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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Div. of Educational Testing. – 1978
New York state high school principals and superintendents were surveyed regarding their evaluations of the statewide minimum competency testing program for high school graduation. Program data were also supplied by the principals. It was concluded that: (1) 85 percent of eleventh grade students had completed the basic competency test graduation…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Administrative Problems, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Testing
Lynn, James J.; Woltz, Dan – 1979
The Portable Assisted Study Sequence (PASS) Program, a pilot correspondence course program specifically designed to assist the Statewide School Dropout Prevention Program by enabling migrant students throughout California to accumulate high school graduation credits more easily, was effective and worthwhile in 1978. Sixty-three curriculum units in…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Correspondence Study
Bossone, Richard M., Ed.; Troyka, Lynn Quitman, Ed. – 1977
On March 4, 1977, the Center for Advanced Study in Education (CASE) of the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) and the Board of Education of the City of New York co-sponsored a National Conference on Minimum Competencies: Trends and Issues. Six papers were presented: "An Overview Regarding Minimal…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Conference Reports, Educational Assessment
Ascheim, Skip; And Others – 1973
This manual is a practical guide based on school experiences and legal requirements in Massachusetts. It is intended to help alternative schools get off the ground and to stay out of trouble with State and local authorities. Some brief sketches of four alternative schools are presented to indicate alternatives that already exist. Sections…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Attendance, Bookkeeping, Certification
Voss, John W. – 1968
Intended primarily for California educators, this handbook outlines the history, aims, and structure of continuation education (mainly for out of school youth under 18), and discusses procedures and problems in the areas of program establishment and administration, relations with full time school and other agencies, counseling, guidance, general…
Descriptors: Attendance, Continuation Education, Continuation Students, Counseling
Farquhar, Robin H.; Piele, Philip K. – 1972
In this monograph, the authors provide a general overview of recent literature on administrator preparation programs. Ten chapters parallel the major interrelated components of an administrator preparation program: Program content, program structure, recruitment and selection, instructional approaches, field-related experiences, student research,…
Descriptors: Administrator Education, Administrator Selection, Educational Administration, Graduation Requirements
Brod, Richard I. – 1972
This report is based on a questionnaire survey directed in Fall 1970 to foreign language department chairmen at 1,262 United States colleges and universities that grant the B.A. degree. Information was received from 1,034 chairmen at 822 different institutions. Detailed information from 786 institutions was supplemented by data taken from the…
Descriptors: Bachelors Degrees, Classical Languages, Degree Requirements, Enrollment Influences
Wisconsin Univ., Oshkosh. Coll. of Education. – 1977
A new standard has been issued by the state of Wisconsin to insure that each of the teachers it certifies is able to teach children from diverse racial, economic, and religious backgrounds, who may differ from the teacher and/or each other in culture, customs, lifestyle, language, etc. To insure that this aim is achieved, education majors are…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Cross Cultural Training, Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Pluralism
Forester, Christine A.; Drake, Tonya M. – Arizona Commission for Postsecondary Education, 2005
This document, from the Arizona Minority Education Policy Analysis Center (AMEPAC), reports the educational achievement of minority students in Arizona, from kindergarten through college. As a snapshot it is simply a description of what is, and the data are, thus, open to interpretation. How the numbers look and what they mean may be two different…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Elementary Secondary Education, Policy Analysis, Enrollment Trends
Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2005
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Show Me the Money: Alliance Analysis Finds That States Could Generate Millions More in Wages by Raising High School…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Rate, Reading Programs, Dropouts
Amos, Jason, Ed. – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2005
"Straight A's: Public Education Policy and Progress" is a biweekly newsletter that focuses on education news and events both in Washington, DC and around the country. The following articles are included in this issue: (1) Achieve and NGA Host National Education Summit on High Schools: Governors, Educators, and Business Leaders Meet to Discuss High…
Descriptors: High Schools, School Restructuring, Graduation Rate, High School Graduates
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2004
The English Language Arts Standard Course of Study establishes competency goals and objectives for the teaching and learning of English Language Arts in North Carolina. This document details the English Language Arts content that should be taught in all schools. The entire K-12 North Carolina English Language Arts Standard Course of Study was last…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Competence, Reading Programs
Illinois Community College Board, 2004
This document contains data and characteristics of the Illinois public community college system and is designed to serve as a basic reference. The data are obtained from various surveys and studies conducted by Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) staff, and from the colleges' annual MIS submissions. The document contains annual data for fiscal…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Institutional Characteristics, Profiles, Student Characteristics
Guam Public School System, 2005
This report addresses the reporting requirements of Public Law 26-26 and the provisions of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) as described in the Department of Education's Board-adopted District Action Plan (DAP). The law specifically requires Guam Department of Education to include the following information in the Annual State of Public Education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Federal Legislation, Special Programs, Data Analysis
US Department of Education, 2005
This is the fourth annual report to Congress by the US Department of Education. Among the highlights of this report are: (1) More students were reported by states as having enrolled in vocational and technical education courses in Program Year (PY) 2002-2003 than in the past three years; (2) There remain concerns about the quality and reliability…
Descriptors: Technical Education, Office Occupations, Statewide Planning, Accountability
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