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Download full textFromboluti, Carol Sue – 1993
Changes that have been made in reporting and disseminating information from the National Assessment of Educational Progress are discussed, focusing on those changes brought about by the first Trial State Assessment (TSA). The TSA collected data on the mathematics performance of students in grades 4, 8, and 12 in public and private schools in 40…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Role, Change, Comparative Analysis
Cross, Terry L.; And Others – 1989
This monograph provides a philosophical framework and practical ideas for improving service delivery to children of color who are severely emotionally disturbed. The monograph targets four sociocultural groups (African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans). The document emphasizes the cultural strengths inherent in…
Descriptors: Agency Role, American Indians, Asian Americans, Black Youth
Maine State Dept. of Education, Augusta. Div. of Special Education. – 1991
This manual on the Maine Surrogate Parent Program is designed for surrogate parents, social workers, and educational personnel. It defines relevant terms; outlines procedures for identification of students who require a surrogate parent; explains how surrogate parents are appointed and trained; lists the rights and responsibilities of the…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Child Welfare, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Hagen, Jan L.; Lurie, Irene – 1992
This report presents the findings from the first of three rounds of research in a projected 3-year study of the way state governments have begun to implement the new Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program (JOBS). JOBS is a part of the Family Support Act of 1988 and provides employment, education, and training services that recipients…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Adult Education, Agency Role, Basic Skills
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1992
A congressional hearing was held concerning the Department of Education's failure to grant recognition to the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, a higher education accrediting agency, because of that agency's approach to promoting diversity on college campuses. Following opening statements by the committee members, the hearing's…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Advisory Committees, Affirmative Action
Baker, Eva L.; Linn, Robert L. – 1991
The Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST) attempts to advance the understanding of educational quality by research and development on the design, implementation, analysis, and use of assessment information. CRESST's research programs are directed at five major goals: (1) provide leadership to improve assessment…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
Berve, Nancy M. – Higher Education in the States, 1983
Results of an updated survey on the basic legal structures and responsibilities of state coordinating or governing agencies and public institutional governing boards are presented. The data cover the 50 states and the District of Columbia as of January 1, 1983. For each state, information is presented on the following: (1) the structure of the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Agency Role, Budgeting, College Planning
Miller, John; And Others – 1983
This report focuses on the organization of guidance provision through a Personal Guidance Base for low achievers aged 16 to 18. An introduction outlines the background to the concept of a local Personal Guidance Base to which young people can turn as they move from school to adult and working life, and identifies its main elements. Opportunities…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Role, Career Guidance, Education Work Relationship
National Inst. of Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1982
A National Institute of Education (NIE) statement of policy and procedures is presented regarding administering institutional contracts and grants with regional educational laboratories and research and development centers during fiscal years 1983 and 1984. Definitions are presented of regional educational laboratories and research and development…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Agency Role, Competitive Selection, Contracts
Towne, Violet A. – 1990
The collaboration between the continuing education arm of the State University of New York Institute of Technology at Utica/Rome and the New York Association for Long Term Care Administrators in the design, development and delivery of educational programs for nursing home and adult home administrators in New York State is reported. Program content…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Agency Role, Contracts, Cooperative Programs
Bass, Gary; Plocher, David – 1989
During the past decade the Federal Government has significantly retreated from its historical responsibility to maintain the free flow of information that is essential to maintain a healthy democracy. This responsibility includes the collection of basic data on the health of the economy as well as the dissemination of information that assists and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Agency Role, Data Collection, Federal Government
Ross, Helen Warren; Stauss, Jay – 1990
A detailed ecological model is used to develop a framework for assessing the incidence of child abuse among American Indians. Macro, exo, and micro levels of analysis are extended by the inclusion of mediating and potentiating factors that may either contribute to or ameliorate maltreatment or abuse. Abuse and its consequences are considered in…
Descriptors: Adoption, Agency Role, American Indian Education, American Indians
New Mexico State Commission on Indian Affairs, Santa Fe. – 1986
The major goals of the New Mexico Office of Indian Affairs (OIA) in 1985 were to enhance Indian education concerns, aid tribes in economic development, and effectuate a smooth working relationship between state, local, and tribal governments in the spirit of and through the use of the Joint Powers Act. Advancement is reflected in all these areas.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations
Pickett, Anna Lou – 1986
One of a series of monographs addressing issues concerning the training and use of paraprofessionals working in education programs for the disabled, this report considers the expanding utilization of paraprofessionals in special education and its related services. The first section describes the current state of the art with regard to personnel…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Agency Role, Certification, Disabilities
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. for School Financial Resources and Management Services. – 1984
This report describes the history and programs of the Wisconsin Education Opportunity Program (WEOP), a bureau within the State Department of Public Instruction that provides support services for Wisconsin youths and adults (particularly the disadvantaged) who intend to complete a postsecondary education program. Currently, it is said, WEOP…
Descriptors: Agency Role, College Bound Students, College Preparation, Counseling
