The guidelines presented here for regional, national, or international referral centers are concerned with the effective exploitation of available information inventories. Defined as agencies which refer inquirers to the sources most likely to provide the desired information, these centers are recognized by UNESCO's UNISIST program as necessary…

The Michigan State Board of Education does not believe that Federal court intervention is necessarily the best avenue for achieving integration. It therefore recommends additional State actions to avoid further Federal court involvement in racially isolated school districts. The Board has proposed suggested guidelines for use by local school…

General guidelines exist for reporting and interpreting test scores, but there are short comings in the available technology, especially when applied to criterion-referenced tests. Concerns that have been expressed in the educational measurement literature address the uses of test scores, the manner of reporting scores, limited testing knowledge…

THE EXPRESSED DESIRE OF NEWARK LANGUAGE ARTS TEACHERS FOR PERSONAL INVOLVEMENT IN CURRICULUM ASSESSMENT AND SHAPING LED TO THE FRAMING OF A QUESTIONNAIRE TO GIVE TEACHERS A MEANS OF EVALUATING LANGUAGE ARTS PROGRAMS AND OF SUGGESTING IMPROVEMENTS. AN ANALYSIS OF THEIR RESPONSES IDENTIFIED "CLEARLY EMERGING NEEDS" FOR--(1) A SOUND PHILOSOPHY ON…

DESIGNED FOR TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS, THIS WORK SHEET PROVIDES GENERAL AND SPECIFIC INFORMATION ABOUT THE PHILOSOPHY, TYPES, AND USES OF LANGUAGE LABORATORIES IN SECONDARY SCHOOL LANGUAGE PROGRAMS. THE FIRST SECTION DISCUSSES THE ADVANTAGES OF USING THE LABORATORY EFFECTIVELY TO REINFORCE AND CONSOLIDATE CLASSROOM LEARNING, AND MENTIONS SOME…

POLICIES, PROCEDURES, AND REGULATIONS WHICH APPLY TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TECHNICAL PROGRAMS IN WISCONSIN ARE PRESENTED. THE DOCUMENT SHOULD BE USEFUL IN PROGRAM PLANNING AND FOR THE ORIENTATION OF STAFF, BOARD, COMMITTEES, AND THE COMMUNITY. MAJOR DIVISIONS ARE (1) GENERAL INFORMATION WHICH INCLUDES PHILOSOPHY AND OBJECTIVES, AN DEVELOPMENT OF A…

THE COLLECTION, PROCESSING, SYNTHESIZING, AND DISSEMINATION OF DATA ON THE PROGRESS OF ALL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM (ES) '70 PROGRAMS IS AN ESSENTIAL INGREDIENT IN ACHIEVING THE PROGRAMS' OBJECTIVES. THESE PROGRAMS EMBRACE 17 INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN THE PRIMARY NETWORK ALONE AND ARE BASED ON A UNIQUE APPROACH OF "LOCAL-STATE-FEDERAL…

This report, the fifteenth in a series of twenty completed by the Children's Environments Advisory Service for the International Year of the Child, 1979, presents a guide for planning play spaces on roof decks in high density family housing projects where on-grade land is too scarce or too expensive for development as communal recreation space.…

Guidelines for coordinators of programs under Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965 are presented, based on a national survey of Title III program coordinators. The responsibilities of the coordinator and information on administering the Strengthening Developing Institutions Program (SDIP) grant are covered. The program can either be a…

These guidelines for writing a learning activity packet (LAP) include a rationale for self instruction; suggested format for writing a LAP; analysis of the LAP format item by item; general instructions for writing a LAP; examples of performance objectives; affective domain attitudinal objectives; and student/teacher contracts for learning;…

This manual is designed to assist teachers in operating a school store as a classroom-laboratory for teaching marketing in the high school distributive education curriculum. The first part of the guide provides a rationale for competency-based instruction, introduces the cluster concept of organizing jobs in marketing and distributive education,…

This booklet provides non-professionals with the guidelines, information, and procedures necessary to design, plan and build stimulating outdoor play environments for children. Information on technical issues related to site selection, play area design, landform and drainage, climate, lighting, safety and vandalism are provided in Chapter I.…

Procedures, requirements, and forms are presented in this handbook designed to guide students through Whatcom Community College's (WCC's) Individualized Degree Program. After introductory material concerning degree requirements and application procedures, the handbook considers the objectives and outcomes of initial advising sessions in which the…

This manual outlines the administrative procedures to be followed by the Illinois community colleges in implementing state policies concerning audit and recognition evaluations, which are conducted periodically by the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB). The sections of the Illinois Public Community College Act that grant the ICCB the legal…

One of 33 self-paced instructional modules for training industry services leaders to provide guidance in the performance of manpower services by public agencies to new and expanding private industry, this module contains three sequential learning activities on adapting the training site to training needs. The first learning activity is designed to…