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Gilchrist, Christina L.; Salgado, Dawn M.; Holloway, Joseph L. – Appalachia Educational Laboratory at Edvantia (NJ1), 2005
In August 2004, the WVDE asked the Appalachia Educational Laboratory at Edvantia, Inc. to evaluate the demonstration project, in order to meet the evaluation and reporting requirements set forth in the law. According to Fink (1993), baseline evaluation data allow for subsequent analyses of the effect or impact of a program. The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Demonstration Programs, Professional Development Schools, Statistical Significance
Huff, Sheila M.; And Others – 1980
Focusing on the competency based education movement (CBE), this chapter is one of seven sections of a report that examines the assessment of occupational competence. The chapter begins by reviewing the prominent CBE programs, their institutional objectives, and how competencies are identified and assessed. In particular, the degree to which…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Competence, Competency Based Education
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Barnett, W. Steven – Future of Children, 1995
Reviews 36 studies of both model demonstration projects and large-scale public programs to examine the long-term effects of these programs on children from low-income families. Results show early childhood programs can produce significant short-term benefits on intelligence quotient, and important long-term benefits on school achievement, grade…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Day Care