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ERIC TITLE NUMBER: ED242418 AUTHOR:
TITLE: Manual for the Evaluation of Local School Districts
Pursuant to the Public School Education Act of 1975.
YEAR PUBLISHED: 1984
NOTE: 100 p.
ABSTRACT: The Public School Education Act of 1975 (Chapter
212) set forth certain responsibilities of the New Jersey
State Department of Education. Among them is the monitoring
of local school districts to assure that the necessary
elements are in place to "provide to all children . . . the
educational opportunity which will prepare them to function
politically, economically, and socially in a democratic
society." A comprehensive review of the act and its
implementation concluded that the monitoring process did not
support the key component of the act (i.e., local planning
for educational excellence). This manual revises the
monitoring process to reflect the objectives set forth in
the document entitled "Implementation of the Public School
Education Act of 1975--A Renewed Commitment, March 1983."
Section 1 describes steps involved in the first-level
monitoring process and worksheets used in such monitoring.
Section 2 describes steps involved in a second-level review
process, to be implemented only if a district has failed to
be certified as a result of first-level monitoring. Section
3 describes the planning cycle central to the 1975 act and
explains the connection between the monitoring process and
the annual education plan. Appended are first-level
worksheets for all 10 program elements and associated
indicators, and a glossary of related terms. (RH)
KEY DESCRIPTORS: Academic-Achievement; Affirmative-Action;
Attendance-; Basic-Skills; Certification-; Criteria-;
Curriculum-; Educational-Facilities; Educational-Finance;
Elementary-Secondary-Education; Equal-Education; Glossaries
; Guides-; Professional-Personnel; School-Community
Relationship; State-Standards; Worksheets-
KEY DESCRIPTORS: *Educational-Improvement; *Educational
Planning; *Program-Evaluation; *School-Districts; *State
Programs
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