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Sato, Mistilina; Abbiss, Jane – National Academy of Education, 2021
In 2013, the National Academy of Education's (NAEd) report on teacher education program evaluation in the United States provided a substantial synthesis of how the nation approaches quality assurance for teacher education programs (Feuer et al., 2013). The United States, having no federal requirements for such quality assurance, proves to be a…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement, Educational Quality
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VeLure Roholt, Ross; Rana, Sheetal – Child & Youth Services, 2011
Few formal post-secondary educational programs in the United States focus on youth work, thus youth workers often enter the field with diverse backgrounds and varying levels of experience working with youth. Drawing on mounting evidence that quality youth service requires skilled staff, professional-development opportunities have received…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Program Evaluation, Action Research, Professional Development
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Cincera, Jan; Maskova, Veronika – Environmental Education Research, 2011
The article presents results of the evaluation of the GLOBE program (Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment) in the Czech Republic. The evaluation explores the implementation of the program in schools and its impact on research skills. Four hundred and sixty six pupils, aged 13, from 28 different schools participated in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Evaluation, Research Skills, Program Development
O'Leary, Christopher J.; Eberts, Randall W. – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2009
This paper examines labor market conditions and public employment policies in the United States during what some are calling the Great Recession. We document the dramatic labor market changes that rapidly unfolded when the rate of gross domestic product growth turned negative, from the end of 2007 through early 2009. The paper reviews the…
Descriptors: Economic Climate, Financial Problems, Economic Factors, Human Capital
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Wang, Charles Xiaoxue; Song, Hongbo; Stone, David E.; Yan, Qiaoqiao – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2009
Educational researchers and practitioners have paid considerable attention to the use of multiuser virtual environments (MUVEs) in recent years in order to support learning across curricula. Among MUVEs, Second Life (SL) is one of the most popular environments, with over 18 million account-registered users as of May 2008. This paper reports a…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Foreign Countries, Virtual Classrooms, Educational Researchers
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Linton, John – Journal of Correctional Education, 2007
In this update, Linton provides a report on what transpired during the invitational technical assistance training meeting for State adult correctional education programs titled "Making Data Work for You," which was hosted by the Department of Education a year ago. As a key part of that training, States shared their efforts to utilize…
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, Correctional Education, Meetings, Adult Education
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Soundarajan, Neelam – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2004
"Engineering Criteria 2000" (EC 2000), the recently revised set of accreditation criteria for engineering programs in the USA, places considerable stress on outcomes assessments. EC 2000 requires the assessment results to be used to identify program improvements and for such usage and the resulting improvements to be documented. While…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, College Outcomes Assessment, Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation
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Nagi, Saad Z. – Children Today, 1975
Provides an overview of programs on child abuse and neglect in the United States and attempts to identify gaps in the design and problems in the performance of these programs. (CS)
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agency Role, Child Abuse, Data Analysis
Zajkowski, M. Michael; And Others – 1979
A study was conducted to establish the current status of Individualized Instruction (II) in the Navy and other services, identify the factors influencing its effectiveness, identify present or potential problem areas, and recommend strategies/policies to improve II in Navy technical training. Particular attention was given to an assessment of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Individualized Instruction, Military Training
Martin, Wendy; Hupert, Naomi; Culp, Katie McMillan; Kanaya, Tomoe; Light, Daniel – Education Development Center, Inc., 2004
Intel Teach to the Future was designed to provide a professional development experience that would prepare teachers to use technology with their students. The developers of the Intel Teach to the Future program began with two equally weighted goals, one related to the type of impact they wished to have and one related to the scale of impact. The…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, Professional Development, Educational Technology
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Ansay, Sylvia J.; Perkins, Daniel F.; Nelson, John – Family Relations, 2004
Although focus groups continue to gain popularity in marketing and social science research, their use in program evaluation has been limited. Here we demonstrate how focus groups can benefit evaluators, program staff, policy makers and administrators by providing an in-depth understanding of program effectiveness from the perspective of…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement, Youth Programs
Skindle, John D., Ed.; Greenwood, Katy L., Ed. – 1977
Focusing on the improvement of graduate programs in vocational education, this monograph is organized into two sections. Section 1 reports the results of a survey initiated by the National Resource Panel of graduate programs in vocational education in the United States. Section 2 contains working papers used in a workshop which addressed the…
Descriptors: College Programs, Conference Reports, Educational Quality, Graduate Study
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. Div. of Instructional Services. – 1979
This vocational education handbook for secondary schools in Wisconsin is designed to serve as a resource for local coordinators and persons who plan and develop vocational programs for comprehensive high schools. The first of eight sections focuses on general and administrative guidelines. Among the areas included in the section are (1)…
Descriptors: Accounting, Educational Finance, Financial Support, Long Range Planning
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Troike, Rudolph – International Review of Education, 1978
The tendency for bilingual education to remain locally-oriented and to resist outside input may impede its success. Unless the efforts to better instructional programs, teacher training, materials development, and evaluation improve soon, no amount of political or legal support may be able to sustain the movement. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1978
Improvement is needed in services offered by the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and the U.S. Employment Service programs to give designated classes of Armed Forces veterans special treatment. This finding is based on reviews of six city programs and national program data. "Special treatment," although required, was not…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Legislation
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