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Pak, Katie; McLaughlin, Jillian; Saldívar García, Erica; Desimone, Laura M. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2021
The current context of standards-based reform has positioned regional service centers (RSCs), intermediary governmental agencies that support state policy implementation in local districts, as a critical source of professional development (PD). In this article, we ask how a governing body that districts often interact with during challenging…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Academic Standards, State Standards, Education Service Centers
Pak, Katie; McLaughlin, Jillian; Saldivar Garcia, Erica; Desimone, Laura M. – Grantee Submission, 2021
The current context of standards-based reform has positioned regional service centers (RSCs), intermediary governmental agencies that support state policy implementation in local districts, as a critical source of professional development (PD). In this article, we ask how a governing body that districts often interact with during challenging…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Academic Standards, State Standards, Education Service Centers
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O'Brien, Shivaun; McNamara, Gerry; O'Hara, Joe – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2015
This paper explores approaches to support the consistent implementation of school self-evaluation. The first part of the paper outlines the changing nature of self-evaluation in Irish post-primary schools and how a new approach introduced by the Department of Education and Skills in 2012 demonstrates real intentionality in terms of implementation.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Evaluation (Groups), Secondary Schools, Comparative Analysis
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Pauley, Douglas R.; Davidchik, Daniel – Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 2010
In 2004, Central Community College (CCC) established the Mechatronics Education Center (MEC), a regional center of excellence, to help the state address the shortage of skilled technicians in the area of industrial automation. The MEC addresses the needs of the current and future workforce through the implementation of its three main components:…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, Education Service Centers
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Graczewski, Cheryl; Ruffin, Monya; Shambaugh, Larisa; Therriault, Susan Bowles – Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 2007
As a growing number of schools and districts are found to be underperforming under the requirements of NCLB, school and district administrators are increasingly searching for research-based whole school improvement programs, including comprehensive school reform (CSR) models and education service providers (ESPs), in order to create dramatic…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Improvement Programs, Educational Change, Administrators
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Alocer, Josep Garcia – Educational Media International, 1993
Describes the implementation of a training course in computerized educational resource management provided for staff of Pedagogical Resource Centres in Catalonia (Spain). Training in telematics is explained, including documentary training and an ongoing process of permanent training assistance; the telematics infrastructure is discussed; and the…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Uses in Education, Databases, Documentation