This annotated bibliography is reformatted and customized by the Center for Positive Practices. Some of the authors featured on this page include Eugene Burch, Geneva B. Gillmann, Mary Nordhaus, Keith Austin, Lotsee Smith, Ellen Hartnett Digneo, Tila Shaya, J. Marshall, Fern H. Munro, and Santa Fe. New Mexico State Dept. of Education.
(1996). DATAWave. Volume 3, Numbers 1-7, DATAWave. The DATAWave is a bi-weekly publication of the Assessment Resource Office (ARO) at Eastern New Mexico University (ENMU). Its purpose is to inform the campus community and broader constituencies on assessment issues and practices at ENMU. The seven issues of winter and spring 1996 cover the following topics: (1) a preview of ARO activities, Academic Outcomes Assessment Plans, the New Mexico higher education assessment conference, and available research fundings and opportunities; (2) summary information from 1986 through 1992 on the College Outcomes Measurement Program (COMP) at EMU, which assesses the general education program through student outcomes; (3) summary information for the Collegiate Assessment of Academic Proficiency (CAAP), which replaced the COMP in 1993; (4) student responses from focus groups and exit interviews used to evaluate university programs; (5) CAAP mathematics results; (6) information on student mathematics achievement from the American College Testing Program and other sources; and (7) CAAP Science Reasoning Test results. (Contains 14 figures.) Descriptors: College Students, Educational Assessment, Educational Planning, Educational Research
(1991). Moving into Action: Middle Level Education in New Mexico. A Report for the State Board of Education and a Call for Action from the Middle Level Advisory Committee. The middle-level education initiative described in this document outlines an innovative program to assist New Mexico school districts in addressing the needs of early adolescents. Findings and recommendations that underscore the need for middle-level educational reform in New Mexico's schools are presented in this report. The state is a recipient of a Carnegie Corporation Grant and is currently participating in the Re: Learning project to improve educational opportunities for middle level students. A 1988 survey of New Mexico middle schools by the State Department of Education task force led to the formation of the Middle Level Education Advisory Committee, which prepared this document. The first section presents a call for action based on an agenda proposed by the Forum on Institutional Transitions and information from the Technical Assistance and Resource Center. The second section outlines desirable attributes of middle-level programs, including mission statement, program philosophy, role of students' developmental characteristics, organizational structure, curriculum, instruction, and staff development. A glossary, lists of task force and advisory committee members, alternative schedules for middle schools, a list of schools participating in the Carnegie grant, an exposition on teaming activities, and middle-level education survey results are included. (10 references) [More] Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Intermediate Grades
(1967). THE DIVISION OF INDIAN EDUCATION OF THE NEW MEXICO STATE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TO THE BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS. ANNUAL REPORT, 1966-67. DURING THE PAST 15 YEARS THE AVERAGE ENROLLMENT AND DAILY ATTENDANCE FIGURES FOR NEW MEXICO INDIAN CHILDREN IN THE JOHNSON-O'MALLEY PROGRAM HAVE INCREASED. THIS INCREASE INDICATES PROGRESS BY THE INDIAN CHILDREN IN THE MASTERY OF LANGUAGE, WHICH HAS BEEN ENCOURAGED BY THE DIVISION OF INDIAN EDUCATION OF THE NEW MEXICO STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. INDIAN CHILDREN HAVE BENEFITED FROM THE USE OF JOHNSON-O'MALLEY FUNDS BY AN INCREASE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, GUIDANCE AND COUNSELING SERVICES, HEALTH SERVICES, TRANSPORTATION, TEXTBOOKS AND SCHOOL SUPPLIES, AND LUNCH PROGRAMS. THE GUIDANCE SECTION OF THE DIVISION OF INDIAN EDUCATION HAS HAD THREE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES–(1) ENCOURAGE SELF-MOTIVATION AND SELF-DIRECTION OF INDIAN PUPILS, THEIR PARENTS, AND THEIR TEACHERS, (2) SECURE MORE PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATION AND CITIZENSHIP RESPONSIBILITIES, AND (3) EMPHASIZE CULTURAL SIMILARITIES OF ALL PUPILS AS A NEW DIRECTION WITHIN THE TOTAL EDUCATIONAL SITUATION, WHILE LEARNING ABOUT GROUP AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE THESE OBJECTIVES, THE GUIDANCE OFFICE BECAME INVOLVED IN VARIOUS WORKSHOPS, CONFERENCES, AND MEETINGS, INITIATED TWO RESEARCH PROJECTS PERTAINING TO SCHOOL DROPOUTS ON THE SECONDARY LEVEL, AND CONDUCTED A SURVEY INVOLVING INDIAN STUDENTS IN HIGHER EDUCATION. THE TOTAL NUMBERS OF INDIAN CHILDREN IN THE JOHNSON-O'MALLEY PROGRAM FOR NEW MEXICO ARE INCLUDED IN TABULAR FORM. [More] Descriptors: American Indians, Counseling, Cultural Differences, Dropout Research
(1980). American Industrial Arts Student Association Advisor's Handbook. This handbook is designed to give present and potential advisors the background information and organizational procedures necessary for establishing and implementing chapters of the American Industrial Arts Student Association (AIASA) in New Mexico. The handbook is organized into three sections. Section 1, the Introduction, explains AIASA's mission and objectives and its history, and provides an overview of its activities. In section 2, the role and duties of an AIASA chapter advisor are spelled out, while procedures for establishing an AIASA chapter are detailed in section 3. Appended materials include a bibliography, list of resource and audiovisual materials, instructions for conduct, dress, and voting, criteria for state officer candidates, a personal liability form, Internal Revenue Service tax-exemption form, and a sample New Mexico tax exempt certificate. Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Counselor Role, Educational Resources, Guidelines
(1998). Mathematics and Science Achievement in New Mexico, 1998. The main objective of the third National Education Goal is for all students to be competent in academic subject matter, while the fifth National Education Goal aims for U.S. students to be able to perform at world-class levels in mathematics and science. This report summarizes the progress each state has made toward Goal 3–the students' achievement and citizenship goal, and Goal 5–the mathematics and science goal, with particular emphasis placed on mathematics and science achievements in New Mexico. It is concluded that the majority of states participating in National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) assessments have made progress toward Goal 3 in mathematics. [More] Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Mathematics Education, National Competency Tests
(1969). The Relationship Between Self-Concept, Intellectual Ability, Achievement, and Manifest Anxiety Among Select Groups of Spanish-Surname Migrant Students in New Mexico. The primary data collected and analyzed in conjunction with this study were measurements of self-concept taken on a select sample of 428 fourth- and sixth-grade migrant children in New Mexico, 90% of whom were Spanish-surname migrants. These self-concept scores were correlated with scores from measures of intelligence and achievement; these findings were contrasted with the findings of 2 other studies using the same instruments and involving similar groups of educationally disadvantaged children from different ethnic backgrounds. Chi-square, "t" test, and Pearson Correlational techniques were employed in the analysis of relevant data. Conclusions of the study suggested a tendency toward a positive correlation of self-concept with other variables measured. In addition, it was found that the New Mexico students, responding to the instruments used, generally had lower self-concept scores, lower mean grade placements, and rated lower on the total I.Q. index than did white students in a Georgia study; but, the New Mexico students generally rated higher on the same instruments than did Negro students participating in a Louisiana study. [More] Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Anglo Americans, Anxiety
(1980). Educational Specifications for the Pojoaque Valley Senior High School. The middle school and senior high school of the Pojoaque Valley (New Mexico) School District share many facilities and services. Because of the need for expansion of facilities, some construction projects are budgeted that include remodeling the vocational building, building the music building, and adding built-in equipment to all remodeled and new facilities. The school district is attempting to secure additional capital outlay funds from the 1980 New Mexico Legislature. With these, it plans to have architects construct a building that may contain art and special education facilities. This educational specification provides the project's architects and their associated engineering firms with a detailed written statement of the educational program that is to be operated in the facilities being constructed and those planned for the future. Descriptors: Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Facilities Planning, Facility Guidelines, Facility Requirements
(1968). Career Selection Education Program, 1965-1968. Report. Career Selection Education Programs were conducted during the 1965-66 school year at Cloudcroft and Weed High Schools under the direction of personnel from New Mexico State University, and at Cliff High School under the direction of personnel from Western New Mexico University. These programs were designed specifically to enable young people in small, rural schools (1) to have an opportunity to gain information about job opportunities and (2) to assess more adequately their own individual capacities to fit into the world of work. Some sources of vocational information were field trips, interviews, films, tape recordings, and group guidance sessions. A series of reports was submitted annually by staff personnel at each operating location. The programs at Weed and at Cloudcroft High Schools were continued during the 1966-67 and 1967-68 school years; the program at Cliff High School had to be discontinued at the conclusion of the first year because of lack of funds. [More] Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Planning, Careers
(1973). A Comparison of Laguna-Acoma High School's Class of 1972 With Similar Schools in New Mexico. Data collected by the New Mexico State Department of Education in the spring 1973 are used in tables to compare the 1972 Laguna Acoma High School (LAHS) graduating class and other 1972 New Mexico high school graduating classes. The percentage of 1972 LAHS graduates who at the time of the study were involved in post-secondary academic education or vocational training is compared to the averages for the state, for schools having graduating classes of similar size, and for schools with a Native American population of 50% or more. Similar comparisons are made for 1972 LAHS graduates who at the time of the study were employed, unemployed, housewives, or in military service. As LAHS is part of the Grants Municipal School System, comparative figures for Grants High School are included. Findings show that Laguna-Acoma had 47% of its 1972 graduates involved in post secondary academic education, which was also the average for New Mexico; LAHS had 18% of its 1972 graduates involved in vocational post secondary education, while the state average was 19%. Reflected in other categories, no LAHS 1972 graduates were in military service, but 18% were employed, 10% were housewives, and 8% were unemployed. Descriptors: Academic Education, American Indian Education, Comparative Analysis, Employment
(1975). Library Aide Training Institute for American Indians. Narrative Evaluation Report on the Institute for Training in Librarianship. August 23, 1974 to August 23, 1975. An institute was designed to train 14 American Indians in basic library and audiovisual skills so that they could function as paraprofessional librarians in the pueblos and reservations of western New Mexico. The institute, funded under the 1965 Higher Education Act Title II-B, was based at the University of New Mexico, although most of the instruction was held at ten sites on the pueblos and reservations. The curriculum included materials selection, cataloging and classification, audiovisual materials use and production, reference, administration, children's literature, audiovisual methods and technology, and two practicums. Several evaluations indicated the basic success of the institute, and ten local libraries (of which only two have professional librarians) received trained aides. Curriculum outlines, evaluation documents, maps, budget, and a paraprofessional training model (flow chart) are included. Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, American Indians, Audiovisual Aids, Childrens Literature
(1991). Let There Be Change in Schools and Let It Begin with Me. A Report on the New Mexico Academy for School Learners. Educators and policymakers in New Mexico are aware that far too many at-risk children do poorly in school, drop out, or perform poorly even if they graduate. In July 1990, the Rockefeller Foundation provided funds for a pilot "New Mexico Academy for School Leaders." The academy brought together 34 elementary school principals, teachers, parents, educational assistants, and community members to bring about fundamental restructuring of schools to benefit children at risk. The University of New Mexico operated the academy for 4 weeks, with followup activities during the fall. The academy grew out of beliefs that: (1) schools are not responding effectively to many at-risk children; (2) participatory leadership activities that include the teachers, parents, and principal can enhance school effectiveness for at-risk kids; and (3) if schools are to make the changes necessary for improving the education of at-risk children, new approaches to staff development are required. The academy's formative evaluator presents observations and interpretations of the work that preceded the academy, the summer experience itself, and the followup activities through the end of 1990. The academy's curriculum outline is appended. Descriptors: Early Intervention, Elementary Education, High Risk Students, School Restructuring
(1976). Land-Use Symposium Proceedings: Privately Owned Rural Lands and Land-Use Planning (7th, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 15-16, 1975). This report includes 14 speeches by State and Local representatives relative to the control of land use and land use planning. The speeches are: (1) "The Status of Privately Owned Rural Land in New Mexico" (a statement regarding the confusing status of current statistics); (2) "Keynote Address" (emphasis on local control); (3) "What Are the Pros and Cons of Planning for Privately Owned Lands" (two speeches, one emphasizing the role of the planning implementors and the other emphasizing the negative aspects of Federal control); (4) "Land Use Planning Needed to Meet Long Range Food and Fiber Needs"(a global approach emphasizing American responsibility); (5) "State Laws Affecting Land Use Planning" (a review); (6) "An Assessment of Some Advantages and Disadvantages of Current Techniques in Land Use Planning and Control" (zoning and subdivision control; growth management and development timing; etc.); (8) "Economic Implications of Land Use Planning for Privately Owned Rural; Lands"; (9) "Response: Social and Environment Implications"; (10) "For the Best Interest of New Mexico, Who Should be Involved in the Decision Making about the Changing Uses of Privately Owned Rural Lands" (three different speakers); (11) "How Should New Mexico Plan for the Privately Owned Lands" (a panel presentation). [More] Descriptors: Conferences, Decision Making, Economic Factors, Energy
(1982). Ramah Navajo School Board, Inc., et al., v. Bureau of Revenue of New Mexico. Appeal from the Court of Appeals of New Mexico. Argued April 28, 1982–Decided July 2, 1982. No. 80-2162. An appeal to the Supreme Court addressd the question whether federal law preempts a state (New Mexico) tax imposed on the gross receipts that a non-Indian construction company (Lembke Construction Company) receives from a tribal school board (Ramah Navajo School Board) for the construction of a school for Navajo children on the reservation. The New Mexico Court of Appeals held that the gross receipts tax imposed by the State of New Mexico was permissible based on White Mountain Apache Tribe v. Bracker (1980). The Supreme Court reaches a different conclusion because it finds that the tax imposes an economic burden on the tribe's effort to build a school with federal funds. The dissenting opinion argued that the Court accords an Indian tribe, whose sovereignty "exists only at the sufferance of Congress and is subject to complete defeasance," greater immunity from state taxes than is enjoyed by the sovereignty of the United States on whom it is dependent. [More] Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Reservations, Educational Facilities, Federal Aid
(1968). Teaching Spanish to the Spanish-Speaking Child, 1965-1968. Report. Realization by educators of the educational problems faced by Spanish-speaking children resulted in a 1965-68 Western States Small Schools Project at Pecos, New Mexico, which sought to establish the study of Spanish as an integral part of daily classroom activities in the elementary school. The objectives of the Spanish Program were (1) to increase oral fluency in Spanish, (2) to begin instruction in Spanish reading and writing, and (3) to develop appreciation and awareness of Spanish culture. Daily activities and audio-visual materials were used to enlarge the children's vocabulary. The results were that by acquiring literacy in the mother tongue, the children were able to appreciate the value of their own culture, and Spanish was accepted as a medium of communication. The program further helped the Spanish child improve his adjustment to the bicultural environment prevalent in New Mexico. [More] Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Teachers, Cultural Enrichment
(1974). Information and Library Programs at the Technology Application Center (TAC). The Technology Application Center (TAC) at the University of New Mexico is one of six National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) regional dissemination centers originally established to disseminate NASA technology to private industry on a regional basis. A fee is charged for TAC's services so it has been market oriented and has sought to act as a catalyst between users and suppliers of technological information. There are five programs at TAC, an industrial program, an energy information program, a business and industry extension program, a remote sensing program, and a center for environmental research and development. At the heart of TAC is a full service information center which supports the five programs and also provides a computerized literature search to faculty members at the University of New Mexico. [More] Descriptors: Aerospace Technology, College Faculty, Industry, Information Centers