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Kenneth M. Zeichner, Editor; Linda Darling-Hammond, Editor; Amy I. Berman, Editor; Dian Dong, Editor; Gary Sykes, Editor – National Academy of Education, 2024
The National Academy of Education (NAEd) undertook this consensus report on the evaluation and improvement of teacher preparation programs (TPPs). Specifically, this consensus report aims to (1) identify and disseminate best practices for evaluating and improving TPPs to promote teacher effectiveness and student achievement; (2) provide…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Program Evaluation, Accountability, Program Improvement
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Bers, Trudy – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2009
In this article, the author writes from the perspective of a community college research practitioner, an institutional researcher whose daily work is intended primarily to affect policies, procedures and understanding of student learning and institutional effectiveness. The audience for this work is composed of faculty, administrators, staff,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Institutional Evaluation, Learning Modules, Audits (Verification)
Loucks-Horsley, Susan; Hergert, Leslie F. – 1985
This guide for school improvement uses as its foundation the Concerns-Based Adoption Model which describes the changing feelings of individuals as they learn about, prepare for, use, and refine new practices. Seven linear steps are depicted as they relate to the school improvement process: (1) establishing the school improvement project: (2)…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvement Programs, Needs Assessment
Chenery, Mary Faeth; Akers, Ward – Camping Magazine, 1987
By interviewing parents and reviewing letters of complaint, Camp Hy-Lake (Tennessee) identified six conditions/outcomes parents expected of a good camp experience. By providing those conditions the camp improved its camper return rate from 60 to 80% in approximately two years and increased camper returns from two to three and a half years. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Camping, Improvement Programs, Marketing, Outdoor Education
Lindsay, James W. – Executive Educator, 1985
Principals should help their assistant principals become well-rounded professionals, preparing them to assume higher posts. Such preparation entails hiring with growth potential in mind, formulating individualized on-the-job training programs, and conducting thoughtful evaluation. (MCG)
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Selection, Apprenticeships, Assistant Principals
Southeastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE), Tallahassee, FL. – 1991
The Southeastern Regional Vision for Education (SERVE) provides information on re-designing curriculum and instruction in schools, re-defining roles and responsibilities of school staffs, and promoting changes to address the needs of the Southeast's growing and diverse student population. SERVE offers a series of publications entitled "Hot…
Descriptors: Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Improvement Programs
School Administrator, 1985
Featured are 8 of the 17 exemplary staff development programs selected by the Advisory Panel of the National Center for the Improvement of Learning. Nine of the programs were featured in the February issue. (Author/DCS)
Descriptors: Awards, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvement Programs
McKenzie, Floretta Dukes – School Business Affairs, 1994
Systemic reform efforts are being widely utilized as a tool in school improvement. In the next decade, math and science are becoming a focus for improvement, as are the issues of privatization and collaboration. Asks school business officials questions to reveal how dedicated to change they are. (KDP)
Descriptors: Cooperation, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvement Programs
Hill, A. David – 1987
This paper describes an inservice training project in Colorado funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF). The goal of the project is to create a self-sustaining and expanding network of trained leaders in geographic education. The project addresses: (1) the need to improve and expand the geographic literacy of U.S. citizens; (2) the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Geography, Geography Instruction
Brown, Mark G.; Schwarz, Joseph E. – Performance and Instruction, 1988
Description of a process for solving human performance problems focuses on the analysis phase, which examines information to determine causes and develops recommendations for solving the problems. Techniques used for gathering data are described, criteria for evaluating ideas are listed, and weighted scores for performance improvement ideas are…
Descriptors: Employment Problems, Evaluation Criteria, Improvement Programs, Interviews
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Redmon, William K. – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1992
This paper identifies critical components of recent organizational quality improvement programs and specifies how applied behavior analysis can contribute to quality technology. Statistical Process Control and Total Quality Management approaches are compared, and behavior analysts are urged to build their research base and market behavior change…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Science Research, Improvement Programs
Massy, William F. – Capital Ideas, 1991
Among the many reasons why college and university costs are rising are factors internal to the institutions which hold down productivity. Most efforts to improve productivity usually fail because they do not introduce new energy or information from the outside. In order to improve productivity, formal, non-quantitative evaluation should include a…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, College Administration, Costs, Evaluation Methods
Klausmeier, Herbert J.; And Others – 1982
This document contains the tables that are referred to but not included in the research monograph, "Improvement of Secondary Education Through Research: Five Longitudinal Case Studies." The monograph reports on two middle schools, one junior high school, and two senior high schools that were involved in the study project, which included…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Improvement Programs, Institutional Characteristics
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Wolfe, Michael P. – NASSP Bulletin, 1988
Describes how one inner city school involved its teaching staff in developing a plan to improve the learning environment. A "building action plan" was developed to serve as the framework for the school improvement process. (CJH)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvement Programs
Advanced Technology, Inc., Indianapolis, IN. – 1989
This Workshop Leader's Guide contains step-by-step procedures for preparing, organizing, and presenting 1-hour and 3-hour workshops on estimation in mathematics. It was designed to assist Technical Assistance Center staff members and other inservice providers in conducting successful workshops on estimation in mathematics for administrators,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Mathematics, Estimation (Mathematics), Improvement Programs, Inservice Teacher Education
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