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Alexandra Hegji – Congressional Research Service, 2024
Title IV of the Higher Education Act (HEA; P.L. 89-329), as amended, authorizes programs that provide financial assistance to students to pursue postsecondary education at eligible institutions of higher education (IHEs). In academic year (AY) 2022-2023 (July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023), 5,918 domestic institutions had written agreements with the U.S.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Student Financial Aid
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What Works Clearinghouse, 2017
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) evaluates research studies that look at the effectiveness of education programs, products, practices, and policies, which the WWC calls "interventions." Many studies of education interventions make claims about impacts on students' outcomes. Some studies have designs that enable readers to make causal…
Descriptors: Program Design, Program Development, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation
Schweinhart, Lawrence J. – 2002
This paper presents some ideas to preschool educators and policy makers about how to make validated educational models central in standards for preschool education and care programs that are available to all 3- and 4-year-olds. Defining an educational model as a coherent body of program practices, curriculum content, program and child, and teacher…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Definitions, Educational Practices, Educational Quality
Petersen, Allan L.; Berg, Ernest H. – 1983
As mandated under Title 5 of the California Administrative Code, this annual report to the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges explains the current course approval process in the colleges and summarizes approval activities in the areas of credit courses and programs and non-credit courses. First, background information is…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Credit Courses, Educational Legislation, Noncredit Courses
Ananda, Sri; Rabinowitz, Stanley – 2001
Educational reform is becoming synonymous with accountability. However, designing an effective accountability system poses serious challenges for states as is clear from the progress and pitfalls experienced by states such as Texas, Kentucky, and California. For example, many states tend to overload their new accountability programs, resulting in…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Planning and Development. – 1983
The criteria listed in this manual are designed to evaluate teacher education programs in Georiga colleges that voluntarily agree to meet these standards. The standards were designed so that each institution has the opportunity to reflect its philosophy in programs offered, since most of the criteria reflect broad experiences that should be…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Evaluation
Kunkel, Richard C. – 1984
This paper presents a brief history of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), defining it as a national effort of voluntary accreditation. Distinctions are drawn between national voluntary accreditation and regional accreditation, with these distinctions being placed in a perspective of state licensure and program…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Higher Education
Hatten, Clyde J.; Barlow, John – 1985
The Mississippi State Department of Education Dissemination Program undertook a five-year plan from 1980-1985 to develop a coordinated, comprehensive statewide dissemination system for public school improvement throughout the state. The major objectives of the project were to develop the following: (1) a system for collecting, storing, retrieving,…
Descriptors: Consultants, Consultation Programs, Diffusion (Communication), Elementary Secondary Education
Lafleur, Clay – 1986
Ontario public school systems are responsible for ensuring that Ministry of Education documents, such as subject guidelines, are implemented in their schools. This paper describes an implementation plan developed and used in Simcoe County by a large rural school board with modest program support staff. Four distinct phases characterize this…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries