The report examines South Dakota Programs for Special Education and Pupil Personnel Services. Investigated and evaluated are services provided for the mentally retarded, emotionally disturbed/socially maladjusted, learning disabled, speech impaired, physically handicapped, visually handicapped, and aurally handicapped. Other essential pupil…

The central purpose of the study was to assess the capability of the schools and to recommend models for improving and extending special educational resources in Northeastern Minnesota. Four aspects of programing for handicapped children are delineated: the identification and incidence of handicapped children, an analysis of the educational needs,…

To give direction to future program planning, this study was conducted to determine employment opportunities, analyze data to predict job trends, and analyze requirements for jobs in the home economics area. Structured interviews were conducted at 250 randomly selected businesses, industries and homes in seven major population centers of Kentucky.…

This final report of the Pennsylvania Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational Education (RCU) summarizes activities during the period from August 1966 to August 31, 1969. Major activities and accomplishments of the RCU include program initiation, development of research and related activities, ancillary research and related projects, the…

The purpose of this project was to study the feasibility of coordinating educational information systems and associated data processing efforts. A non-profit organization, representing key educational agencies in the state of Minnesota, was established to advise and guide the project. A statewide conference was held under the auspices of the…

This study represents the last of four studies devoted to Provisional Certification in Illinois--to the problems of provisionally certificated personnel in obtaining regular teaching certificates and the ways in which these problems can be alleviated through the cooperation of teacher training institutions, local school systems, county…

The use of assessment information by school administrators involved in a statewide assessment program was investigated. Data from 93 superintendents were analyzed to determine the relationships between information usage and perceptions of assessment information relevance, problem identification, and origin of superintendent. Local dissemination of…

This study proposed to examine some of the essential features of Alaska's guidance and counseling programs as well as to determine the services necessary for an effective program. The study further sought to determine levels of program adequacy for each of 43 typical characteristics. Characteristics were grouped into the broad activity areas of…

On May 4, 1970, the State of Pennsylvania entered upon a new era of school administration with the passage of Act 102. This act established the Intermediate Unit (IU), which provides consultative, advisory, or education program services to school districts, as the middle echelon of a three-echelon educational system (school district, intermediate…

Under the auspices of the Massachusetts Advisory Council on Education, the status of science teaching in Massachusetts elementary schools was studied by the project staff of the Office of Tests at Harvard University. The quality and use of the National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported programs were analyzed through a historical discussion of…

This report contains information on State-by-State membership in the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) locals in 1974; comparative national AFT membership data for the years 1970 through 1974; information on State federations and their officers; AFT administrator locals; percent of instructional staff in the United States by members of the AFT…

The Economic Education Center of the College of St. Thomas conducted this survey of social studies and business education programs in the St. Paul area high schools to procure information for determining (1) the types of services needed by classroom teachers in the field of economics and (2) the nature of programs which should be offered by the…

Based on questionnaires sent to a random sample of 140 debate coaches in Kansas in December 1973, three aspects of Kansas high school debate programs--general characteristics of programs active in debate, budget characteristics of these programs, and general characteristics of the professional staff associated with the programs--are examined. Ten…

To determine if the rate of pay for part-time instructors at Compton Community College was low or average, a survey was conducted of the community colleges in California as to the pay of part-time instructors teaching lecture-type classes only. A survey questionnaire was sent to the Deans of Continuing Education in the 98 California community…

A statewide survey was conducted of local evaluation policies, procedures, and problems of implementing evaluation programs on the campuses of California community colleges. The following areas were studied: (1) the process of development of the evaluation program; (2) procedures utilized in the first year of implementing Senate Bill 696…