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Illinois Univ., Urbana. Dept. of Vocational and Technical Education. – 1981
The purpose of phase 3 of Project IMPACT (a project to assess the impact of vocational education research and development on vocational education programs in Illinois) was to review, further conceptualize, and refine the impact assessment system for vocational education research and development efforts proposed during fiscal 1989. The following…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Needs Assessment
Hook, Colin; Ethridge, James – 1980
As part of Project IMPACT's efforts to identify and develop procedures for complying with the impact requirements of Public Law 94-482, a case study was made of Illinois Projects in Horticulture. Fourteen horticulture projects in high schools and junior colleges were discovered through a previous study, personal interviews with two University of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Finance
Download full textCheney-Stern, Marilyn R.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1980
In order to identify and develop procedures for complying with the impact requirements of Public Law 94-482, Project IMPACT studied five problems: (l) how to define impact, (2) how to assess impact, (3) how to show cause and effect relationships between research and development (R&D) activities and changes in the vocational education…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Research
Learning Point Associates / North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL), 2005
An Interview With Kiley Walsh In her ground-breaking study, titled "After the Test: How Schools Are Using Data to Close the Achievement Gap", researcher Kiley Walsh shows clear evidence of specific work being done to close achievement gaps. Walsh selected 32 schools across six counties in the San Francisco Bay Area and compared those…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Minority Groups, Low Income Groups, Secondary School Students
Cheney-Stern, Marilyn R.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1980
As part of Project IMPACT's efforts to develop procedures for complying with the impact requirements of Public Law 94-482, a case study was made of the Illinois Network of Exemplary Occupational Education Programs for Handicapped and Disadvantaged Students. The purpose of the Network was to expand the quantity and quality of special needs…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth
Cheney-Stern, Marilyn R.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1980
Illinois-funded Project IMPACT was designed to identify and develop procedures for complying with the impact requirement of Public Law 94-482, with regard to the effect of vocational education research and development on vocational education programs. The study addressed itself to three problem areas: (1) how to define impact, (2) how to assess…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Definitions, Educational Assessment, Educational Change
Cheney-Stern, Marilyn R.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1980
As part of Project IMPACT's efforts to develop procedures for complying with the impact requirements of Public Law 94-482, a case study was made of the Illinois Occupational Curriculum Project (IOCP). The top-down study traced the IOCP from its developers to its users and documented measurable changes in the 1971 versus the 1979 curriculum…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Behavior Change, Case Studies, Community Colleges
Leach, James A.; Chiti, Robert A. – 1980
As part of Project IMPACT's efforts to identify and develop procedures for complying with the impact requirements of Public Law 94-482, a case study was made of the Illinois Occupational Survival Skills Project. The purpose of the Occupational Survival Skills Project was to develop curriculum materials to help prepare high school students to…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Research
Cheney-Stern, Marilyn R.; Phelps, L. Allen – 1980
As part of Project IMPACT's efforts to identify and develop procedures for complying with the impact requirements of Public Law 94-482, a case study was made of Illinois Career Education Projects at the awareness level. First, the Career Development for Children Project (CDCP), which produced career awareness curriculum materials for elementary…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Case Studies
Hoegl, Juergen – 1985
Undertaken as a background paper for an early childhood education policy study intended to identify current issues in early childhood education and policy alternatives for consideration by the State Board of Education of Illinois, this report focuses on the effectiveness of early childhood education programs. Specifically addressed are (1) reasons…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmental Continuity, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
Braun, Kurt; And Others – 1980
As part of Project IMPACT's efforts to identify and develop procedures for complying with the impact requirements of Public Law 94-482, a case study was made of two Illinois communities and the vocational education programs in those communities. The study examined the relationship between the "good" vocational education programs in…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Educational Assessment
Malhorta, Man Mohanlal – 1980
As part of Project IMPACT's effort to identify and develop procedures for complying with the impact requirements of Public Law 94-482, a field study was conducted to identify and validate variables and their order of importance in predicting and evaluating impact of research and development (R&D) projects in vocational and technical education.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Finance, Educational Research
