Directed towards designers of vocational education training programs, the document presents statistical data and discussion concerning employment trends in Indiana for various industries in the wholesale and retail trade sector. Data are based on a survey conducted in 1973-74, covering 5,986 establishments and 202,070 employees, with a usable…

A questionnaire was designed to study the uses made of reading tests by classroom teachers in Indiana with at least one year of experience in their respective classrooms. Of the 185 questionnaires distributed by local reading councils, 51 questionnaires were returned. The teachers responding taught in grades one through seven. They reported using…

Presented in the first year report of a joint project by the Oregon Developmental Disabilities Council and the Research and Training Center in Mental Retardation at the University of Oregon are planning strategies to assist state advisory councils in serving the developmentally disabled. Described in part one are project activities and reproduced…

This committee report and position paper recommends that a system of state public kindergartens should be established in Mississippi. Justification for public kindergartens is based on two major premises: (1) a belief that every child can benefit from quality kindergartens as they are described in this paper, and (2) a belief that kindergartens…

Statistical data are presented on special education services in Illinois during Fiscal Year 1969. Seventeen tables of data describe facilities, population served and services received (both resident and outpatient), personnel, expenditures, and salaries of personnel. (KW)

Two questionnaires were used to survey the information resources available to the legislative and executive branches of state government in Indiana. The questionnaires sought information on library and information resources and services currently available from where professional personnel seek information not available in their immediate offices,…

According to a new law, state testing in California should be directed toward broad program evaluation rather than the diagnostic assessment of individual students which should be the responsibility of each local district. The data from the state testing program is used primarily for public information and to facilitate decision making at the…

In order both to examine critically the present status of speech-theatre course offerings, co-curricular programs, and staff credentials in Arizona high schools, and to survey school administrators as well as speech and drama teachers to determine Arizona's need for speech-theatre personnel, questionnaires were sent to personnel in all 138 Arizona…

Preceeding the body of the report are statements on the role of the professional sanitarian, trends in their education, methodology of the study, and a summary of its findings. The report is devoted to statistics relating to patterns in employment (employment status, work setting, undergraduate major, primary work function, current work functions,…

This document investigates operational patterns and state plan criteria of the Higher Education Facilities Commission. Four study procedures were delineated: (1) development of a list of common responsibilities inherent for state facilities commissions in related federal legislation, (2) development of a calendar of important date related to the…

Oregon's educational needs were identified through 120 in-depth interviews with the general public, educators, students, and dropouts. The result of these interviews was a list of 27 critical needs. An interview instrument was developed around these critical needs, and was administered to a statewide sample of the population of Oregon who…

This document reports the results of a survey designed to determine the extent to which recommendations made to the States by the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations (ACIR) in 1963 had been carried out. The survey contained 149 questions tackling such basic issues as constitutional restrictions in property tax administration,…

This report contains State-by-State statutory summaries on three types of leaves of absence relating to teachers -- sick leave, maternity leave, and sabbatical leave. Only State laws that have specific reference to one of these three types of leaves of absence are included. Not included are those statutes granting boards of education the general…

Following a discussion of what day care licensing isn't and what it is, a study of day care licensing is presented. The study's objectives were to: describe licensing requirements, state licensing procedures, and licensing steps required of applicants in each of the 50 states; identify those factors that facilitate or inhibit the day care…

The examination of state law and the education of handicapped children is intended as a guide for persons seeking change in direction, a rationale, and a model for statutory provisions for exceptional child education. Issues discussed relate specifically to the special legal provisions needed by handicapped children. Background information is…