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Morris, Dana Lynn – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This study examined superintendents' or designees' perceptions in light of NCLB (2002) and to understand parental involvement through the lens of Epstein's Framework of Parent Involvement (1992, 1995, 2002). The central problem was that despite parental involvement legislation, implementation and effectiveness of policies, and programs varies…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Parent Participation, School Districts, Parent School Relationship
State Educational Technology Directors Association, 2010
This annual report provides a national perspective on Title II-D for federal fiscal year (FY) 2008 (2008-09 school year), as well as emergent trends based on data from the past seven years. Title II-D is the only federal education program with funds explicitly targeted to support state and local effective uses of educational technology in the …
Descriptors: Technology Integration, Technological Literacy, Educational Trends, Program Implementation
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
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Orland, Martin E.; Goettel, Robert J. – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1982
An intergovernment program implementation framework is shown to be strongly affected by the way federal expectations and administrative actions interact with the state and local education agency programs. They can influence the components of categories of implementation factors, process variables, and the agency role orientations. (CM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs, Federal State Relationship
Boston, Margaret E.; Mitroff, Donna D. – 1980
This study examined the impact that the training in and the experience of using an innovative instructional program had on the practices and attitudes of teachers who were no longer in the supportive setting. Three years after two innovative Title I programs--Free Learning Program (based on the Bank Street Model), and Primary Education…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Attitude Change, Educational Innovation, Followup Studies
Sanders, James R. – 1981
Many difficulties are encountered when large-scale monitoring of federally-funded programs (including Title VII bilingual education programs) has been attempted. These difficulties may be categorized as follows: (1) differences in perception of the purpose of monitoring; (2) variance in the definition of the treatment (program) and expectations…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Compensatory Education, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education
Murray, Stephen L.; Quilling, Mary R. – 1980
Four problems underlying the delivery of technical assistance in Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I evaluation are discussed: (1) the dual missions of facilitating the implementation of the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System and of facilitating the local use of evaluation information frequently require tradeoffs between…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
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Le Tendre, Mary Jean – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 1997
Describes how some schools are using funding from Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended by the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 to apply technology in the schools. Reviews specific requirements for allocating funds in targeted assistance and schoolwide program schools. (SLD)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Computer Uses in Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance
Mac Iver, Douglas J.; Plank, Stephen B. – 1996
Central East Middle School in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), an urban school with about 45% Hispanic enrollment, and the Center for Research on the Education of Children Placed at Risk are working together to implement a Talent Development Middle School model of schooling. Part of this effort includes use of the Student Team Reading (STR) Program,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Compensatory Education, Cultural Awareness
Madhere, Serge; Mac Iver, Douglas J. – 1996
The Talent Development approach to helping greater numbers of students succeed in middle school is based on a belief that all students can learn challenging material if the right types of support are given. This report presents the essential components of the Talent Development framework and describes their initial implementation in Evans Junior…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Active Learning, Black Students, Career Exploration
Moss, Marc; Jacob, Robin; Boulay, Beth; Horst, Megan; Poulos, Jennifer – US Department of Education, 2006
In October 2003, the US Department of Education contracted with Abt Associates to design and conduct the Reading First Implementation Evaluation. This report focuses on the following questions: (1) How is the Reading First program implemented in districts and schools? and (2) How does reading instruction differ in Reading First schools and…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, Reading Programs
Wiley, Edward W.; Mathis, William J.; Garcia, David R. – Education Policy Research Unit, 2005
This study finds that nearly every school in the Great Lakes states is threatened to fail the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) requirements mandated by the federal "No Child Left Behind" (NCLB) Act. NCLB holds schools and districts accountable for student achievement on state standardized tests and schools that do not make AYP face…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Social Problems, Sanctions, Federal Legislation