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Special Issues Analysis Center (SIAC). Annual Report: Year Three. Volume I: An Overview (Final). (Task Six.)

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Title: Special Issues Analysis Center (SIAC). Annual Report: Year Three. Volume I: An Overview (Final). (Task Six.)
Language: English
Authors: Development Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 64
Publication Date: 1995
Sponsoring Agency: Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (ED), Washington, DC.
Document Type: Reports - Descriptive
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Data Analysis, Database Design, Database Management Systems, English (Second Language), Federal Programs, Limited English Speaking, Minority Groups, Policy Formation, Public Agencies, Public Policy, Research Projects, Technical Assistance
Laws, Policies and Program Identifiers: Hawkins Stafford Act 1988
Abstract: Activities of the Special Issues Analysis Center (SIAC), a technical support center providing assistance to the Department of Education in serving the needs of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students through the Bilingual Education Act of 1988, are summarized. In the third year of its contract, SIAC performed these services: creation of a database on funded and non-funded applications for Title VII program aid; development of a historical database describing all Title VII grants for local education, training, and state education agency programs; design of an Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (OBEMLA) database management system; review of existing evaluation reports; a database and report outlining findings from a 1993-94 Bilingual Education State Education Agency survey; completion of tasks from the previous year; and completion of a focus group on uses of communication technology, a paper on state performance standards and assessments and their relation to LEP students, and graphic displays illustrating LEP populations in federal regions. Specifics of these activities are described in additional volumes. (MSE)
Entry Date: 1996
Accession Number: ED389177
Database: ERIC
Description
Abstract:Activities of the Special Issues Analysis Center (SIAC), a technical support center providing assistance to the Department of Education in serving the needs of limited-English-proficient (LEP) students through the Bilingual Education Act of 1988, are summarized. In the third year of its contract, SIAC performed these services: creation of a database on funded and non-funded applications for Title VII program aid; development of a historical database describing all Title VII grants for local education, training, and state education agency programs; design of an Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs (OBEMLA) database management system; review of existing evaluation reports; a database and report outlining findings from a 1993-94 Bilingual Education State Education Agency survey; completion of tasks from the previous year; and completion of a focus group on uses of communication technology, a paper on state performance standards and assessments and their relation to LEP students, and graphic displays illustrating LEP populations in federal regions. Specifics of these activities are described in additional volumes. (MSE)