This document presents the deliberations and recommendations of the Arizona Governor's Committee on Quality Education, which met from June to October 1983. The broad goals of their recommendations are: (1) to increase expectations of student performance; (2) to increase the breadth and depth of the educational program to which students are…

This document combines and consolidates the following statistical reports published separately prior to 1983-84: (1) "The Status of Education" (formerly the Superintendent's Annual Statistical Report); (2) "Selected Statistical Information--Individual Dade County Public Schools"; (3) "Ethnic Characteristics of Students and…

Efforts of the U.S. Department of Education to verify data submitted by applicants to the Pell Grant program were analyzed by the General Accounting Office. The effects of carrying out the Department's policy or methodology, called "validation," on financial aid applicants and colleges were assessed. Costs of 1982-1983 validation on…

An assessment model was developed to produce change in adult basic education (ABE) programs and thereby improve learning for adult students. During the development of the model, 89 ABE programs were analyzed. To determine the effect that ABE has on the quality of life of its students, researchers observed 77 of the 89 programs included in the…

This report describes the Learning Disabled College Writer's Project, implemented at the University of Minnesota during the 1985-86 school year and designed to aid learning disabled college students master composition skills through training in the use of microcomputer word processors. Following an executive summary, an introduction states the…

This guide is intended to make adult educators aware of the materials and products for use with special needs adults that have been developed with funds from Section 310 of the Adult Education Act. The resources have been grouped into the following categories: adult education program management, adults with disabilities, competency-based adult…

A self-study of Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College was conducted to: review progress on concerns cited by the last accrediting team; evaluate improvements attempted in all phases of college work; measure the college in terms of the North Central Association Commission's criteria for accreditation; and develop a comprehensive guide through the…

Recent college assessment initiatives of the federal government, regional accrediting associations, state systems of higher education, and higher education institutions are examined. The goals and strategies of existing college assessment programs are also considered. The following issues related to developing and implementing college assessment…

Current Florida funding formulas for advanced placement, dual enrollment, and international baccalaureate instruction are examined, as well as suggested funding formulas to offset the cost of providing each kind of instruction. After the executive summary, the introduction discusses the commission charge and activities. Articulated acceleration…

This report presents information on the third year (1986-87) of the third cycle of Rockland Community College's (RCC) Special Services Project, a program providing remedial and English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction, counseling, and tutorial services for educationally and economically disadvantaged students. The report examines the…

Because magnet schools restructure school and district attendance area boundaries in order to achieve racial heterogeneity, they attempt to disassemble the very unit towards which the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Chapter 1 program targets its resources--neighborhood schools attended by poor children. A nine-district survey of the…

Under Title VII funding, Project BEAMS (Bilingual Education for Achievement in Mathematics and Science) provided educational and support activities to 214 gifted students of limited English proficiency (LEP) in three Brooklyn high schools. The program gave students of Spanish, Haitian, Chinese, Korean, Middle Eastern, and various European…

In fall 1987, a Freshman Strategy Seminar (FSS) was pilot tested and evaluated at Erie Community College's (ECC's) South Campus to assist students lacking basic English and mathematics skills. Developmental class sections in writing, reading and math were reserved for the FSS students, in the hope that a cluster course approach would reduce…

This book summarizes the projects funded by the Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Development of the Employment and Training Administration. It includes projects completed between 1978 and December 31, 1986. Report entries are arranged by National Technical Information Service order number. Each entry includes the following: title, corporate…

The Computers in Bilingual Education (CIBE) program at South Bronx High School offered computer-assisted instruction in English as a second language (ESL), native language arts, social studies, mathematics, and science to limited-English-speaking students and provided instruction in computer literacy. It served 340 low-income ninth-, tenth-, and…