
A study examined the effects of the 1976 Amendments to the Vocational Education Act of 1963 on the state distribution of federal funds, state planning, and state evaluation. The difficulty of determining the effects of vocational education on participants was also treated. Consultant, technical, and liason committees consisting of representatives…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educational Legislation, Educational Planning, Federal Aid
Smith, Terry R. – 1979
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the on-site evaluation phase of the three-phase system for statewide evaluation of occupational education programs in Illinois. The specific problem was to explore the nature of selected changes in the occupational education programs of comprehensive secondary schools over five years and the extent to…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Community Resources, Evaluation Methods, High Schools
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