The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) is the first interstate compact for education in the United States. This annual report describes the foundation and activities of the SREB, which deals with education at all levels, from prekindergarten through college. SREB maintains an extensive database about education in all 16 member states. Staff…

This report describes the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and its activities. WICHE was created to expand educational opportunities for citizens of the West and to provide educational programs, research, and policy analysis to augment the capabilities of the individual member states. Each state pays the same amount of…

Discusses the phenomenon of interstate cooperation programs among institutions. These voluntary activities in public services and education work with Washington, yet preserve their identities as state programs. (MK)

This document contains the text of the Model Interstate Income Withholding Act, which deals with two of Congress' key goals in enacting the Child Support Enforcement Amendments of 1984: establishing a system for quick, efficient collection of support obligations throughout the country by the use of income withholding systems and improving the…

Narrative text, tables, and maps summarize information derived from a random sample of 20% of the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS) data base as it existed in June 1976 related to the mobility patterns of migrant children in the contiguous United States and Puerto Rico from January 1975 to April 1976. The data base is a tabulation of…

The primary purpose of the project was to explore the possibilities of bringing into the Adult Basic Education (ABE) system the systematic and orderly introduction of volunteer use, through a planning mechanism called a Task Force. A secondary purpose was to investigate change strategies applicable to the existing ABE network. The activities of…

Through the program, state departments of education, colleges and universities, and local adult education programs worked to solve a regional problem by sharing the strengths of each participating group. The project assisted eight HEW Region IV states to institute badly needed training programs for teachers of adults. Teachers participated in…

California's efforts to meet the educational needs of migrant children during the 1970 fiscal year are described in this evaluation report. The California Plan provides (1) supplementary educational services by regional components to migrant children in impacted school districts, (2) particular types of services by multi-regional components, and…

This publication is a compilation of information from the 50 states and the District of Columbia concerning selected teacher education and certification practices and policies. Its purpose is to help state certification officers find compatible states with which they might work toward formal agreements for interstate teacher certification. At…

The purposes of this annual report of the Southwestern Library Interstate Cooperative Endeavor (SLICE) are twofold. One purpose is to document the activities, achievements, failures, finances, and philosophy of the SLICE Project during the first fourteen months of its existence. The second purpose is to attempt to clearly communicate with all…

The regionalization of the University of Washington Medical School represents a beginning in addressing the problem of maldistribution of physician manpower in the states concerned-Washington, Alaska, Montana, Idaho (WAMI). The WAMI experiment uses the faculties and facilities available in the universities of these states to teach first year…

Complete but concise picture of the California Education Information System, how it developed, its current status, its basic features, and a description of its contents. Covers design, developmental history, business subsystem, pupil subsystem, and a summary. (Author)

The Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium is engaged in a multistate effort to craft model teacher licensing standards. Preparation programs must be redesigned to ensure that all candidates have developed a strong foundation of content and pedagogical knowledge, can demonstrate this knowledge in practice, and have exhibited…

The Southern Regional Education Board is the nation's oldest interstate compact for higher education and a pioneer in regional planning and action for the effective multi-state use of postsecondary resources. After some background information on the organization, the annual report contents include the chairman's statement, report from the…