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Illinois Statewide Facilitator Center, Metropolis. – 1979
This report summarizes the activities of the Illinois Statewide Facilitator Center for fiscal year 1979. The Facilitator Center is the Illinois link in the National Diffusion Network (NDN) and assists educators in Illinois by providing improved educational opportunities through surveying school needs within the state and reviewing exemplary…
Descriptors: Activities, Demonstration Programs, Educational Improvement, Educational Programs
Educational Research Service, Arlington, VA. – 1982
The first nationwide survey of public school districts' uses of computers, this study summarizes the responses of 1,484 districts out of a national sample of 3,497 school systems. Presented in 25 tables, the data are classified by district enrollment size and expenditure per pupil. The variables covered, besides computer uses, include type of…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Managed Instruction, Computer Oriented Programs, Computers
Download full textBudke, Wesley E.; Harsch, Wallis J. – 1986
A study examined state-administered vocational education program improvement projects funded in fiscal year (FY) 1985 under subpart 3, sections 131 (research), 132 (exemplary and innovative), and 133 (curriculum development) of the Education Amendments of 1976 (P.L. 94-482). It was determined that more funds are being obligated for supportive…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Curriculum Development, Demonstration Programs, Educational Research
Nettles, Saundra Murray; McHugh, Barbara; Gottfredson, Gary D. – 1994
This is the third report from the evaluation of the Multicultural Education Program in Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania), a major effort to address racial and ethnic diversity in a middle school. Section 1 of the report provides background on the multicultural education movement and the aims of the Pittsburgh program. Section 2 describes the status of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aspiration, Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Awareness
PDF pending restorationNorris, Dave N.; King, Christopher T. – 1997
An evaluation was conducted of the Hawaii Food Stamp Employment and Training (FSE&T)/Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program Conformance Demonstration, known as PRIDE (Positive Response in Developing Employment). The cost component determined impact of the demonstration on costs of administering and providing activity components and support…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
O'Shea, Daniel P.; Norris, Dave N. – 1997
An evaluation was conducted of the Texas Food Stamp Employment and Training(E&T)/Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program Conformance Demonstration. The cost analysis determined the impact of the demonstration, the BOND (Better Opportunities for New Directions) program, on costs of administering and providing activity components and support…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness
Huston, Aletha C.; Miller, Cynthia.; Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn.; Duncan, Greg J.; Eldred, Carolyn A.; Weisner, Thomas S.; Lowe, Edward; McLoyd. Vonnie C.; Crosby, Danielle A.; Ripke, Marika N.; Redcross, Cindy – 2003
This study evaluated the New Hope Project, a demonstration program implemented in two inner-city areas in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The project offered low-income people willing to work full time an earnings supplement to raise their incomes above poverty; subsidized health insurance; subsidized child care; and help obtaining jobs. The evaluation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Care, Child Welfare, Community Programs
Huston, Aletha C.; Miller, Cynthia.; Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn.; Duncan, Greg J.; Eldred, Carolyn A.; Weisner, Thomas S.; Lowe, Edward; McLoyd. Vonnie C.; Crosby, Danielle A.; Ripke, Marika N.; Redcross, Cindy – 2003
This report summarizes an analysis of New Hope, a demonstration program designed to improve the lives of low-income people willing to work full time by providing several benefits (an earnings supplement to raise their income above poverty, subsidized health insurance, and subsidized child care) and offering help obtaining jobs. New Hope was…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Care, Child Welfare, Community Programs
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1994
This compilation contains executive summaries of 13 program evaluations conducted by the Office of Research and Evaluation of the Austin Independent School District (AISD) (Texas), as well as short summary reports on 3 programs. The following summaries are included: (1) "1991-92 Dropout Report"; (2) "Faculty/Staff Recruitment…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Schexnayder, Deanna T.; Olson, Jerome A. – 1997
An evaluation was conducted of the Hawaii Food Stamp Employment and Training/Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program Conformance Demonstration, known as PRIDE (Positive Response in Developing Employment). The impact analysis examined client participation patterns, services, and employment outcomes. A pre-post/demonstration-comparison site…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, Comparative Analysis, Demonstration Programs
Schexnayder, Deanna T.; Olson, Jerome A. – 1997
An evaluation was conducted of the Texas Food Stamp Employment and Training (FSE&T)/Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Program Conformance Demonstration. The BOND (Better Opportunities for New Directions) demonstration program tested conformance compatibility between the FSE&T and JOBS programs. It enacted such policy changes as…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Ancillary School Services, Comparative Analysis, Demonstration Programs
Seever, Mark L. – 1991
This report evaluates the implementation of the "Long-Range Magnet School Plan" at Metropolitan Advanced Technical Magnet High School in Kansas City, Missouri for academic year 1990-91. Introductory sections describe the program, and the evaluation design and methodology. Results on enrollment indicated that only ninth and tenth grades…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Demonstration Programs, Educational Assessment, Enrollment
Bos, Johannes M.; Huston, Aletha C.; Granger, Robert C.; Duncan, Greg J.; Brock, Thomas W.; McLoyd, Vonnie C.; And Others – 1999
This document details the 2-year results of the New Hope Project, which was conducted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to reduce poverty, reform welfare, and improve the overall well-being of poor people by providing a mix of incentives and services, including supplemental income, child care subsidies, guaranteed affordable health insurance, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Welfare, Cost Effectiveness, Day Care
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1994
This report summarizes the program activities and research and evaluation projects sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration (ETA) during program year 1990 and fiscal year 1991. Chapter 1, which focuses on program activities, discusses the activities of advisory groups and other initiatives undertaken…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Advisory Committees, American Indians, Annotated Bibliographies
