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Wong, Rose – Journal of Social Work Education, 2017
This article adds to the growing body of literature on the use of evidence-based practice (EBP) in social work. Specifically, it examines a 9-hour EBP educational model designed to prepare MSW students for appropriate decision-making strategies in working with multicultural client populations. The model places emphasis on identification and…
Descriptors: Social Work, Professional Education, Advanced Courses, Evidence Based Practice
Campo-Contreras, Susana – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of the study was to develop a better understanding of the allocation of resources used to improve student learning outcomes in three middle schools within a Charter Management Organization (CMO). The three middle schools that participated in the study have similar demographics and serve students in low socio-economic areas of Los…
Descriptors: Resource Allocation, Charter Schools, Middle Schools, Academic Achievement
Kirst, Michael W.; And Others – 1981
The effectiveness with which research findings are disseminated to policy makers in education, particularly at the state level, is explored in the four chapters of this report. In chapter 1, Linda J. Nelson reviews the literature and determines that policy makers do make important, but indirect, use of research. She suggests that research…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Educational Policy, Educational Research, Information Dissemination
Secolsky, Charles, Ed.; Denison, D. Brian, Ed. – Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2011
Increased demands for colleges and universities to engage in outcomes assessment for accountability purposes have accelerated the need to bridge the gap between higher education practice and the fields of measurement, assessment, and evaluation. The "Handbook on Measurement, Assessment, and Evaluation in Higher Education" provides higher…
Descriptors: Generalizability Theory, Higher Education, Institutional Advancement, Teacher Effectiveness
California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. Bureau of Intergroup Relations. – 1972
On November 8, 1971, the Bakersfield City Board of Education adopted a motion directing that the school district request the Bureau of Intergroup Relations to assist in the development of plans under the guidelines of California Administrative Code Sections 14020 and 14021 to eliminate racial imbalance in district schools. The Bureau team agreed…
Descriptors: Computer Programs, Computers, Desegregation Methods, Desegregation Plans
Ramage, Jean, Ed. – 1994
This report charts a vision for preparing California teachers for the 21st century. The report is an adaptation of the national framework found in the Association of Teacher Educators' report, "Restructuring the Education of Teachers." Recognizing that learning to be an effective teacher is a developmental process, the report is…
Descriptors: Accountability, Beginning Teacher Induction, Educational Change, Educational Policy
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Elsner, Gary H. – Journal of Leisure Research, 1971
Descriptors: Economics, Facility Utilization Research, Models, Multiple Regression Analysis