Interviews and questionnaires were used to gather information from individuals and educational organizations regarding the need and opportunities for coordinating and supplementing support services for educational technology in Wales. Part One of the two-part study describes the production, distribution, and exploitation of Welsh language and…

The adequacy of the Department of Labor's (DOL) efforts to comply with Public Law 94-311 which directed several of the larger Federal agencies to improve their collection, analysis and publication of Hispanic statistics in such areas as decennial censuses, vital statistics, and unemployment data was evaluated. Data were gathered from interviews…

Described is the Kendall County Special Education Cooperative Early Childhood Program which reflects an innovative team approach to servicing young handicapped children (aged 3 to 5 years) and their families in a rural area. The following program components are outlined: program philosophy and background; child find procedures; development of an…

This paper reviews the question of the cost and benefits of data for the analysis of state policy questions, and concludes that in the abstract the question cannot be answered; rather, it must be considered on a continuing basis whenever data is to be collected in the support of baseline studies or special projects. The paper suggests six criteria…

The report describes regulation of philanthropic organizations by federal, state, and self-regulatory groups within the organizations. It is the final volume in a five volume series examining the relationship between nonprofit institutions and their donors. Topics discussed in the first part of this volume are regulation of the philanthropic…

One of 10 publications resulting from a comprehensive long-range vocational education planning project, this report presents three areas of study: The applicability of the planning process to vocational education, a description of the planning model in detail, and an examination of organizational structures for educational planning and their…

Coordinating boards are necessarily oriented toward state government, while statewide governing boards are oriented toward institutions. These two different types of boards must have correspondingly different characteristics. (Editor/PG)

Higher education in the next ten to fifteen years faces a difficult agenda of issues and conflicts. Several different kinds of statewide boards should be envisioned for the future, each suited to solving particular educational problems. (Editor/PG)

The Executive Summary of the National Day Care Home Study (NDCHS) provides a synopsis of the findings from all NDCHS components including data on family day care providers, the children in their care, and the children's parents. The summary additionally presents information on the nature of the day care in each of the NDCHS settings and presents…

Project INTERACT was designed to develop a local model linkage system, an interagency effort between the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission (RSC) and the Ohio Department of Education (ODE), Division of Special Education (DSE) to improve the joint delivery of services to severely handicapped students. It was also intended to design and/or…

This report describes the current numbers and status of Asian, European, Soviet, Latin American, and African refugees worldwide and discusses the role of various governments and voluntary agencies in dealing with refugee problems. The need to strengthen the partnership between government and voluntary agencies in order to improve refugee…

This collection of client outcome measures is designed to enhance the program evaluation capacity of state vocational rehabilitation agencies and to assist program evaluators in the selection of appropriate instruments through information about client measures in the areas of functional limitations, client change, client satisfaction, and client…

The roles of accrediting associations and college trustees in promoting the quality of educational operations are considered. Voluntary accrediting associations have established a framework for institutional and program self-regulation, including the concept of peer review, and have emphasized the evaluation of institutions and programs in the…

Public hearings were held to assess citizens' views about providing bilingual education for preschool children in California. Contents of this report, consisting of six brief papers, discuss the value of early bilingual education, the assessment of bilingual proficiency in young children, and preschool curriculum design. Parent participation,…