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Magill, Kathleen; Hallberg, Kelly; Hinojosa, Trisha; Reeves, Cynthia – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2010
The Rural and Low-Income School (RLIS) program is part of the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) that was authorized under Title VI, Part B of the "Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965" ("ESEA"), as amended by the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" ("NCLB"). The RLIS program provides additional funds…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, School Activities, Curriculum Evaluation, Federal Programs
Illinois Community College Board, 2009
The "Fiscal Year 2008 Illinois Community College System's Performance Report" contains summary information about state and common institutional outcome indicators. External comparative benchmarks are cited whenever possible using the latest available data--national reporting typically trails what is available at the state level.…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, State Standards, Outcomes of Education, Educational Quality
Public Policy Forum, 2008
A survey of 414 child care providers in southeastern Wisconsin reveals that cost as well as low wages and lack of benefits for workers can constrain providers from pursuing improvements to child-care quality. Of survey respondents, approximately half of whom are home-based and half center-based, 13% have at least three of five structural factors…
Descriptors: Wages, Low Income, Achievement Tests, Public Policy
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1984
The Pell Grant Quality Control Study of 1982-83, the third stage of a contract with the Department of Education, was designed to identify program error rate, to measure the impact of increased validation activity, and to propose corrective actions to reduce the misallocation of program funds. A nationally representative sample of approximately…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Equations (Mathematics), Error Patterns
National Center for Education Statistics (ED), Washington, DC. – 1988
A study compared state policies concerning vocational education. Particular emphasis was placed on the states' use of federal allocations, allocations between secondary and postsecondary education, ability to receive grants and spend the full allocation, additional sources of state financial aid, and quality control mechanisms. It was discovered…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged, Educational Finance
Advanced Technology, Inc., Reston, VA. – 1984
The Pell Grant Quality Control Study of 1982-83 was designed to identify program error rate, to measure the impact of increased validation activity, and to propose corrective actions to reduce the misallocation of program funds. A sample of approximately 4,000 students was drawn from a stratified random sample of 317 participating institutions.…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Delivery Systems, Error Patterns, Federal Aid