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Download full textDougherty, Kevin J.; Reddy, Vikash – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2011
Over the past three decades policymakers have been seeking new ways to secure improved performance from higher education institutions. One popular approach has been performance funding, which involves use of a formula to tie funding to institutional performance on specified indicators. This report reviews findings from studies on performance…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Program Effectiveness, Educational Policy, Policy Analysis
Dougherty, Kevin J.; Natow, Rebecca S.; Hare, Rachel J.; Jones, Sosanya M.; Vega, Blanca E. – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2011
Despite the popularity of performance funding among policymakers and policy advocates, only half of all states have ever created a performance funding system for higher education. State performance funding systems have also been surprisingly unstable. Nearly half of those states that established performance funding systems for higher education…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Budgeting, Educational Indicators, Educational Assessment
Rutschow, Elizabeth Zachry; Schneider, Emily – MDRC, 2011
One of the greatest challenges that community colleges face in their efforts to increase graduation rates is improving the success of students in their developmental, or remedial, education programs--the courses that students without adequate academic preparation must take before they can enroll in courses for college credit. Emphasizing results…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Research Methodology, Academic Achievement, Developmental Studies Programs
Washington Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2009
This report fulfills the biennial requirements of RCW 28B.76.250, which directs the Higher Education Coordinating Board (HECB) "to submit a progress report on the development of transfer associate degrees to the higher education committees of the House of Representatives and Senate each odd-numbered year." The HECB report monitors…
Descriptors: Prior Learning, Higher Education, Community Colleges, Associate Degrees
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Direct linkCheney, Douglas; Flower, Andrea; Templeton, Tran – Journal of Special Education, 2008
Response to Intervention (RtI) has become an important element of policy, practice, and research since the 2004 reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. In this article, five metrics recommended by Gresham (2005) were used to evaluate the progress of 127 students who were at risk of developing emotional disturbance and…
Descriptors: Report Cards, Intervention, Emotional Disturbances, High Risk Students
Evaluation, Washington State Migrant Programs Implemented Under Title I, Public Law 89-750, 1968-69.
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1969
Title I (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) programs for the children of migratory farm laborers in the State of Washington are discussed in this 1968-69 annual report. The introduction states the 9 general objectives of the Washington State Plan for Migrant Education, which served 4,460 children in the regular-term program and 2,362 children…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Community Involvement, Information Dissemination, Inservice Education
Evaluation, Washington State Migrant Programs Implemented Under Title I, Public Law 89-750, 1967-68.
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1968
The 1967-68 annual evaluation report for Washington's Title I (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) migrant program discusses innovative projects, objective and subjective evaluation, and program effectiveness (including new services provided for migrant children). Summaries and examples of effective classroom procedures are also presented. The…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Attendance Patterns, Classroom Techniques, Community Involvement
Washington School Research Center, 2008
The purpose of this study was to explore the nature of recent educational reform efforts in Washington State and to determine what educators believe to be the most important future areas of focus. In particular, the researchers wanted to determine whether school-wide improvement efforts (i.e. School Improvement Plans (SIPs), School Improvement…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change, Educational Experience
Evaluation, Washington State Migrant Programs Implemented Under Title I, Public Law 89-750, 1969-70.
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1970
Programs implemented under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are described in this 1969-70 annual evaluation report for the Washington State Plan for Migrant Education. It is noted that exemplary projects and various aspects of the programs involved 6,058 children in regular programs and 2,305 children in summer programs.…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Community Involvement, Information Dissemination, Inservice Education
Wallach, Catherine A.; Lear, Richard – Online Submission, 2005
This report takes a global look at the structural changes taking place in the 72 small schools that were created from 17 comprehensive high schools in Washington State. It also discusses the challenges conversion schools face when they operate with a foot in two worlds -- trying to realize the benefits of small while, in many ways, still operating…
Descriptors: Small Schools, High Schools, Research Reports, Organizational Change
National Council on Teacher Quality, 2007
The "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" examines what is arguably the single most powerful authority over the teaching profession: state government. This Washington edition of the National Council on Teacher Quality's (NCTQ's) "State Teacher Policy Yearbook" is the first of what will be an annual look at the status of state…
Descriptors: Teaching (Occupation), Teacher Effectiveness, Yearbooks, State Standards
What Works Clearinghouse, 2007
This report focuses on a family of interventions that includes all "Direct Instruction" products ("DISTAR" and "Language for Learning"). "Direct Instruction" was used to refer to this family of interventions, as well as to all versions past and present. "Direct Instruction" includes teaching…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Early Reading, Teaching Methods, Student Characteristics
Washington School Research Center, 2002
The 4th and 7th grade Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) scores for the past several years have indicated that the percentage of students meeting the new higher standards is not satisfactory, although improvement is being shown every year. There are indications, however, that while some elementary and middle/junior high schools are…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, Academic Achievement, Well Being, Research Reports
