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Daugherty, Lindsay; Karam, Rita; Basco, Daniel; Kaufman, Julia H. – Grantee Submission, 2019
In education, practitioners are increasingly looking for strategies to bring data and evidence into decisionmaking and to roll out programs in intentional ways that allow for ongoing improvement. This toolkit acts as a guide to improvement strategies for teams of practitioners at colleges, providing them with the knowledge and tools they need to…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Remedial Instruction, Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Improvement
Baker, Susan; Auld, Garry; MacKinnon, Chloe; Ammerman, Alice; Hanula, Gail; Lohse, Barbara; Scott, Marci; Serrano, Elena; Tucker, Easter; Wardlaw, Mary Kay – National Institute of Food and Agriculture, 2014
The Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) identified a need for a comprehensive set of best practices in nutrition education for low-income audiences for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) educational projects, including SNAP-Ed. A comprehensive list of best practices would promote consistency and efficacy in program planning,…
Descriptors: Nutrition Instruction, Best Practices, Low Income Groups, Program Design

Tatara, Toshio; And Others – Child Welfare, 1988
Suggests ways in which states that are administering a Title IV-E independent-living program may generate program and evaluation data to meet requirements of a federal program report. Presents two examples of current evaluations of independent-living programs. (RJC)
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
Ayers, Samuel J. – 1987
This study attempted to identify efforts to evaluate programs for gifted and talented students in 122 Texas school districts and to compare these practices with those recommended in the literature and with Texas Education Association guidelines. Areas examined included informal and formal assessment of student and teacher identification practices,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Gifted

Bowers, Lynn Jordan; Elliott, Roger W. – SRA Journal of the Society of Research Administrators, 1992
The Texas legislature has mandated assessment of research programs in the state that receive separate line-item appropriations. The two-phase process involves institutional self-studies and site visits resulting in a final report with recommendations. The first two cycles of the assessment have indicated that process is more critical than result.…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Higher Education, Program Evaluation, Research Administration
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1990
This guide describes the Comprehensive Guidance Program model and outlines a process for tailoring the program model to meet the needs of the vast array of Texas public schools. It provides quality program standards designed to enhance district and campus efforts to improve the guidance programs in order to more effectively guide the development…
Descriptors: Comprehensive Guidance, Counselor Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidance Programs
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1988
Phase II of a three-phase study developed a statewide overview of compensatory education in Texas and examined instructional practices and other variables related to a broad definition of student success. Questionnaires (developed in Phase I) received from 3,235 campuses (a 55% return) collected descriptive information on compensatory programs and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Strategies

Jephson, Melanie Britt – Journal of Early Intervention, 1992
A survey of directors of 61 Texas early intervention programs found that directors felt that program improvement should be the main reason for program evaluation efforts, that evaluating program goals and child progress are the most feasible strategies, and that evaluating program quality and family progress are the most difficult strategies. (DB)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Community Programs, Disabilities
Vornberg, James A.; And Others – 1981
Using a sample of responses to questionnaires mailed to schools in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and Texas, a study was made of student activity programs to locate the available and most effective programs, and to develop appropriate criteria for evaluating programs. It was found that the most available activities were student council (100…
Descriptors: Athletics, Clubs, Comparative Analysis, Extracurricular Activities
Southern Regional Education Board, Atlanta, GA. – 1984
Profiles of the 14 states of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) provide information on the structure of these states for public postsecondary education and budgeting. For each state, the following areas are discussed: state-level coordinating and/or governing agency, institutional governing boards, state board for vocational education,…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Comparative Analysis, Educational Finance, Educational Policy
Pino, Carol – American Educator: The Professional Journal of the American Federation of Teachers, 1990
Ninth graders in a six-week reading improvement class at San Marcos High School (Texas) acted as tutors in an elementary school. The ninth graders' self-confidence, attitude, and attendance improved dramatically, but their own progress in reading did not, because of the short duration of the project. (DM)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, High School Freshmen, Peer Teaching
O'Dell, Donald L.; Karr-Kidwell, PJ – 1994
This paper offers a literature review of materials concerning inclusion of students with disabilities, and reports on the 3-year development of an inclusion program at one elementary school in Texas. The literature review is organized into sections which address legislative initiatives and law, special education programs with mainstreaming, the…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Disabilities, Educational Change
Smith, Richard Alan; Sassi, Anthony – 1988
In 1985, Apple Computer, Inc., and the Houston Independent School District began a project to create a model School of the Future at the F. M. Black Middle School. As described in this guide, the project was designed to demonstrate how microcomputers and related technology can make the process of instruction more efficient and effective. The…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Instructional Innovation
Skinner, Elizabeth Fisk; Carter, Stephen – 1987
In 1986, a study of remedial programs in Texas community colleges was conducted to determine the range of current practices and to assess the outcomes achieved. Each campus was sent a detailed self-study guide focusing on policies and practices related to assessment and placement, descriptive and evaluative information, policies related to course…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Credit Courses, Educational Diagnosis, Noncredit Courses
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1983
The purpose of this handbook, a revision of Texas Education Agency Bulletin 752 (1975), is to assist administrators and school nurses in planning and implementing the school health program. The guide contains eight sections. Following the history of the school health program in the first section, the second and third provide guidelines for the…
Descriptors: Disease Control, Educational Resources, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines