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Sass, Tim R. – National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools (NJ1), 2012
The core work of the National Center on Scaling Up Effective Schools consists of four stages: identifying practices of highly effective high schools, designing interventions and transfer of practices, evaluating the intervention's implementation and effects, and evaluating implementation at scale. The purpose of this report is to describe the…
Descriptors: Intervention, Educational Change, High Schools, Research Methodology
Hammer, Edwin K. – 1970
To assess the educational needs within the region, a survey of deaf-blind individuals was conducted in 1969 involving 279 teachers, 85 United Fund agencies, 12 caseworkers, 20 education service centers, and ten parents. The survey resulted in the identification of 454 deaf blind children and adults in Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. The…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Deaf Blind, Education Service Centers, Exceptional Child Research
Larson, Oscar W., III – 1987
This report summarizes accomplishments of the ESCAPE (Eastern Stream Child Abuse Prevention and Education) Project over its final two years and identifies products developed under its auspices during this period. An introduction describes the project which was initiated in 1982 to establish and reduce the incidence of child maltreatment in the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Interstate Programs
Development Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA. – 1991
This report provides an overview of vocational training programs and activities for Limited English Proficient (LEP) adults in Texas, with particular emphasis on the Houston and Lubbock. State policy regarding LEP adults is discussed, as are the roles of state agencies in providing services to these individuals. Statistical information concerning…
Descriptors: Adults, Agency Role, Employment Patterns, Hispanic Americans
Texas Advisory Council for Technical - Vocational Education, Austin. – 1979
Assessment of the present status of vocational education in Texas and recommended priorities for the future constitute this annual report. Part 1 documents the progress of the 1970s and lists 15 challenges for vocational education in the 1980s, including application of meaningful evaluation procedures and careful program planning to maximize cost…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Conservation Education, Correctional Education, Cost Effectiveness
Kirst, Michael W., Ed.; Venezia, Andrea, Ed. – Jossey-Bass, An Imprint of Wiley, 2004
This book reveals why so many students are entering college unprepared for college level work and often unable to complete a degree. This important book presents the findings of the Bridge Project, a major national research study conducted by Stanford University and funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the U.S. Department of Education. The…
Descriptors: Research Design, Educational Change, Graduation Rate, College Admission