The purposes of this report are to assess the need for federally supported curriculum development in education, and if there is a need, to determine appropriate policies for conducting development and supporting implementation. The assessment is based on the national curriculum development projects that have been sponsored since 1956 by the…

To highlight some of the most severe and unique problems facing Black children, the National Black Child Development Institute has prepared this report on the status of Black children in 1980. Five critical issues are considered in detail: child care, education, health, youth, unemployment and child welfare. For each issue, the report discusses…

Intended to make educational information resources and technical assistance more readily accessible to educators, this directory lists the names and addresses of federally-supported educational service centers in the Region III area. The listings are divided into the following categories: alcohol and drug abuse centers; bilingual education…

Educators need a better understanding of the change process if changes are to be well planned and effective. The purpose of this study was to identify procedures that had facilitated educational change in selected school systems. The changes studied were in the areas of curriculum organization and content, instructional technology, staffing,…

The five essays that compose this report criticize, from federal, state, and local perspectives, current methods of evaluating government-sponsored education programs. A major recurring theme is that experimental design methods, most commonly used by the Department of Education, do not provide adequate information for policy-makers' needs. The…

A review by the General Accounting Office of various aspects of indirect costs associated with federal health research grants is presented. After an introduction detailing the scope of the review and defining indirect costs and federal participation, the report focuses on the causes of the rapid increase of indirect costs. Among findings was that…

This document is the official record of hearings held September 8 and 12, 1977, dealing with the reorganization of the Office of Human Development. The hearings were held before the Subcommittee on Select Education of the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Education and Labor. Included in these proceedings are statements, prepared…

This report describes and analyzes statistical indicators of educational knowledge production and dissemination capability, presenting data at both the state and regional levels of aggregation. Three factors underlie 12 statistical indicators: a document production and access factor, a human-based linkage and exemplary practices factor, and a…

The Title I Support System had two major functions: to provide technical assistance to Title I and migrant education projects specially selected for targeted dissemination to Title I schools through the Title I/National Diffusion Network (NDN); and to document, analyze, and report on the technical assistance activities and transactions between the…

Hearings before the Committee on Human Resources of the U.S. Senate on the Better Jobs and Income Act (S. 2084) are presented. (The purpose of the Act, the text of which is included in the document, is to replace the existing federal welfare programs with a single, coordinated program to seek to assure jobs, training, and income supplementation…

This paper surveys the recent literature on the implementation of educational innovations and reviews and synthesizes research findings and recommendations for improving educational practices. It focuses on the implementation processes, influences, and effects that are considered to be important variables in educational change, and explores…

Results are presented of a national survey of in-school students, teachers, and principals to determine the viewership and availability of 11 television series which have been produced and distributed through funding provided by the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) to reduce cultural isolation among minority group members. In-home surveys were also…

The U.S. Office of Education, under the legislative authority of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA), commissioned a survey of the viewership of 11 ESAA-funded TV series designed to reduce cultural isolation in minority children. Objectives of the survey were to determine the availability of the ESAA-TV series to their target audiences, as well as…

Comments from program directors, Indian contractors, and tribal leaders are considered in the report of the Bureau of Indian Affairs' (B.I.A.) Indian Action Team Program, implemented in 1972 to provide Indian people living on reservations with job training through Indian Technical Assistance Center contracts with tribal groups. Funding was $66.2…

The report on arts education presents findings of a survey of state education agencies. Requested by the U.S. Office of Education, the survey was designed to provide background data for the federal government's activities in coordinating arts education policies and programs. The survey was sent to all 50 states with 100% response. Questions…