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Mead, Nancy A. – 1980
Focusing on the problems of assessing the speaking skills of secondary school students, this paper provides one example of how those problems were addressed in the Massachusetts speaking assessment. The paper identifies four requirements for measures of speaking skills: (1) feasibility, (2) reliability, (3) validity, and (4) freedom from bias. The…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Measurement Techniques
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. – 1980
This report describes the activities and accomplishments resulting from a federal dissemination grant awarded to the Arkansas State Department of Education. The state dissemination project was conducted to make school personnel aware of dissemination activities and to assess the needs of school district personnel and state agency personnel in the…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Federal Aid, Information Dissemination, Information Needs
Gallas, Howard B. – 1980
The New Jersey Minimum Basic Skills (MBS) Tests in reading and mathematics were administered for the third consecutive year during the week of March 24, 1980 to approximately 390,000 publicly educated students in grades 3, 6, 9, and 11. The 1979-80 MBS Tests measured the same skills as the 1977-78 and 1978-79 tests. These three tests remained…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 11, Grade 3
Lamar, Carl F. – 1980
The Kentucky Placement and Followup System (KPFS) was assessed to determine the effectiveness of the different components, describe the potential usefulness of KPFS, and identify any barriers that had been encountered. A questionnaire was developed by the program director to survey the fourteen vocational education regions in Kentucky to determine…
Descriptors: Followup Studies, Graduate Surveys, High School Graduates, Job Placement
Predaris, Theodora G., Comp.; And Others – 1980
This is a compendium of information on bilingual education from the state education agencies of the fifty states and seven territories of the United States. Entries are listed alphabetically by state; the seven territories are listed alphabetically following the states. Each entry includes the name of the state or territory; the name, address, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Financial Support
Corson, Alan; And Others – 1977
Presented are key issues to be addressed by state, regional, and local governments and agencies in creating effective hazardous waste management programs. Eight chapters broadly frame the topics which state-level decision makers should consider. These chapters include: (1) definition of hazardous waste; (2) problem definition and recognition; (3)…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Environmental Standards, Hazardous Materials, Land Use
Vlaanderen, Russell B. – 1980
The Education Amendments of 1978, Part B of the Elementary Secondary Education Act Title IX were implemented because of the growing concern about illiteracy, test score decline, and educational accountability. They establish funds and technical assistance to state and local education agencies for program implementation and test development. Both…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Regulation
Moore, Jean J.; And Others – 1979
The packet is designed to aid State Directors of Special Education in the Southwest Region in the development, initiation, implementation, or refinement of procedural safeguards for parents and children, with a specific focus on communication between parents of special needs children and state or local education agencies. A matrix outlines…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Compliance (Legal), Due Process, Elementary Secondary Education
Texas State Library, Austin. – 1979
This annual report consists of two major sections--the system staff and programs of the state's ten library systems, and the summary budget analysis. Information provided for each of the ten systems includes the address, telephone number, name of system coordinator of the interlibrary loan office and a directory of staff members; names and…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Budgets, Charts, County Libraries
Buckman, Emily – 1979
This report documents the recommendations derived from conference attention to five areas of concern: (1) responsibility of all sectors to enhance the individual's ability to make informed decisions on environmental issues; (2) the responsibility of all sectors to share information leading to enhanced ability to function in an environmentally…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Elementary Secondary Education, Environmental Education, Government Role
Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Board, St. Paul. – 1978
The management plan for 1979-81 of the Minnesota Higher Education Coordinating Board provides an outline of the major functions and programs assigned to the board, a general outline of the role and scope of the board as an agency of the state, a statement of the mission of the board staff, an organizational chart, a board calendar for 1979-81, and…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Coordination, Educational Cooperation
Ludvigson, Gary, Ed. – 1978
The nature and functions of pupil personnel servcies staff, together with a model of a typical pupil personnal services organization found effective in the public schools of Wisconsin, are presented. Salient features of the recommended model include: (1) services for all children; (2) direct line responsibility to the district administrators; (3)…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Counseling Effectiveness, Counselor Role, Elementary Secondary Education
ELSBREE, WILLARD S.; AND OTHERS – 1965
ECONOMIC, EMPLOYMENT, POPULATION, AND SCHOOL INFORMATION WAS ANALYZED AS THE BASIS FOR A PROPOSED LONG-RANGE PLAN FOR OCCUPATIONAL EDUCATION INTENDED TO PROVIDE FOR BOTH IMMEDIATE AND FUTURE STATEWIDE NEEDS, TO MAKE THE BEST USE OF EXISTING FACILITIES, AND TO LEND ITSELF TO RAPID IMPLEMENTATION. THE PLAN DEALS WITH SECONDARY, POST-SECONDARY, AND…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Educational Needs, Educational Planning, Employment Patterns
RENZULLI, JOSEPH S.; VASSAR, WILLIAM G. – 1967
TO DETERMINE THE EXTENT AND NATURE OF SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY GIFTED STUDENTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT, A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS SENT TO EACH SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IN NOVEMBER 1966. AREAS OF STUDY INCLUDED THE EXISTENCE OF PROGRAMS, IDENTIFICATION CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES, TEACHER SELECTION CRITERIA, AND INSERVICE…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Exceptional Child Education, Gifted, Identification
Arizona Univ., Tucson. – 1966
THE ARIZONA ACADEMY CHOSE FOR THE TOPIC OF ITS NINTH ARIZONA TOWN HALL THE BROAD PROBLEMS OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN ARIZONA. A GENERAL HISTORY OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES AND A CORRESPONDING HISTORY FOR THE STATE OF ARIZONA IS GIVEN. THE HISTORY OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN ARIZONA GIVES A BRIEF SUMMARY OF PERTINENT DATA ABOUT EACH INSTITUTION…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Enrollment Projections, Facility Utilization Research, Federal Aid
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