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Grantee Submission, 2019
The foster youth education program strives to increase graduation rates by improving academic performance and encouraging student retention through an innovative collaboration between tutors, social workers, and schools to provide individualized support. The pilot program was funded by U.S. Department of Education Innovation Funds, which evolving…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Graduation Rate, Academic Persistence, Program Evaluation
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Gursoy, Esim; Bag, Hatice Kübra – Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2018
In the light of continuous change of global perspectives, current educational contexts have been evolving to cover the necessary 21st century skills that the individuals must acquire. Two of the 4Cs (creativity, critical thinking, collaboration and communication) of the 21st century educational trends; creativity and creative thinking are the key…
Descriptors: Creative Thinking, Creativity, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Monyatsi, Pedzani Perci – Educational Research and Reviews, 2009
This article critically analyses the mechanisms and procedures that facilitate the effectiveness of the current teacher appraisal system in Botswana secondary schools. Teachers in schools, in this case in Botswana secondary schools have to undergo appraisal every year for both accountability and developmental purposes. In this article, the author…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teacher Evaluation, Secondary School Teachers, Criticism
Jeffery, Jill V. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
"Voice" is widely considered to be a feature of effective writing. It's no surprise, then, that voice criteria frequently appear on rubrics used to score student essays in large-scale writing assessments. However, composition theorists hold vastly different views regarding voice and how it should be applied in the evaluation of student writing, if…
Descriptors: Expository Writing, Evaluators, Writing Evaluation, Writing Tests
Sprague, Kim; Hamilton, Jennifer; Coffey, Deb; Loadman, William; Faddis, Bonnie – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
Rigorous research provides information that will allow other schools and districts to select interventions that have a scientifically based track record of effectiveness. All Striving Reader grants include the mandate to evaluate literacy intervention(s) targeted to adolescents who are reading significantly below grade level. Although all studies…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Evaluators, Program Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods
MPR Associates, Inc., 2006
States are using a variety of approaches to assess secondary students' career technical education (CTE) skill attainment under Perkins. According to data reported in the U.S. Department of Education's "Report to Congress on State Performance, Program Year 2002-03," states and territories are currently using the following approaches to collect…
Descriptors: Profiles, Program Effectiveness, Technical Education, Politics of Education
Corcoran, Thomas B. – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2008
This is the first report on the evaluation of the Inquiry Based Science and Technology Education Program (IN-STEP), an innovative and ambitious science education initiative for lower secondary schools being undertaken by a public-private partnership in Thailand funded by MSD-Thailand, an affiliate of Merck & Co. IN-STEP is a public-private…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Schools of Education, Evaluators, Science Interests