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Foth, Lawrence; Dunlap, Joyce – 1984
This report on vocational education in Kansas covers the following four areas: evaluation of programs, services, and activities proposed in the state plan for the year under review; analysis of policies for distribution of Federal funds; review of the state's evaluation activities; and assessment of the extent to which employment and training…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Annual Reports, Education Work Relationship, Educational Finance
Freeborne, Gerald L. – 1984
The New York State Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) are designed to meet the demand for regional delivery of supplementary educational services and support for New York State school districts. BOCES have provided occupational education programs and special education programs for the disabled as well as other shared services. This…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Computers, Education Service Centers, Educational Technology
Robertson, James M. – 1983
In Fiscal Year 1983 Louisiana's allotment for the education of children of migratory workers ($6,111,277) was used to conduct 37 regular school term programs and 15 summer school programs. An estimated 13,800 migrant children were served during the 1982-83 school year. Of all migrant children enrolled in Louisiana schools, 52.6% received services…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, Compensatory Education, County School Districts
McClain, Thomas W.; Sockol, Richard A. – 1978
This program guide on establishing community education/work (E/W) linkages presents a variety of program options which have been tested at twelve Massachusetts E/W linkage sites. Community E/W linkages are defined as arrangements among members of the community to facilitate the transition of young people between institutional education and…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Career Development, Community Involvement, Cooperative Education
Blanco, George M. – 1976
Foreign language educators should make themselves known in the field of bilingual education because they have a good deal to offer. While bilingual education differs basically from foreign language programs in that it entails the use of two languages for all or part of the curriculum and not simply instruction in the language as such, it does…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Teachers, Bilingualism, Dialects
Evans, Donald E.; Easter, Glen W. – 1981
A project was designed to help beginning and experienced teachers of vocational agriculture learn and/or become current in the practice of present paravetical competencies that are needed to teach adult students. Specific objectives of the project included providing teachers with the skills necessary to teach students via laboratory demonstrations…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Education, Animal Husbandry, Competency Based Teacher Education
Guise, Harry W.; And Others – 1981
A three-year project was conducted in Pennsylvania to design and implement a comprehensive model evaluation management information and policy support unit within the state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agency. Five mandated project tasks were carried out to produce products that are necessary for program evaluation (PE). Proposed Federal…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Case Studies, Demonstration Programs, Evaluation Criteria
Mertens, Donna; And Others – 1980
A study examined the vocational and adult education system in isolated rural areas. The study included a review of literature, legislation, and exemplary programs, and conducted interviews with community leaders in twenty isolated, rural counties. Unstructured telephone interviews with representatives of the business, civic, and education sectors,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Legislation, Educational Needs, Educational Planning
Jones, Earl; And Others – 1980
Designed to assist California policy and decision makers with planning to meet the future educational needs of limited-English speaking (LES) and non-English speaking (NES) students, this study was undertaken: (1) to describe and analyze the implementation of all areas of the legislatively required services to LES/NES children, and the structures…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Ancillary School Services
DuVall, Charles R.; And Others – 1980
A study examined the educational benefits and costs of the adult general education/basic education mobile van project designed to provide access to adult basic education and general education programs for citizens of Indiana. An evaluation team interviewed all available persons (including Indiana Office of Occupational Development directors;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1978
Drawing from a study on mental health delivery systems, this report focuses on issues related to credentialing the mental health continuing education activities of individual workers and the programs themselves. The first of seven sections reviews the current status of sanctioning and credentialing in mental health continuing education by various…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Adult Education, Certification, Continuing Education Units
Stank, Peggy L. – 1978
The Interstate Project on Dissemination specified four components as critical for a successful state information dissemination system: linkage, information, incentive, and management. An analysis of Pennsylvania's system, using this Project as a referent, uncovered several problems: (1) the linkage component was not functioning; (2) local…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Educational Innovation, Educational Researchers
Tyler, Ralph W.; And Others – 1978
The panel which conducted this study was invited by the Florida Teaching Profession--National Education Association (NEA) and the NEA to assess the educational soundness of implementation of the Florida Accountability Act. The panel felt that the overall purpose of the accountability program was praiseworthy, but that the minimum competency…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Accountability, Basic Skills
ROBY, WALLACE – 1967
THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN AND YOUTH FUNDED UNDER CONNECTICUT PUBLIC ACT 523 IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TOWNS NOT SERVED BY TITLE I OF THE 1965 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT. IN GENERAL, THE PROGRAMS ATTEMPTED TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS' READING, LANGUAGE ARTS, AND BASIC SKILLS AND TO CHANGE THEIR…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Ancillary Services, Attitude Change, Basic Skills
Georgia Univ., Athens. – 1967
IN ACCORDANCE WITH TITLE 1 OF THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965, THE GEORGIA STATE AGENCY FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE AND CONTINUING EDUCATION SPONSORED CONFERENCES TO IDENTIFY PROBLEMS AND TO ASSIGN PRIORITIES TO PROBLEM AREAS. DURING THE EIGHT REGIONAL CONFERENCES, ATTENDED BY 317 COMMUNITY LEADERS AND INTERESTED CITIZENS FROM 95 GEORGIA COUNTIES, 92…
Descriptors: City Officials, Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Leaders, Community Planning
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