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National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, 2023
Charter school Alternative Education Campuses (AECs) leverage the nimbleness of the charter school model to create unique learning opportunities nationwide for students who experience challenges that make it difficult to excel academically. Some of the challenges include homelessness, pregnancy, parenting while in school, or interaction with the…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Nontraditional Education, At Risk Students, Nontraditional Students
Maghnouj, Soumaya; Salinas, Daniel; Kitchen, Hannah; Guthrie, Caitlyn; Bethell, George; Fordham, Elizabeth – OECD Publishing, 2020
Serbia's education system performs well compared to other countries in the Western Balkans. There have been improvements in access to education and Serbia has undertaken major institutional reforms in recent years, such as the introduction of achievement standards at the end of compulsory education, teacher standards and a school evaluation…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Academic Standards, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2018
A full year of progress in advancing education reform across America is documented in each of the Foundation for Excellence in Education's Annual Reports. This report presents the broad range of initiatives that the Foundation for Excellence in Education is working on--policies that personalize the learning experience for students, that challenge…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Learning Experience, College Readiness
Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), 2016
A full year of progress in advancing education reform across America is documented in each of the Foundation for Excellence in Education's Annual Reports. In this report, readers will see the broad range of initiatives that the Foundation for Excellence in Education is working on--policies that personalize the learning experience for students,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, School Choice, Educational Innovation, Accountability
Bruner, Charles; Discher, Anne – Child and Family Policy Center, 2013
Iowa established the Statewide Voluntary Preschool Program (SVPP) in 2007. It has grown to be the largest--although not the only--public preschool program in the state. It is available without regard to family income. Iowa also supports preschool for low-income children through its Shared Visions program and Early Childhood Iowa, the…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Competency Based Education, Access to Education, Public Schools
Johnson, Carl I. – 1981
The New Jersey Minimum Basic Skills (MBS) testing program is the result of 1976 legislation. The major purpose, aside from establishing a uniform standard of pupil proficiency, has been to provide local districts information on individual pupil proficiency and identify program strengths and weaknesses. To better meet the needs of local districts,…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Effectiveness, School Districts
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1983
This document presents in detail the master plans for the 1983-84 school year of the District of Columbia public schools. Priority areas were identified as instruction, management improvement, planning, quality assurance, resource development, and community relations. General statements of long-range objectives and achievement indicators are…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Competency Based Education, Curriculum Design, Educational Objectives
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Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. – 1975
This document presents the data appendixes generated by the University of Georgia Project R.O.M.E. (Results Oriented Management in Education) during the 1974-75 project year. The five appendixes are "The Final Set of 80 Verified Principal Competency Statements Classified by Functional Areas of Responsibility,""Functional Area…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Qualifications, Competency Based Education
Stulac, Josef F., II; Olive, John – 1979
The final report on the third year of a 5 year program to investigate performance based certification procedures for special education teachers and to assess teacher competency is presented. Nineteen competency areas were identified and modules to train teachers in each of the competencies were developed. A study of 56 special education teachers…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Certification, Competency Based Teacher Education, Disabilities
Snow, Mary B. – 1995
This report is introduced by a history of the development and implementation of the Nevada Competency Testing Program for Educational Personnel. The study examined the test taking histories of persons entering the Nevada educational system to determine how well the competency testing program was accomplishing its purpose of ensuring that new…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Knowledge Base for Teaching