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Academic Senate for California Community Colleges, 2018
This paper is the first issue of the Student Learning Outcomes (SLO) Symposium Collective Works publication, devoted to summaries of the presentations that took place at the 2018 symposium. The guiding topic of the symposium, assessment of student learning, was interwoven in breakout sessions with a great variety of topics such as equity,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Outcomes of Education, Conferences (Gatherings)
Canadian Teachers' Federation, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1974
This document presents the proceedings of a 1974 workshop by the Canadian Teacher Federation's Teacher Education Committee on designing a quality practicum. The introduction to the document indicates that the proceedings were broken into two parts. Part 1 addressed the basic question, What are we trying to do? and covered the following topics:…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Educational Improvement, Practicums, Professional Associations
Suh, Jenny; Pechman, Ellen – 2001
The Program for Student Achievement (PSA) focused on improving urban middle-grades student achievement in participating districts in Texas and California. Districts were asked to establish performance targets for eighth graders in core academic areas. The PSA conducted a quantitative evaluation of districts' progress and produced an annual report…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Improvement, Grade 8
Education Commission of the States, Denver, CO. – 1990
The conference reported in this document was attended by representatives of seven states (Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New Mexico, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington). Participants focused on three key questions: (1) what are the issues and objectives behind assessment in each state? (2) what can be done regarding the implementation of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Policy
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Office of Reform Assistance and Dissemination. – 1997
This report summarizes the proceedings of an Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) sponsored meeting. The discussion and followup papers address issues related to disseminating promising and exemplary programs in conjunction with OERI's responsibilities to plan a system of expert panels. Section 1 of the report includes the minutes…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Excellence in Education, Information Dissemination
Crocker, Linda; Zieky, Michael – 1995
The National Assessment Governing Board and the National Center for Education Statistics sponsored a Joint Conference on Standard Setting for Large-Scale Assessments to provide a forum for technical and policy issues relevant to setting standards at local, state, and national levels. Volume I contains an executive summary of the conference and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1982
An overview of 19 papers presented at the meeting indicates that countries in the Asia and Pacific region are aware of socioeconomic changes and the need for national educational systems to provide adequate responses to these changes. New personnel profiles and educational training programs are needed. Factors which will affect the development of…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Improvement
American Association for Higher Education, Washington, DC. – 1980
Two papers, and a commentary for each, are presented. In "Funding Quality Improvement: Lessons from the FIPSE Experience," by Charles I. Bunting, the development, strategies, and evaluation of the federally funded Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE) are described. It is noted that FIPSE's strategy for achieving…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Agency Role, College Role
Wynne, Edward A., Ed. – 1988
This monograph is composed of papers from the first National Conference on School Recognition Programs. School recognition programs vary considerably, but they do acknowledge schools that perform well (winners) and have recognizable public relations value. Consequently, school recognition programs have substantial potential for educational…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
American Montessori International of the United States, Inc., Rochester, NY. – 1997
This set of proceedings from the Association Montessori International (AMI/USA) 1996 conference contains the conference schedule and 20 presentations. The conference presentations are: (1) "The Dawning of Wisdom" (Montessori); (2) "The Support of Montessori Education to Human Potential" (Montanaro); (3) "Healthy…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Conferences, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
United Nations Children's Fund, Santiago (Chile). Oficina Regional para les Americas. – 1987
One of every two children in developing nations does not complete primary school and four out of ten adults do not read or write. Of these ten, six are women. There were 44 million illiterate adults in Latin America in 1985, and of the 66 million school age children, 8.5 million were not in school. Thirty million of these children lived in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developing Nations, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Bossone, Richard M., Ed. – 1982
This report summarizes the proceedings and presents the papers discussed at a national conference on effective aspects of urban education. The first paper discusses the development of the San Francisco (California) Redesign Program, a five year master plan for educational reform which aimed to improve the physical educational environment,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Community Involvement, Computer Assisted Instruction
Missouri Univ., Columbia. – 1975
Research on the following topics is presented in this publication: "Analysis of Factors Related to the Educational Plans of Iowa Vocational Agriculture Students,""Development of a Statewide System for Follow-up of Vocational Graduates that Has Implementation for Usage by Local Educational Agencies,""Factors Influencing Ninth and Tenth Grade…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Conferences, Curriculum, Educational Improvement
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Bangkok (Thailand). Regional Office for Education in Asia and the Pacific. – 1983
Twenty-seven participants from Asian countries shared their country's experiences in population education. There are four major chapters to the report. Chapter one reviews developments, trends, and problems in population education. Examined in the second chapter are the needs, requirements, and action programs for the qualitative improvement of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Improvement
National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1978
In this volume the April, 1978 Instructional Dimensions Study Conference is reported. The conference focused on four areas of compensatory education: (1) opportunity to learn; (2) instructional setting; (3) planning, organization, and management; and (4) individualized instruction. An overview of the proceedings outlines and briefly discusses each…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Compensatory Education, Conference Reports, Educational Improvement
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