Analyzes the implications of recent court decisions and of the federal government's changing role for instruction and support services provided to handicapped and learning-disabled students. (MCG)

Ways in which the Program Effectiveness and Related Cost evaluation strategy at Empire State College is contributing to informed decisions about educational outcomes are discussed. (Editor/LBH)

Examines how 40 selected school officials in decision-making positions rate alternatives for economic survival and suggests actions for developing alternative survival strategies. Inferences are made for industrial arts education. (TA)

The Independent Study Program (ISP) at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry is described and its objectives specified. Data are reported for measures of achievement, personality characteristics, and academic-professional experience. Costs and faculty evaluation of the program are also given. (Author/LBH)

This report examines the implementation of No Child Left Behind's (NCLB) supplemental educational service provisions in eleven urban districts--Mesa Public Schools and Washington Elementary District Schools, AZ, Fresno Unified School District and Los Angeles Unified School District, CA, Chicago Public Schools, IL, Buffalo Public Schools and New…

This report identifies issues in state financing of programs to train nurse practitioners and physician assistants and presents findings of a national survey of 51 such training programs. An introductory chapter gives the main arguments for increased use of nonphysician providers of primary health care; this is followed by a chapter on barriers to…

This report documents a 3-year evaluation of Georgia's CrossRoads alternative education program. It focuses on the direct benefits to regular classrooms of removing disruptive students, the effectiveness of services rendered to those removed students, the success with which they are returned to the regular classroom, and the projected costs and…

This guide has been developed to assist Ohio school districts in completing the requirements of Ohio legislation on the identification and services for children who are gifted. It includes instructions for developing and submitting a service plan for children who are gifted and a fiscal estimate of the plan. The guide corresponds with a Web site…

Since 1998, Florida voters have passed three amendments that pressure state officials to increase education spending. The 1998 amendment introduced constitutional language establishing the importance of education to the state and its citizens, requiring "adequate provision?for a uniform, efficient, safe, secure, and high quality system of free…

Described a program for prison inmates, who were able to learn in cooperation with community colleges, which helped prisoner rehabilitation further with their special midnight program. (RK)

Community Quest is one of the most innovative projects in secondary curriculum and teacher education in Hawaii, and it allows students the opportunity to become involved in community-centered curriculum. (Author/RK)

The Ontario Educational Communications Authority has a new video-tape program service for teachers which may well grow into mass distribution of taped ETV programs to people right in their own homes. (Author)

Compares the national average per pupil expenditure from a sample of 2,100 school districts for the school years 1967-68 through 1972-73. Cost categories used are administration, instruction, and attendance service, as well as total per pupil expenditure. These average costs are also compared by geographical region and by school district size. (JH)