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Download full textGrimes, Terry – Council of Independent Colleges, 2014
Because of their commitment to the voluntary measurement and improvement of student learning outcomes, colleges and universities that are members of the Council of Independent Colleges (CIC) have been at the forefront of the national shift from teacher-centered to student-centered learning. The institutions participating in the CIC Degree…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Consortia, Qualifications, Outcomes of Education
Sirinides, Phil; Fantuzzo, John; LeBoeuf, Whitney; Barghaus, Katie; Fink, Ryan – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2015
High-quality care in the earliest years of life has been shown to relate to positive developmental outcomes for children, including improved early academic skills, social-emotional competencies, and cognitive functioning. Unfortunately, the early care experiences of many children are not always high quality; rather, research suggests that…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Research Reports, Educational Quality, Quality Control
Direct linkJimerson, Shane R., Ed.; Burns, Matthew K., Ed.; VanDerHeyden, Amanda M., Ed. – Springer, 2016
The second edition of this essential handbook provides a comprehensive, updated overview of the science that informs best practices for the implementation of response to intervention (RTI) processes within Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) to facilitate the academic success of all students. The volume includes insights from leading scholars…
Descriptors: Response to Intervention, Student Evaluation, Reading Skills, Writing Skills
Peer reviewedBanta, Trudy W., Ed. – Assessment Update, 2012
This issue of "Assessment Update" presents the following articles: (1) Mission Accomplished! The Development of a Competence-based E-portfolio Assessment Model (Shelley Schuurman, Scott Berlin, Jamie Langlois, and Julie Guevara); (2) The Third Rail of Assessment--Dangerous but Powerful (Dale L. Mort); (3) Video Killed the Radio…
Descriptors: Portfolio Assessment, Electronic Publishing, Video Technology, Program Evaluation
LEONARD, RUSSELL M.; AND OTHERS – 1961
IN AN ATTEMPT TO FORMULATE SOME POSITIVE RECOMMENDATIONS AND SUGGESTIONS OF PROGRAM AND POLICY FOR THE ACADEMICALLY TALENTED, MANY ASPECTS OF THE PROBLEM WERE CONSIDERED. QUESTIONNAIRES AND STUDIES SEEKING THE OPINIONS OF SCHOOL PERSONNEL AND AN EXAMINATION OF CURRENT PRACTICES AND PROVISIONS FOR THE ACADEMICALLY TALENTED DELVED INTO THE FOLLOWING…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Acceleration, Advanced Students, Enrichment Activities
Child Trends, 2010
This paper presents a profile of Pennsylvania's Keystone STARS prepared as part of the Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment Study. The profile consists of several sections and their corresponding descriptions including: (1) Program Information; (2) Rating Details; (3) Quality Indicators for Center-Based Programs; (4) Indicators for…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Profiles, Child Care, Quality Control
Krupka, John G. – 1970
Northampton County Area Community College (Pennsylvania) studied changes in student writing ability using a research paradigm described in the ERIC Clearinghouse for Junior Colleges' fifth topical paper (ED 030 422). Students in seven English classes were randomly assigned to write on one of two topics at the beginning of the semester, and asked…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Educational Testing, Evaluation Methods, Institutional Research
Fall, Thekla; Adair-Hauck, Bonnie; Glisan, Eileen – Foreign Language Annals, 2007
This article reports on the Pittsburgh Public Schools Oral Ratings Assessment for Language Students (PPS ORALS) project, a Title VI Foreign Language Assistance Program grant-funded project to create an online testing Software program that makes large-scale oral testing in a world language not only feasible, but also easy to create, administer, and…
Descriptors: Testing, Language Tests, Measures (Individuals), Program Effectiveness
Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13, Lancaster, PA. – 1997
EQUAL (Educational Quality or Adult Literacy) is Pennsylvania's program improvement initiative that measures performance by the quality of education learners receive. For 3 years, Project EQUAL was piloted in adult education agencies throughout the state. Beginning in 1997, the pilot projects helped to develop a process for continuous program…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Quality, Literacy Education
Merrifield, Juliet – 1998
In the current environment of global economic restructuring, changes in work and employment, and large-scale immigration to the United States, adult basic education (ABE) is facing demands that it be accountable for its performance by demonstrating its success in terms of student and societal outcomes. The increasing calls for ABE to develop a…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Competence
Center on Education Policy, 2009
This year the Center on Education Policy (CEP) analyzed data on the achievement of different groups of students in two distinct ways. First, it looked at grade 4 test results to determine whether the performance of various groups improved at three achievement levels--basic and above, proficient and above, and advanced. Second, it looked at gaps…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Low Income, American Indians, African American Students
Ross-Gordon, Jovita M.; And Others – 1990
The Services for Transition to Independence through Education (STRIDE) project evaluated a model for providing comprehensive training and employment services to adults with mild handicaps, using existing vocational education classes and special needs support programs in a secondary vocational technical school in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Services…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Basic Skills, Demonstration Programs
TIU Adult Education and Job Training Center, Lewistown, PA. – 1999
This document contains the final report and selected materials and products from Project Learner Goals, a project undertaken to assist the Pennsylvania Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education (ABLE) in describing the form and content of project learner activities (activities serving short-term learner goals) within an ABLE-funded program and,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies
Barrett, Leverne A.; Mack, Rodney P. – 1976
The "Career Approach to Natural Resource Management in Wildlife and Recreation" program has completed its second year at Conrad Weiser High School in Robesonia, Pennsylvania. It is a vocational natural resources course designed to prepare workers in wildlife and recreation management, with strong emphasis on field study and/or…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Career Exploration, Curriculum, Employer Attitudes
Bender, David S.; And Others – 1994
This paper describes the history, characteristics, program model, activities, and evaluation results of the Pottstown Homework Center Partnership project, in Pottstown County, Pennsylvania. The goal of the program is to initiate homework centers and train volunteer tutors from the community to support the at-risk middle students by providing…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary School Students, Extracurricular Activities, High Risk Students
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