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Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2010
The use of data for making educational decisions and to assess educational outcomes has been legislated by political bodies and codified by accreditation. Faculty have always used data to inform the grading process--data is gathered throughout the term to inform the letter grade assigned at the end. However, in today's educational environment,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, Data, Decision Making
Kipnis, F.; Whitebook, M.; Almaraz, M.; Sakai, L.; Austin, L. J. E. – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2012
The Learning Together longitudinal study focuses on four counties' efforts to expand bachelor's degree opportunities in early care and education (ECE) for adults currently working in the field. The "student cohort" model--in which small groups of ECE students with similar interests and characteristics pursue a bachelor's degree together,…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Adult Students, Nontraditional Students, Bachelors Degrees
Whitebook, Marcy; Kipnis, Fran; Sakai, Laura; Almaraz, Mirella – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2011
The "Learning Together" longitudinal study focuses on four counties' efforts to expand bachelor's degree opportunities in early care and education (ECE) for adults currently working in the field. The "student cohort model"--in which small groups of ECE students with similar interests and characteristics pursue a bachelor's…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Adult Students, Nontraditional Students, Bachelors Degrees
Data Quality Campaign, 2010
To address key policy and programmatic questions and help improve student and system performance, states must work to link data across the early childhood, postsecondary and workforce (P-20/workforce) spectrum and share this information with appropriate stakeholders. This issue brief highlights current efforts in California, Florida, Indiana, and…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, State Programs, Program Descriptions, Education Work Relationship
Hudley, Cynthia – 2001
This paper reports findings from a longitudinal study that investigated ways in which a comprehensive youth development program could support social and academic competence and reduce aggression in middle childhood for students living in public housing. Children residing in public housing complexes in southern California who participated in a 4H…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, After School Programs, Aggression
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Chrispeels, Janet Hageman – American Educational Research Journal, 1997
This study presents a longitudinal and intertextual analysis of educational policymaking activity in California over a 10-year period to identify factors that supported local policy implementation in a shifting political climate. Analysis reveals the essential nature of coherence, capacity building, and changed practices in building an alternative…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Coherence, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Ohanneson, Gregory S. – 1982
This review paper discusses the implications of the California Statewide Longitudinal Study (SLS) of community college students for 2-year vocational education. After introductory material examining problems in vocational student follow-up, the paper presents relevant findings from the SLS, discusses their significance for vocational education,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Followup Studies, Longitudinal Studies, Program Development