The semi-annual report of the Tennessee Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational Education summarizes the unit's activities for January 1, 1975 to June 30, 1975. The report includes: (1) technical assistance provided to school administrators, teacher educators, and instructional staff members; (2) staff conference attendance and speaking…

This report examines the financial condition of men when they are released from state prisons. To what extent are they any better off than when they went in? With few exceptions, the author finds very little difference: they leave prison as they entered, still poor, with few employable skills and little work experience. The little money men do…

Provided in working draft form is a matrix for developing written program plans (at either the school, district, State Department, or Regional Office of Education planning levels) for educating gifted and talented students. The matrix contains separate columns for elements, objectives, and implementation and focused on the following major…

The 1969-70 annual report of programs for exceptional children in Florida presents statistics describing funding, screening and evaluation services, grade level of programs for each exceptionality, organization patterns (part or full time classes), personnel assignment by county and program, and numbers of children on waiting lists. (KW)

Included in the directory of special education personnel in state agencies are the names and addresses of chief state school officers, directors of special education and their staff, and the primary administrators of state-federal programs for handicapped children. Lists are provided for all 50 states and seven protectorates or specified areas.…

This final report of the Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational Education in Arkansas summarizes activities during the period June 24, 1966 through August 31, 1969. The major functions of coordination, stimulation, and dissemination of research related to vocational education are discussed under the following topical headings: summary,…

This "newsletter" contains reports on legislative action affecting higher education in the Southern states which had regular or special legislative sessions in 1969. The states included in the report are: West Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, Virginia, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas, Texas,…

This is a series of achievement tests designed to accommodate the varying abilities of students enrolled in typewriting courses in school. The series consists of five levels of tests with alternate forms for each level. Each level is designed to cover ten weeks of classroom instruction and students are not required to take the tests at the same…

This report surveys 1973-74 undergraduate comprehensive state scholarship programs in 28 states. Data concerns dollars and number of awards and related information by states; characteristics of 1973-74 comprehensive state financial aid programs; definitions of a self-supporting student; awards and dollars payout percentages by type of institution…

A guide for understanding the New Mexico statewide evaluation program is presented. It includes the following main sections: (1) educational evaluation: 1969 to Current, (2) Senate Memorial 40, (3) entry phases in objective based evaluation program, (4) schedule of evaluation activities for 1972-73 school year, (5) specific duties for MAP…

Two conferences brought together educators in the state of New York with an interest in individualized instruction. The conferences report consists of five major papers. Individualized teaching practices are compared with those of non-individualized education. A list of the characteristics of an ideal individualized school is given. Seventeen…

This report describes the national Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) performance contracting experiment and three of its local programs. It also briefly outlines one state-level development in performance contracting. In the OEO experiment, 20 school districts were selected to represent diverse geographic settings; the common elements of the…

Intended to provide an orientation to special education under the jurisdiction of the California State Department of Education, the publication presents a summary of the status of special education in California and an overview of provisions made to serve children with physical, mental, and emotional exceptionalities. The history of special…

Michigan's plan for the development and delivery of comprehensive, quality education programs and services for handicapped children in the state is reported. The four major goals of the plan encompass not only the need for comprehensive special education programs, but also the organizational and communications structures necessary for the delivery…

Facts about the work programs, organization, government, finances, and relationships with other associations and agencies of six state and six regional library associations are contained in this report of the Goals Award Project. The report also contains opinions that 231 state association members have of their associations -- how democratic they…