A study of 115 mentally normal persons with severe physical handicaps indicated that existing service and living arrangement programs were inadequate. Results suggested the following: establishment of a coordinating state agency and local supervisory teams of nurses and social workers; arrangement of a variety of living accommodations, including…

The report contains the Third Party Evaluation made on 23 projects in Oregon funded by Title VI of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (P.L. 89-750) during the fiscal year 1970. Data in the following areas is provided for each of the projects: project title, type of project (disability served), location within the state of Oregon, exact…

An overview of inservice training programs in Ohio is presented. Evidence of the impact of federal assistance is shown through a review of ESEA/Title I and NDEA/Title III programs. A statewide Reading Council has been created to sponsor conferences and workshops and to initiate secondary reading programs. Descriptions of specific inservice…

This survey of Arkansas' higher education system includes information on junior colleges. It is estimated that, by 1980, the state will have 11 junior colleges with an enrollment of 22,463. As the new ones are established, they are expected to provide most, if not all, of the less-than-baccalaureate programs. At present there are two public…

The potential role of public libraries and the California State Library in a state-wide technical information system for business and industry is the topic of this report. Three levels of services are proposed for the system: (1) research centers (major academic libraries), (2) subject reference centers (major public libraries), and (3) local…

This final report explains the purpose of the Ohio Occupational Research and Development Coordinating Unit and its activities and accomplishments from its inception July 1, 1965, to August 31, 1969. The three specific objectives of the Ohio Unit are: (1) to gather data concerning employment, emerging occupational trends and future job projections,…

The major activities of the Research Coordinating Unit during this period included: (1) identifying issues and priorities of vocational education problems needing research, (2) establishing liaison with state agencies and others interested in vocational education, (3) working with institutions of higher education in initiating and conducting…

This final report of the Massachusetts Vocational Education Research Coordinating Unit (RCU), covers the activities during the period, April 1967 through October 1969. During the first year (April 1967-June 1968), the RCU concentrated on establishing an information system and announcing its existance. One third of the staff time was devoted to…

This report of the Special Ad Hoc Committee on Private Vocational Schools, created in 1968 by the Educational Coordinating Council, presents information regarding accreditation of private schools, service provided by these schools, and official recognition of the schools. Recommendations were: (1) representation of proprietary schools on the…

According to a new law, state testing in California should be directed toward broad program evaluation rather than the diagnostic assessment of individual students which should be the responsibility of each local district. The data from the state testing program is used primarily for public information and to facilitate decision making at the…

The 1974 directory of agencies serving the retarded in Indiana includes associations, programs, agencies, and residential facilities. The board and staff members of the Indiana Association for Retarded Citizens (IARC) are listed with their home and business addresses and telephone numbers. County services for the retarded are listed in…

The Workshop on Regional Drug Abuse Programming was called to investigate the need for a Federally-supported model, stressing inter-agency coordination, to be employed by states as a guide for establishing substate area programs, and to explore other questions related to programs for drug abuse prevention and treatment. The organization of state…

This document is a followup study of a survey on performance-based teacher certification that was conducted in 1972. The present study indicates that an increased number of states are involved in performance-based teacher certification, although the level of activity in some instances has decreased. The information presented in this report is…

Focusing on the Right to Read program in Arizona for the 1970s, sections in this pamphlet concern the national Right to Read effort, the history of Right to Read in Arizona, the reality of the reading crisis, specific activities comprising Arizona's program, the proposed plan of action, the twenty local education agencies identified as Arizona's…

In 1971-72 the South Carolina State Library prepared the South Carolina State Program for Library Development, 1972-1977 (ED 070 487). But the Administration's proposal to terminate Library Services and Construction Act funding resulted in the revision of the original program. This supplementary paper describes the goals and programs which were…