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Peer reviewedWood, Robert; Power, Colin – Comparative Education, 1984
An analysis of national programs for monitoring student achievement in Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States finds that "national assessment" promotes a view of "standards" which is narrow, limiting, and definitely not conducive to the emergence of flexible and imaginative educational policies designed to cope…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Education, Definitions
Download full textHirsch, Eric; Emerick, Scott; Barnes, Gary; Berry, Barnett – Center for Teaching Quality, 2004
The Southeast Center for Teaching Quality (The Center) has conducted a study of the costs of high quality Teacher Preparation on behalf of the Regional Education Laboratory at SERVE and at the request of the Alabama State Department of Education. In light of the recommendations issued by Alabama's Task Force to Improve Educator Preparation and the…
Descriptors: Expenditures, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Education Programs, Comparative Analysis
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1991
The first of two hearings held in the winter and spring of 1991 to consider the reauthorization of the Office of Educational Research and Improvement focused on the question of national testing. The proposed legislation stipulates that a national test would measure an individual's educational achievement, give the local education agency an…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok (Thailand). – 1980
The report of a United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Expert Group meeting, involving 13 experts from 10 countries, discusses planning national efforts to promote youth's role in development. Current systems and indicators used to assess the situation of rural and urban youth and their contribution to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classification, Community Development, Comparative Analysis
Miller, Cynthia; Knox, Virginia – 2001
Parents' Fair Share (PFS) was a national demonstration program to help low-income noncustodial parents find more stable and better-paying jobs, pay child support consistently, and become more involved parents. PFS provided the following services: employment and training services; peer support groups; voluntary mediation between parents; and…
Descriptors: Arbitration, Child Support, Comparative Analysis, Conflict Resolution
McConnell, Sheena – 1999
The value of the output and services produced by students while enrolled in the Job Corps was estimated by analyzing data from a sample of 2 projects from each of 23 Job Corps centers. The projects were subjected to in-depth analysis based on independent-estimate and relative-productivity approaches. The following were among the key findings: (1)…
Descriptors: Career Education, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth
Johnson, Terry; Gritz, Mark; Dugan, Mary Kay – 2000
The National Job Corps Study was undertaken to obtain the information needed to assess the Job Corps' success in providing employment assistance to disadvantaged youths aged 16 to 24 years. The study's findings related to outreach and admissions (OA) and center characteristics and practices that appear to promote positive programmatic experiences…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Career Choice, Career Education, Classification
