An evaluation was conducted to study the fiscal section of the State Library Agencies Survey of the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), examining Parts K, L, and M. The evaluation was designed to check for duplication of data collection between the survey and the compliance materials of the Office of Library Programs (OLP), a former…

This document begins by considering the controversy over just how to define philosophy of education, and how to establish its legitimate domain and the range of its inquiries. The issue is a question of whether educational philosophy is to be conceived as a practical discipline, or as a theoretical discipline. The document continues by discussing…

This Quick Turn Around issue analysis summarizes information gathered by Project FORUM on the disability terms used by state education agencies (SEAs). All 50 states and 6 non-state jurisdictions returned completed surveys between February and April 2001. Of the 56 respondents, 18 SEAs report having aligned their terminology completely with the 12…

Since the passage of the 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, inclusion of all students with disabilities in accountability systems has been mandatory. By 2001, school personnel began to understand that alternate assessment needed to focus on students' performance on state standards, and nearly all states had created…

Noting the increased interest of states in exploring how they can provide supports to informal child-care providers to improve the quality of care and education that children receive, this report discusses quality initiatives, licensing issues, training, and monitoring of various forms of non-licensed family child care. The types of care…

Author raises the question of whether to deal with the problem of sex education with or without direct moral guidance. (RK)

Author attempted to define those who are disadvantaged and presented brief annotations of each group to whom the word applied according to a number of contemporary educators. (RK)

The author discusses the findings of an eight-year study in which she explored school and agency classification procedures for children based on standardized intelligence tests. (Editor)

The authors' purpose in presenting this paper was to propose a rationale on the importance of developing and using behavioral objectives to improve student teaching experiences. (Author/RK)

Author suggests that new'' or modern'' mathematics never had a valid reason for existing and recommends reform of traditional mathematics curriculum. (RK)

Survey indicates it is imperative that cultural differences are accounted for when assessing mental retardation, and the necessity for a proper evaluation of the IQ. (RK)

Defines aesthetic education and explores knowledge of feeling. (RK)

Construction planning, vocabulary base development, and term analysis and grouping are the main subjects treated in this paper. (NH)

The family" as a conditional universal may be defined as the order of infant self investiture. This definition should aid the investigator to avoid the fallacy and value position of sociocentrism, i.e., absolutizing a past structure. (Author)