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Fermanich, Mark; Silverstein, Justin – Region 5 Comprehensive Center, 2021
Most school districts and charter schools are receiving significant, one-time revenues through the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER III) grant program. The ESSER III Investment Decision Guide and its companion User and Resource Companion document (ED617067) are designed to guide decision makers…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, COVID-19, Pandemics
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2024
Career-connected learning is an educational strategy that combines high-quality academic instruction, skill-based learning, and real-world experiences to prepare students with the knowledge and skills that they need to pursue their college and career goals. Career-connected learning can be delivered in a variety of ways, including in core content…
Descriptors: English Learners, Career and Technical Education, Equal Education, Career Readiness
Teacher Incentive Fund, US Department of Education, 2016
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) expects all Teacher Incentive Fund (TIF) grantees to conduct an evaluation of their programs. Experience with earlier rounds of TIF grants has shown that evaluations can provide valuable information for managing and improving TIF-supported activities, as well as evidence that these activities have had a…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Questioning Techniques, Qualitative Research, Statistical Analysis
NGA Center for Best Practices, 2011
Early childhood is a critical time for cognitive, social, and behavioral development. Many states have invested in comprehensive early childhood care and education systems that offer a wide range of supports and services to families from the prenatal period through school entry. Home visiting programs are an important component of state early…
Descriptors: State Programs, Early Childhood Education, Home Visits, Young Children
National Dissemination Study Group. – 1989
This paper assesses the current status and problems of the National Diffusion Network (NDN), a federally funded endeavor established to enable developers of educational programs to provide evidence that their programs improve student outcomes; and to disseminate their programs nationwide through a network of state facilitators. The study discusses…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Needs Assessment
Williams, Fred D. – Executive Educator, 1985
This school system cut its energy consumption by 40 percent by involving people throughout the school system in simple energy conservation measures suggested by an energy audit and undertaking structural improvement projects half-funded by federal grants. (DCS)
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Facilities Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy Conservation
Mela, Ken – Journal of Educational Opportunity, 1997
Presents methods for assessing the impact and economic viability of federal equal-educational-opportunity programs, particularly in higher education. Techniques for gathering needed data and analyzing them are offered in the context of a hypothetical community college Veterans Upward Bound (VUB) program and two real VUB programs. (MSE)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Colleges, Educational Economics, Equal Education
Hamilton, Jack A. – 1979
The Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP) was established in 1972 by the Education Division of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare to review projects that seek federal funding for nationwide dissemination. Since very few career education programs have been represented among the exemplary programs approved by JDRP, a project was…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
Bodilly, Susan; Mitchell, Karen J. – 1997
The U.S. Department of Education awarded 19 Challenge Grants for Technology in Education in fiscal year 1995 and an additional 24 in fiscal year 1996. These large-scale development projects are intended to mobilize resources, develop technology-enabled learning environments, and provide lessons to others seeking to make effective use of technology…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Technology
1992
Goal 1 of the 6 national education goals established by President Bush and the nation's governors states that by the year 2000, all children in America will start school ready to learn. This document provides schools and communities with information about what children need to be able to start school ready to learn and gives examples of…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Community Involvement, Early Childhood Education
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1983
The way that the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) should conduct its quality assurance function of monitoring a processing contractor is described. For the following quality assurance procedures, information is provided on the goal of the procedure, activities to be measured, measures, and the role of…
Descriptors: Accountability, Computer Software, Contracts, Data Processing
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, Washington, DC. – 1997
This guide is intended as a self-evaluation questionnaire for those institutions conducting internal reviews of financial aid programs and of their compliance with federal regulations. It addresses recommended good administrative practices with a view to minimizing incidents of misrepresentation and providing a clear audit trail. Title IV programs…
Descriptors: Evaluation Utilization, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Higher Education
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1982
A framework for monitoring quality control (QC) of processor contracts administered by the Department of Education's Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) is presented and applied to the Pell Grant program. Guidelines for establishing QC measures and standards are included, and the uses of a sampling procedure in the QC system are…
Descriptors: Accountability, Computer Software, Contracts, Data Processing
Christner, Catherine A.; And Others – 1981
Evaluation of the 1981-82 Title I Migrant Program in the Austin, Texas Independent School District involved production of a Final Report and a Technical Report which present information relevant to the decision questions; production of an Annual Evaluation Report for the Texas Education Association which documents the extent to which program…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Hunt, DeWitt – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1957
It is believed that superintendents and principals, school board members, teachers, and employers and other lay citizens--in fact, all those persons who help to decide on public-school curriculum have need for a bulletin in which information is made available concerning work experience education programs. They should be informed about selected…
Descriptors: Educational History, High School Students, Junior High School Students, Student Employment