Conclusions reached by the Illinois State Board of Education Study, released in May 1985, that small schools are inferior and inefficient, that Illinois has too many schools, and that over half its schools should be closed seem to be an educational step backward. Without linking the two concepts, the study implies that school consolidation will…

This publication updates four earlier ones having similar titles, the last of which was written in 1979. These guidelines are intended to aid local school districts in Oregon in developing their own staff evaluation procedures and documents. The guide begins by citing the six administrative agencies outside the district that regulate most school…

Prepared to assist the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges in their review of the recommendations in the Education Code Review, this report presents information on the evolution of the review project, including a specific discussion of the remaining processes for review and modification, and a summary of the major issues and…

The 1981-82 Local/State Bilingual Program Technical Report addresses the evaluation questions of the Local/State Bilingual Program Evaluation Design. It is organized into six appendixes. Each appendix reports the information collected by a specific measure. Each appendix consists of (1) an instrument description, (2) purpose of the measure, (3)…

Clarifying guidelines are presented for use by California community college districts in interpreting Title 5 of the California Administrative Code, which requires the adoption of employee affirmative action plans, including goals and timetables to increase the number of ethnic minorities and women in district employment. Following material on the…

The educational "excellence" movement is hindered by inconsistencies between goals and action and by difficulties in translating national and state goals into local policy; nonetheless, progress has occurred. Examples of "voodoo excellence," in which proposed policies will likely work against their stated objectives, are…

This speech reviews the power of school boards with respect to dismissal, and identifies implications of due process for supervision and evaluation, particularly as it relates to incompetence as a basis for dismissal. The first section defines the state-sanctioned powers of a school board, including the difference between discretionary and…

The major obstacles to metropolitan school desegregation appear to be political rather than economic or educational. There are readily apparent economic and educational advantages to be obtained through interdistrict cooperation. In addition to increasing racial and ethnic contact and reducing minority isolation, other advantages involve…

Four addresses presented at the workshop are included in these proceedings. The remarks of Governor Reubin O'D. Askew consider the Florida state system of education, the community college system, and the responsibilities of trustees. William H. Meardy discusses the working relationship between presidents and trustees, the gray area between…

Federal requests to collect data from local school systems originate at the federal program level; and through a series of processes, are placed before the Council of Chief State School Officers' (CCSSO) Committee on Evaluation and Information Systems (CEIS) for review. The New Jersey CEIS Coordinator is located within the Office of Management…

Intended to answer questions regarding public schools in Washington, this handbook provides an overview of the organization and financing of the state's public school system, grades K-12. Included are brief descriptions of the Basic Education Act, the basic education allocation formula, how state and local funds are included in this formula, and…

This monograph reviews the history and examines the current status of school desegregation with respect to major court decisions and their impact on educational policy. Discussed are the Brown v. Board of Education case of 1954 and subsequent Supreme Court and lower court decisions, busing, involvement of the executive and legislative branches of…

Although the Illinois Farmland Assessment Act is not an educational finance reform but is designed to ease the increasing tax burden on the state's farmland and provide a uniform, state-wide method of farmland tax valuation, it has a significant impact on K-12 public school financing because of the relationship between property and public school…

As part of a study of the success of tranfer students as measured by their grade point averages (GPA's), questionnaires were sent to most postsecondary institutions in Pennsylvania. Of the 110 four-year institutions surveyed, 56 (51%) supplied usable data. They reported 2,441 transfers from Pennsylvania community colleges. Of the 2,000 students…

A procedure to relate funding decisions and project evaluations in an annual grant program for vocational education administered by a state education department (SED) is described. Objectives of the study included developing a set of predictor variables for funding decisions, and outcome variables for evaluating decisions; determining consensus…