Priorities and procedures for making California schools fiscally and educationally accountable. (RA)

A plan for educational reform in Michigan to increase accountability. (RA)

An earlier version of the paper was presented at the annual convention of Region 8 of the American Association on Mental Deficiency (Omaha, Nebraska, October 7-8, 1968). (Author)

Early history and present status of a work-study program, which includes classroom instruction and work experience at Goodwill Industries, for all handicapped students in Special Education classes. The program is coordinated by the public school system, the Goodwill Industries of Denver, and three state agencies. (SB)

In focusing on why and how standards might be incorporated into the evaluation process, two themes are explored: the extent to which the Evaluation Research Society (ERS) Standards differ from other recent standards-setting activities and their applicability to local and state-level evaluation efforts. (Author/LC)

Analysis of surveys completed by 41 state consultants for gifted education revealed various official titles, a variety of time allocation, and a preponderance of state support for the position. Responsibilities most often cited include preparing and coordinating grants. (CL)

Answers questions about Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP) projects concerning such topics as success rate of projects going before the JDRP, appeal procedures, and accepted level of statistical significance. (CT)

Describes the program the Michigan department of education mounted to improve the way in which the media report the results of the Michigan Educational Assessment Program, a program that tests the basic skills of all fourth-, seventh-, and tenth-grade students each year. (IRT)

Describes an "Aggressive Adoption" program designed to combat the problem of foster care "drift" by expanding the availability of adoption resources for children in the care of a small, public child welfare agency. (RH)

Reports on a multisource identification and an in-depth analysis of exemplary state agency rehabilitation counselors so as to describe the characteristics associated with being exemplary. Results indicate no differences between the two types of rehabilitation counselors -- therapeutic and case manager -- on-job satisfaction or on-task demands.…

Studied the implementation of school-based management in 30 of the poorest school districts in New Jersey (the Abbott districts). Findings show that genuine autonomy has been usurped by increased state power and authority, and that state elites allow little opportunity for capacity building at the district level. The level of democratization has…

Interviews with representatives of 18 states offering registered preapprenticeship identified the following: policies of awarding credit for work, paying wages, and transferring hours to full apprenticeship; organizational arrangements; appropriateness; formal standards; indenture procedures; external funding/resources; and problems and…