A response is made to a special report "An Assessment of the Michigan Accountability Program" prepared by a committee composed of Drs. Ernest House, Wendell Rivers, and Daniel Stufflebeam under contract with the Michigan Education Association (MEA) and the National Education Association (NEA). The three-men panel was to evaluate the…

The goals of the project were to strengthen the curriculum management capabilities of the Oklahoma Curriculum and Instructional Materials Center (CIMC); to expand its efforts toward curriculum management in career education through coordination of efforts in development, dissemination, and diffusion; and to maximize resources for curriculum…

This compilation deals with current programs in environmental education in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the Territory of Guam. Arranged state-by-state, this volume details such information as: state plans for environmental education, environmental education legislation, teacher certification, state coordinators for environmental…

In its sixth annual evaluation report for fiscal year 1975, Hawaii's Advisory Council on Vocational Education concentrated on the subject of statewide planning for vocational education and focused particularly on four goals of the State Master Plan: responsiveness to employment opportunities, coordination and planning, quality and cost…

Project FOLLOW-UP was conducted to develop, test, and validate a statewide management information system for follow-up of Texas public junior and community college students. This activities manual provides an overview of the resultant student information system (TEX-SIS) and its characteristics. Seven subsystems comprise SIS, each with its own…

Volume 5 of the 19-volume Highway Safety Program Manual (which provides guidance to State and local governments on preferred highway safety practices) focuses on driver licensing. The purpose and specific objectives of the driver licensing program are outlined. Federal authority in the area of driver licensing and general policies of a licensing…

This report presents the rationale, methodology, findings, and conclusions of a state-initiated program to assist disadvantaged persons in finding and maintaining stable jobs. Conducted under the direction of the California State Department of Human Resources Development (HRD), this incentive-based system utilizes job agents who are rewarded…

This report contains information on the federally assisted Adult Basic Education (ABE) programs in 64 school districts in California and the qualitative evaluation of ten representative ones. About 7,500 adults were enrolled in these ten during 1967-68. Training led to: increased participation in voting, employment; promotion, removal from…

Consisting of materials presented to the institute on evaluation of the Illinois gifted program, the document presents papers on educational evaluation and the evaluator's role in education. Also, the development of evaluation designs is considered and four evaluation plans are detailed. Questions regarding evaluation are listed; also listed…

The annual report of ESEA Title VI-A activities of the instructional materials developmental center of Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools (North Carolina) presents information on statistical data, project objectives, inservice workshops, convention and lecture participation, visitations, areas served, problems encountered, and project…

This study examines the state administration of each of the following state-coordinated federal programs: the Higher Education Facilities Act of 1963; Title I, Community Service and Continuing Education Programs, and Title VI, Part A, Equipment for the Improvement of Undergraduate Instruction, of the Higher Education Act of 1965; and the State…

This document assesses the experience of the Minnesota and Wisconsin program of student reciprocity. Under terms of the Reciprocity Agreement all residents of both states are eligible for waiver of nonresident tuition increments at any public institution in either state. Overall the Minnesota-Wisconsin reciprocity program has been effective in…

The policy statement outlines New York State standards regarding: (1) the driver's education program; (2) vehicles in the program; (3) administration, supervision, and organization of summer school programs; (4) teachers in the program; and (5) pupils in the program. A glossary defines terms and instructional objectives. Program policies…

The Management Information System for Occupational Education (MISOE) supports policy formation at two levels. On the static level, MISOE provides managers with data about students, teachers, administrators, costs, and the social impacts of educational programs which are essential to the accurate analysis of present policy. On another level, the…

Presented in the guide to resources for preschool handicapped children are information on selected Federal agencies, associations, and directories; program descriptions of regional, State, and local resources; and a list of agencies, organizations, and special projects in the 50 States and U.S. territories. Usually given are address; telephone…