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Emenheiser, David E.; Weidenthal, Corinne; Avoke, Selete; Simon-Burroughs, Marlene – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2021
Promoting the Readiness of Minors in Supplemental Security Income (PROMISE), a study of 13,444 randomly assigned youth and their families, includes six model demonstration projects and a technical assistance center funded through the U.S. Department of Education and a national evaluation of the model demonstration projects funded through the…
Descriptors: Welfare Services, Federal Programs, Low Income Groups, Disabilities
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Michael S. Garet; Kerstin Carlson Le Floch; Daniel Hubbard; Joanne Carminucci; Barbara Goodson – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2024
Boosting literacy among school-age children remains a national priority. Nearly one third of students in the United States have not developed the foundational reading skills needed to succeed academically, with students living in poverty, students with disabilities, and English learners especially at risk. Starting in 2010, Congress invested more…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Literacy Education, Evidence Based Practice, Grants
Algozzine, Bob; Morsbach Sweeney, Holly; Choi, Jeong Hoon; Horner, Rob; Sailor, Wayne; McCart, Amy B.; Satter, Allyson; Lane, Kathleen Lynne – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2017
U.S. public education systems are required to provide free appropriate public education to students with disabilities in least restrictive environments that are appropriate to meet their individual needs. The practice of educating students with disabilities in neighborhood schools in age-appropriate general education classrooms and other school…
Descriptors: Fidelity, Program Implementation, Disabilities, Inclusion
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Luecking, Debra Martin; Luecking, Richard G. – Career Development and Transition for Exceptional Individuals, 2015
Recently, consensus among researchers and professionals has emerged about factors that contribute to postschool success of youth with disabilities. Prominent among these factors are targeted academic preparation, family involvement, youth empowerment, and service collaboration and linkages. Work experience and paid employment have been identified…
Descriptors: Models, Disabilities, Special Needs Students, Transitional Programs
Curda, Elizabeth H. – US Government Accountability Office, 2018
The Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) requires states to reserve at least 15 percent of their total State Vocational Rehabilitation Services program funds to provide pre-employment transition services to help students with disabilities transition from school to work. The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) was asked to review…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Vocational Rehabilitation, Financial Support, State Aid
Pentimonti, Jill; Pfannenstiel, Kathleen; Walker, Melodee – National Center for Systemic Improvement at WestEd, 2017
The selection of evidence-based practices (EBPs) in mathematics is a critical step toward improving mathematics outcomes for students with disabilities. This state spotlight presents how the Maryland State Department of Education uses the TAP-IT (Team, Analyze, Plan, Implement, and Track) process coupled with systems coaching to support the…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Mathematics Education, Teaching Methods, Disabilities
Maryland Higher Education Commission, 2016
The Task Force to Study the Impact of Expanding Credit and Noncredit Courses for Students with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities was formed in July 2013. Chapter 392, Acts of 2013, (House Bill 813) established the Task Force to Study the Impact of Expanding Credit and Noncredit Courses for Students with Intellectual and Developmental…
Descriptors: Noncredit Courses, College Credits, State Boards of Education, Intellectual Disability
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Lawson, Dana L.; Gould, Sarah A.; Conley, Melanie L. – Journal of Postsecondary Education and Disability, 2016
In recent years, there has been a significant increase in the number of students with disabilities seeking postsecondary education. The complexity of needs is also increasing, resulting in more students withdrawing from college or taking leaves of absence in their first year. In 2012, the Student Academic Support Services office (SASS) at McDaniel…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Transitional Programs, College Freshmen, Disabilities
Levin, Jesse; Manship, Karen; Hurlburt, Steve; Atchison, Drew; Yamaguchi, Ryoko; Hall, Adam; Stullich, Stephanie – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2019
Over the past 25 years, a small but growing number of school districts have implemented weighted student funding (WSF), a type of school-based budgeting system, as a way to increase school-level autonomy and flexibility and more equitably distribute funding among schools. In these districts, education leaders have implemented policies that…
Descriptors: School Districts, Institutional Autonomy, Budgets, Funding Formulas
Horowitz, Michelle; Squires, Jim – Center on Enhancing Early Learning Outcomes, 2014
As the country quickly builds its efforts to enhance quality in early education and care classrooms, states are implementing Quality Rating and Improvement Systems (QRIS) to recognize and improve the quality of programs. QRIS also provides technical support and increased financial benefits for participating programs to attain higher levels of…
Descriptors: State Standards, Educational Quality, Inclusion, Early Childhood Education
Maryland State Department of Education, 2015
As part of the Maryland State Department of Education's (MSDE's) ongoing commitment to early learning and school readiness, a comprehensive Kindergarten Readiness Assessment (KRA) was administered for the first time this school year. This assessment, which builds on and advances the MMSR, is part of our new Ready for Kindergarten: Maryland's Early…
Descriptors: Kindergarten, School Readiness, State Standards, Student Evaluation
Anderson, Kimberly; Mira, Mary Elizabeth – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2015
All of the states in this study have recently been involved in school accountability system reform. Since 2011, the states have taken advantage of a federal program to give them flexibility around certain requirements of the "No Child Left Behind Act" of 2001 (NCLB), the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary…
Descriptors: Accountability, State Policy, State Programs, State Standards
Anderson, Kimberly; Mira, Mary Elizabeth – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2014
The following profiles address the basic decisions and actions that state education policy-makers--in the state departments of education, unless otherwise noted--are taking to foster successful statewide implementation of the new standards and aligned assessments in 15 states. These profiles provide a descriptive overview of each state's…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, Program Implementation, Outcome Measures
Anderson, Kimberly; Mira, Mary Elizabeth – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2014
Implementation of college- and career-readiness standards is some of the most important work currently underway in states to improve public education and student achievement. This report provides a summary of findings from SREB's research into the efforts of 15 states--12 in the Southern Educational Research Board (SREB) region--to support…
Descriptors: State Standards, Academic Standards, State Policy, State Programs
Martinez, John; Fraker, Thomas; Manno, Michelle; Baird, Peter; Mamun, Arif; O'Day, Bonnie; Rangarajan, Anu; Wittenburg, David – Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., 2010
This report focuses on the seven original Youth Transition Demonstration (YTD) projects selected for funding in 2003. Three of the original seven projects were selected for a national random assignment evaluation in 2005; however, this report only focuses on program operations prior to joining the random assignment evaluation for the three…
Descriptors: Welfare Recipients, Program Implementation, Federal Programs, Program Evaluation
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