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Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Special Education. – 1990
These guidelines aim to support Ohio school districts in the development and implementation of procedures for referring, assessing, and identifying gifted children, grades 1-12. The guidelines cite relevant state legislation and offer a sample policy statement. Procedures for identification involve the following phases: review existing data…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
Download full textCleveland Public Schools, OH. – 1992
This guide is designed to help parents and other interested persons understand the nature and needs of gifted children, to provide ideas and activities that will nurture gifted children, and to explain the components of the Major Work Program, which is the gifted education program of the Cleveland (Ohio) Public School District. The guide outlines…
Descriptors: Child Rearing, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Curriculum Branch. – 1992
Developed as a practical planning and instructional tool, this teacher resource manual is intended to assist classroom teachers to implement Alberta, Canada's high school Integrated Occupational English Language Arts Program--a program designed for students who have experienced difficulty with language arts in the regular program. It contains: (1)…
Descriptors: English Curriculum, English Instruction, Foreign Countries, High Schools
Alexander, James; Rolfe, Judy – 1991
This guide contains information about 1,002 college and university programs/services designed to provide assistance to students with learning disabilities, based on national survey results. The directory divides programs and services into seven delivery categories: learning disabilities programs, compliance programs, basic studies programs, life…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Preparation, College Programs, High Schools
Wheeler, William H. – Journal of Non-White Concerns in Personnel and Guidance, 1976
The author discusses the factors responsible for the failure of programs aimed at eliminating drug abuse, especially in the black community. He feels that the existing social and political system and those blacks who cooperate with it are responsible for this failure. He makes suggestions to deal with the problem. Paper presented at the First…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Power, Drug Abuse, Evaluation
Sullivan, Oona – AGB Reports, 1975
Reports progress after three years of an effort by the Ford Foundation to strengthen a representative selection of private, historically black colleges and universities through a $50 million, 6-year program designed to help 20 institutions become stronger academically, attain greater financial stability, and send more of their students on to…
Descriptors: Black Colleges, Equal Education, Grants, Higher Education
Peer reviewedMilofsky, Carl D. – Harvard Educational Review, 1974
In this article, the author notes that despite their increasing size and sophistication, special education programs have not been successful for the majority of their students. He suggests a possible reason - the ways special educators relate to the regular personnel of schools. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Responsibility, Exceptional Child Education, Learning Disabilities
Watts, Owen; And Others – 1987
This study was designed to investigate the effects of the changes suggested in the Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Education in Western Australia (Beazley Report) and the Report of the Ministerial Working Party on School Certification and Tertiary Admissions Procedures (McGaw Report). Special attention was directed to the impact that the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Developed Nations, Educationally Disadvantaged, Foreign Countries
Polson, Cheryl; And Others – 1986
A study examined the scope of existing services for adult learners attending universities and colleges. Survey instruments designed to gather data on institutional support for adult learner services, special target groups identified by individual institutions, and institutional barriers confronted by adult learners on campus were mailed to a…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Admission Criteria, Adult Education, Adult Students
Portland Public Schools, OR. Evaluation Dept. – 1984
The Portland Public Schools Board of Education requested this study of alternative education programs supported by the District to assist the staff and board in making budgetary decisions. The Task Force made the following recommendations: (1) provide support necessary to stabilize existing educational options; (2) develop school-based educational…
Descriptors: Educational Opportunities, Experimental Programs, High Schools, Nontraditional Education
South Bay Union School District, Imperial, CA. – 1983
Those profiles present summary information and test results for the South Bay Union School District and the Imperial Beach School. They contain demographic data on enrollment, percent limited English proficient (LEP) students, predominant second language, ethnic counts, and school buildings. Program names and staff numbers are listed. Tables…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Grade 3
Crull, Peggy, Ed. – Linkages: Perspectives from Special Programs, 1987
This document is an issue of a journal "Linkages," that in general serves as a forum for exchanging information and ideas on issues relevant to three City University of New York (CUNY) programs. The programs are Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge (SEEK), College Discovery (CD), and College Discovery and Development Program…
Descriptors: College Students, Dropouts, Experimental Programs, Higher Education
Arnold, Robert; And Others – 1989
This study began as a cost study of special education programs in Illinois public education. An attempt was made to determine if the burden of extraordinary, nonreimbursed costs for special education programs was divided equally or unequally among school districts in Illinois. However, two problems with the data source were discovered. Illinois…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
Richart, Victoria – 1985
This report presents a plan for the evaluation of a handicap program as it was implemented at the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) in 1977-79. Introductory material notes some of the other publications that deal with the evaluation system used in the LACCD and discuss the implementation of the 1977-79 plan. The next sections of the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Multicampus Districts
Flanagan, Michael E. – J Health Phys Educ Recreation, 1969
From a special section, "Adapted Physical Education. Also see AA 501 888 through AA 501 890, AA 501 892 through AA 501 894.
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Handicapped Students, Individualized Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education
