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Katrina R. Woodworth; Nicole L. Arshan; Haiwen Wang – SRI Education, a Division of SRI International, 2024
Today's college and career-ready standards emphasize developing students' ability to interpret and analyze complex texts and to assert and defend claims relating to those texts in extended pieces of writing. By providing secondary English language arts teachers with professional development and instructional materials, the UC Irvine Writing…
Descriptors: Writing Instruction, Secondary School Teachers, Faculty Development, College School Cooperation
Michalopoulos, Charles; Faucetta, Kristen; Warren, Anne; Mitchell, Robert – US Department of Health and Human Services, 2017
Children from low-income families are more likely than those from higher income families to have poor social, emotional, cognitive, behavioral, and health outcomes. One approach that has helped parents and their young children is home visiting, which provides information, resources, and support to expectant parents and families with young…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Low Income Groups, Home Visits, Family Programs
Costrell, Robert M. – Journal of School Choice, 2015
District costs for teachers' health insurance are, on average, higher then employer costs for private-sector professionals. How much of this is attributable to collective bargaining? This article examines the question using data from the National Compensation Survey (NCS) of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the state of Wisconsin. In…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Health Insurance, Teacher Employment Benefits, National Surveys
Kotamraju, Pradeep; Mettille, John L., III – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2012
Career and technical education (CTE) is increasingly seen as a major potential contributor to the recovery of the U.S. economy. However, the effectiveness and impact of the current Carl D. Perkins Act (otherwise known as Perkins IV) that governs CTE are unclear. Is the federal investment in CTE paying off? To answer this, we need to establish the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Technical Education, Vocational Education, Cost Effectiveness
Romanik, Dale – Research Services, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, 2010
This Information Capsule examines the background and history in addition to research findings pertaining to class size reduction (CSR). This Capsule concludes that although educational researchers have not definitively agreed upon the effectiveness of CSR, given its almost universal public appeal, there is little doubt it is here to stay in some…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Teacher Effectiveness, Cost Effectiveness, Program Effectiveness
Costrell, Robert M. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2010
This report analyzes the net fiscal impact of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP). The net fiscal benefits of the MPCP have continued to grow. The estimated increase was particularly sharp in FY10, from $37.2 million to $46.7 million. This increase was primarily due to the cut in the voucher amount, while MPS' per pupil revenues continued…
Descriptors: School Choice, Program Effectiveness, Economic Impact, Educational Policy
Wolf, Patrick J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2009
This report discusses the progress of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) evaluation and presents a brief summary of the main findings of the seven distinct topical reports that have been completed for 2007-08--the second year of the evaluation. Those seven specialized reports build on the five reports that were released in 2008 and are:…
Descriptors: School Choice, Program Effectiveness, Longitudinal Studies, Program Evaluation
Belfield, Clive – Education and the Public Interest Center, 2009
A report from the School Choice Demonstration Project examines issues concerning the funding formula used for the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP). It finds that the program generates a net saving to taxpayers in Wisconsin but imposes a significant fiscal burden on taxpayers in Milwaukee. However, these findings depend significantly on how…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, School Choice, Demonstration Programs, Program Effectiveness
Costrell, Robert M. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2008
Throughout the history of publicly-funded voucher programs--enacted and proposed--the impact on taxpayers has been a recurring issue. As the nation's longest-running program, the Milwaukee Parent Choice Program (MPCP) provides an important case study. The fiscal impact of Milwaukee's program has evolved in very significant ways over its 18-year…
Descriptors: Funding Formulas, School Choice, Program Effectiveness, Educational Vouchers
Wright, George N.; Reagles, Kenneth W. – 1971
Benefit-cost analysis was used in this study to compare the relative value of rehabilitation for the culturally disadvantaged to that of the medically disabled. The Wood County Project, which was designed to demonstrate the potential benefits of extending services to all handicapped persons, was evaluated in terms of the impact on clients, the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Counselor Role, Disabilities

Cibulka, James G. – Education and Urban Society, 1989
Analyzes state performance incentive programs in California, South Carolina, and Wisconsin. Findings suggest that incentive programs vary in effectiveness, indicating that program design is critical to success, and that most of the programs do not have high monetary costs. (FMW)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Incentives
Schulz, Glen E. – 1981
A study of the issues involved in deciding whether to schedule kindergarten classes on a half day-every day or full day-alternate days schedule was requested by the Board of Education of the school district of Lodi, Wisconsin. A committee of teachers, administrators and parents undertook the study, which included interviews with early childhood…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Cost Effectiveness, Interviews, Kindergarten

Berdahl, Robert O. – New Directions for Institutional Research, 1977
The processes and effects of state performance audits of postsecondary academic programs are illustrated by case studies in Wisconsin and Virginia. Main problems are: the difficulty of establishing legislative intent; lack of appropriate performance indicators, measures, and standards, and issues of timeliness and impact. (MLW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Community Colleges, Cost Effectiveness
Marson, Arthur A.; And Others – 1977
A one-year cost benefit analysis study was conducted by a consortium of technical institutes, and two cost benefit models were developed and refined for evaluating benefits and costs of full-time vocational technical programs and aidable, noncredit adult education courses. The models were tested on a sample of nine full-time vocational technical…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Research, Educational Finance
Evans, Francis B.; Harmon, Judson A. – 1978
During the fall of 1976, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI) initiated a statewide study of educational needs as they related to the missions of the DPI. Part of this study, called the Statewide Assessment of Educational Needs (SWAN), was a citizens' opinion poll designed to review state-level priorities. Three topics were…
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Surveys, Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection
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