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Download full textLeung-Gagné, Melanie; Wang, Victoria; Melnick, Hanna; Mauerman, Chris – Learning Policy Institute, 2023
In 2021, California committed to providing universal prekindergarten (UPK) for all 4-year-olds and income-eligible 3-year-olds by 2025-26. UPK includes several early learning programs, including transitional kindergarten (TK), the California State Preschool Program (CSPP), Head Start, and expanded learning opportunities to provide full-day early…
Descriptors: School Districts, Educational Planning, Preschool Education, Access to Education
Nilsen, Katy; Tyler, Burr; Arnett, Elizabeth; Britton, Ted; Estrella, Denise; Luttgen, Kim; Moyle, Patrick; Montoya, Robin – WestEd, 2020
The California Next Generation Science Standards (CA NGSS) Toolkit for Instructional Materials Evaluation (TIME) is a suite of tools and processes for evaluating and selecting instructional materials aligned with the CA NGSS. This 11th report in the NGSS Early Implementers Initiative evaluation series is intended for school and district…
Descriptors: Vignettes, Media Selection, Science Instruction, Statewide Planning
Education Commission of the States, 2019
In December 2015, the U.S. Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and, with it, ushered in a new era of education policy in America. Leaving behind many of the most criticized aspects of its predecessor, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), this new incarnation of the primary federal legislation guiding K-12 education provides state and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Art Education
Education Commission of the States, 2017
In December 2015, the U.S. Congress passed the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) and, with it, ushered in a new era of education policy in America. Leaving behind many of the most criticized aspects of its predecessor, No Child Left Behind (NCLB), this newest incarnation of the primary federal legislation guiding K-12 education provides state and…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Art Education, Elementary Secondary Education
US Government Accountability Office, 2016
Enacted in 2014, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) brought numerous changes to existing federal employment and training programs, including requiring the Department of Labor (DOL) and the Department of Education (Education) to implement a common performance accountability system across the six WIOA-designated core programs. WIOA…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Legislators, Accountability, Job Training
Office of Child Care, 2017
This Report to Congress is required by Section 658L of the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act, as amended. The report provides information about the role of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), which is authorized under the CCDBG Act. This report covers fiscal year (FY) 2016 and (FY) 2017. The data and analysis contained in…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Child Care, Federal Aid, Grants
Office of Child Care, 2015
This Report to Congress is required by Section 658L of the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act as amended. The report provides information about the role of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), which is authorized under the CCDBG Act, in improving access to high-quality child care in states, territories, and tribes. This…
Descriptors: Child Care, Block Grants, Grants, Federal Aid
Lee, Laurie; Hughes, John; Smith, Kevin; Foorman, Barbara – Florida Center for Reading Research, 2016
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) challenges state education agencies (SEAs) to improve student outcomes by addressing the student-, teacher-, and school-level factors that drive achievement gains. This Guide for Identifying Evidence-Based Interventions for School Improvement is intended to help State Education Agencies (SEAs) carefully…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation
Office of Child Care, 2013
This Report to Congress is required by Section 658L of the Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG) Act as amended. The report provides information about the role of the Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF), which is authorized under the CCDBG Act, in improving access to high-quality child care in states, territories, and tribes. The data…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Child Care, Federal Aid, Grants
Scott, George A. – US Government Accountability Office, 2013
The Department of Education (Education) created Race to The Top (RTT) under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to provide incentives for states to reform K-12 education in areas such as improving the lowest performing schools and developing effective teachers and leaders. In 2010, Education awarded 12 states nearly $4 billion in…
Descriptors: Teacher Evaluation, Principals, Administrator Evaluation, Educational Legislation
Utah State Department of Education, 2004
This report is the result of massive public input, five Governor's Summits, and several Board task forces. The research-based plan reflects a confluence of state legislation aimed at improving student achievement, and the Utah Performance Assessment System for Schools (U-PASS), the state's accountability measuring system. The competency-based…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Statewide Planning, Reading Improvement, Public Education
Little, Judith Warren; And Others – 1987
Results of this study will be used to assess the possibilities and limitations of staff development as an instrument of state and local policy for improving educational quality in the public schools in California. Four basic questions were addressed: (1) What is the total California taxpayer investment in staff development and what forms do the…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Program Development
Pritchard, May Long – 1984
This paper focuses on issues related to the management, goals, activities, and problems of the State Education Coordination and Grants set-aside of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). (This provision places 8 percent of each State's total allocation for training for Disadvantaged Youth and Adults (Title II-A) under the authority of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Disadvantaged, Federal Aid, Federal State Relationship
Knuti, David; Zuckerman, Alan, Ed. – 1986
This guide is intended to assist Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) program policymakers, planners, and program operators to understand the provisions and possibilities afforded by the JTPA. The first section provides an overview of the JTPA. Discussed next are the following aspects of the JTPA planning and administration system: federal funding…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation
McCune, Shirley – 1983
This brief publication provides general background on issues related to using microcomputers for instruction and suggests ways in which computer technologies can be included in state education improvement plans. Specific computer assisted instruction (CAI) uses mentioned are individual drill and practice and developing higher order skills. Three…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Programs, Costs, Input Output Devices
