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Garringer, Michael; Kupersmidt, Janis; Rhodes, Jean; Stelter, Rebecca; Tai, Tammy – MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership, 2015
MENTOR's cornerstone publication, the "Elements of Effective Practice for Mentoring[TM]", details research-informed and practitioner-approved Standards for creating and sustaining quality youth mentoring programs and consequently, impactful mentoring relationships. This Fourth Edition, released in 2015, reflects the most up-to-date…
Descriptors: Program Design, Mentors, Youth Programs, Evidence Based Practice
Yatsko, Sarah; Opalka, Alice; Sutter, Jessica; Weeldreyer, Laura; Stewart, David – Center on Reinventing Public Education, 2016
Many districts are expanding and diversifying the school options available to parents--a trend that shows no signs of reversing. While all public schools are required to test and publically report results, it remains nearly impossible for families and education and civic leaders to make school-to-school comparisons, especially across district-run…
Descriptors: Accountability, Management Information Systems, School Statistics, School Choice
Smith, Barbara J.; Fox, Lise; Dunlap, Glen; Strain, Phil; Trivette, Carol M.; Perez Binder, Denise; Bovey, Ted; McCullough, Katy; Blase, Karen – Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center, 2015
This document is a guide for implementing widespread use of evidence-based practices for improving the outcomes for young children with or at-risk for delays or disabilities and their families. The evidence-based practices are selected practices from the Division for Early Childhood (DEC) Recommended Practices (RPs). The guide is written for…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Young Children, At Risk Students, Developmental Delays
Johnsen, Susan K., Ed. – Prufrock Press Inc, 2012
The new Pre-K-Grade 12 Gifted Education Programming Standards should be part of every school district's repertoire of standards to ensure that the learning needs of advanced students are being met. "NAGC Pre-K-Grade 12 Gifted Education Programming Standards: A Guide to Planning and Implementing High-Quality Services" details six standards that…
Descriptors: Gifted, Teacher Effectiveness, Advanced Students, Standards
Coughlin, David C.; Bielen, Rhonda P. – 1981
This paper has been prepared to assist the United States Department of Labor to explore new approaches to evaluating and measuring the performance of employment and training activities for youth. As one of several tools for evaluating success of local youth training programs, "benchmarking" provides a system for measuring the development…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Benchmarking, Demonstration Programs, Evaluation Criteria
Goldberger, Susan; Keough, Robert; Almeida, Cheryl – 2000
This book describes an effort by Jobs for the Future (JFF) to help communities keep their school-to-career reform efforts on track through a process of goal setting and measurement that sets realistic and achievable reforms while still building toward fundamental educational change. The process is called "benchmarking," and those involved must:…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Education Work Relationship, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. – 1996
This document presents and examines Iowa's adult basic education (ABE) program benchmarks, which have been designed as criteria for evaluating the following aspects of the performance of ABE programs in Iowa's community colleges: educational gains; program planning; curriculum/instruction; staff development; support services; and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Benchmarking, Community Colleges