Journal of Proceedings. 1973 Annual Convention of the National Association of State Boards of Education (Portland, Oregon, October 6-10)

This document is primarily composed of speeches delivered at the 1973 annual convention of the National Association of State Boards of Education. The opening speech by H. Thomas Jones, President of the Spencer Foundation, concludes that the changing age structure of our population is reducing pressures on educational institutions which, in spite of doubts stirred in the '60s, are stable institutions that our society should cherish. Also included are speeches on the following topics: Educational Priorities in a Free Society, The Supreme Court and State Responsibility for Education, New State Assessment Programs, Pennsylvania's Statewide Educational Quality Assessment, The New York State Elementary and Secondary Education Evaluation System, and A New Role for the Neighborhood Elementary School. The appendixes are as follows: Minutes of Preliminary Business Meeting and By-Laws, Minutes of Annual Business Meeting and 1973-74 Budget, Courtesy Resolutions, and Policy Resolutions. (JA)