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Download full textTennessee State Board of Education, 2005
Currently, the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) encompasses four mandated testing programs. This document includes results from the TCAP Achievement Test in reading/language, mathematics, science, and social studies in grades 3-8; the Writing Assessment in grades 5, 8, and 11; the Gateway Assessments, administered initially to…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Federal Legislation, Grade 5, Grade 3
Danaher, Joan, Ed.; Kraus, Robert, Ed. – 2002
The 11th edition of the Section 619 Profile describes services provided under the Preschool Grants Program for Children with Disabilities (Section 619 of Part B) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). It presents current and/or historical information for all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, which are all…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Education Trust, Washington, DC. – 2003
This report presents 10 suggestions for what the U.S. Department of Education can do to help schools raise achievement for all students and close the achievement gap by increasing teacher quality: (1) make improving teacher quality job one; (2) insist on good data; (3) ensure that states make an immediate priority of fixing the indefensible…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Collection, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues. – 2002
A study examined the skill grant and scholarship grant programs. Findings indicated skill grantees offered training through various service delivery options to people needing skill upgrading; scholarship grantees provided scholarships to low income students for college degree programs in computer science, mathematics, and engineering. The skill…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Bachelors Degrees, Computer Science, Engineering
Feinberg, Rosa Castro – 2002
This book describes the evolution of bilingual education in the United States, emphasizing its relationship to educational and civil rights reform. Federal, state, and district policies affecting the implementation of bilingual programs are identified, along with related legal, political, demographic, and economic factors and controversies.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Civil Rights, Diversity (Student), Educational Finance
PDF pending restorationConsortium for Appropriate Dispute Resolution in Special Education (CADRE), Eugene, OR. – 2001
Designed for Hmong parents of students with disabilities living in Oregon, this brochure describes the general mediation process that parents can use to resolve special education services disputes with schools. It begins by discussing what mediation is and the characteristics of a trained mediator. It addresses the requirement for making mediation…
Descriptors: Conflict Resolution, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Kerka, Sandra – 2001
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) requires Workforce Investment Boards (WIBs) to establish Youth Councils as a sub-group focused on low-income youth at risk, ages 14-21, who face barriers to school completion. Youth Councils present an opportunity to develop a comprehensive employment and training system. The WIA's vision of a…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Education Work Relationship, Educationally Disadvantaged
Massanari, Carol B. – 2002
This paper discusses how educators can connect the individualized education programs (IEPs) of students with disabilities to the general education curriculum. It begins by reviewing new provisions in the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act that require a student's IEP to include a statement relative to how the child's disability affects…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Access to Education, Curriculum, Curriculum Design
PDF pending restorationNorris, Dave N.; King, Christopher T. – 1997
An evaluation was conducted of the Hawaii Food Stamp Employment and Training (FSE&T)/Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program Conformance Demonstration, known as PRIDE (Positive Response in Developing Employment). The cost component determined impact of the demonstration on costs of administering and providing activity components and support…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
O'Shea, Daniel P.; Norris, Dave N. – 1997
An evaluation was conducted of the Texas Food Stamp Employment and Training(E&T)/Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program Conformance Demonstration. The cost analysis determined the impact of the demonstration, the BOND (Better Opportunities for New Directions) program, on costs of administering and providing activity components and support…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 1997
This document contains the text of the Employment, Training, and Literacy Enhancement Act of 1997, as amended by committee, including the titles that cover the following: general provisions; employment and training programs for disadvantaged youth; federally administered programs; adult education programs; miscellaneous provisions; the State Human…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Compliance (Legal), Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
American Association of Community Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1997
Business and industry are faced with enormous transition, and workforce development has become critical to competitiveness. Jobs requiring technical skills are expected to grow to 65 percent of the market, while unskilled, low-end wage jobs should shrink to just 15 percent. Estimates indicate that up to 75 percent of the existing workforce will…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation, Federal Aid
Kissam, Ed; Dorsey, Holda – 1997
This module, which may be used as the basis for a workshop or as a special topic unit in adult basic education or English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) courses, focuses on renting a place to live. The following items are included: module overview; list of basic, thinking, interpersonal, information utilization, and other skills addressed in the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Civil Rights Legislation, Contracts
Finn, Chester E., Jr., Ed.; Rotherham, Andrew J., Ed.; Hokanson, Charles R., Jr., Ed. – 2001
This book scrutinizes the education now being received by 6 million U.S. children with disabilities. It identifies the problems that currently beset special education, analyzes their causes, and suggests solutions. Chapters include: (1) "The Evolution of the Federal Role" (Tyce Palmaffy); (2) "Time To Make Special Education 'Special' Again" (Wade…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Due Process
Sosa, Alicia, Ed. – NABE News, 2001
This document contains the 2000-2001 issues of the "NABE News," a magazine about bilingual education. The theme of each issue is: (1) "Back to School: Anti-Bilingual Ballot Initiatives To Affect Thousands of LEP Students"; (2) "Serving Emerging Populations: School Districts Re-Tool To Respond to New Students' Needs";…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
