This document contains a tool that defines elements of whole-school improvement that school leaders can put into effect at elementary through secondary school levels. The school principal, in collaboration with other members of the school council, can use it to prepare a school portfolio and school profile for self-study or needs assessment.…

This report responds to a California Senate directive to the state's postsecondary education commission to examine the extent to which health care is accessible and equitably distributed throughout the state. The Commission, in conjunction with several state agencies and the University of California, conducted an analysis and offered 11…

This publication contains the final report of the task of the Ohio State Legislative Service Commission (LSC) Study Committee on Job Training and Workforce Development Programs. The task was to review the state's job training and workforce development programs and formulate a plan to centralize the programs under one state agency. Section 1 of the…

Mississippi elementary schools using the Success for All reading program have once again made outstanding gains on the Mississippi Curriculum Test (MCT) reading scale. Students in grades 2-5 in Success for All schools gained 7.8 percentage points in students scoring at proficient or advanced from 2002 to 2004. Mississippi students as a whole…

The passage of the Children First Act in 1988 ushered in a new era of data collection, analysis, and reporting about the overall quality and condition of education in Louisiana. Implemented in 1990, this major piece of legislation resulted in the publication of the Progress Profiles (School Report Cards, District Composite Report, and the…

Is Ohio losing its best and brightest minds to other states? Is the state investing hundreds of millions of dollars in public higher education every year only to see graduates move out of state upon graduating in search of greener pastures? The Governor's Commission on Higher Education and the Economy (CHEE) commissioned a report about this issue…

In September 2002, the Maine Department of Education began organizing an Exhibition Assessment Advisory Committee whose purpose it was to consider meaningful ways to include exhibition assessments in comprehensive local assessment systems. School administrators were invited to participate and/or nominate practitioners in their districts to become…

The major issue in teacher education today is certification. Vocational teacher educators are concerned with manpower needs, statewide program coordination, and career education. Agricultural teacher educators are also discussing specialization, course content, enrollment, and career awareness and exploration. (MS)

The Educational Component Project of Career Information System (CIS) is a direct response to the need for a single, efficient informational source relating career opportunities and decisions with post-secondary educational opportunities and choices. CIS currently operates statewide to provide labor market information to students. (Author/KP)

Describes a master plan which consists of a program and organization built around (1) research and management, and information dissemination; (2) center for educational management; and (3) program development. (Author/DN)

The time to debate whether industrial arts is or is not a part of vocational education is past. The question now is what is the role of industrial arts in relation to career education as well as vocational education. (SB)

Author discusses the need for cooperation and coordination at local, state, and federal levels in the development of a revitalized postsecondary educational community. (Author/RK)

Recommendations are made for faculty participation in state-level governance decisions: formal faculty input into all state-level boards, a systemwide senate for each consolidated governing board, serious discussion of the relationships between state government and higher education in the state, and faculty specialized participation on ad hoc…

The role of statewide governing and coordinating boards to represent a statewide, public interest point of view within that structure, avoiding partisan politics and partisanship among educational institutions or interest groups is discussed. Three functions of the statewide postsecondary agencies are identified: planning, program and budget…

In the 1960s and early 1970s, statewide planning efforts usually resulted in plans for centralized hardware networks. The focus of statewide planning has shifted to the issue of improved computer financing, information sharing, and enhanced utilization in instruction, administration. A "facilitating network" concept and Missouri efforts…