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Bragg, Debra D. – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2016
On February 18-19, 2016, representatives of 10 states participating in the Credit When It's Due (CWID) initiative attended a convening held at the University of Utah. The meeting was led by the CWID Research Team and sponsored by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and The Kresge Foundation, on behalf of the CWID Funders Collaborative. The…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Credits, Reverse Transfer Students, Transfer Policy
Oregon Department of Education, 2016
In a budget note in HB 5016 (2015), the Oregon Legislature directed the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) to report back to the Legislature prior to March 1, 2016 on its efforts to provide direction, and if necessary, training to staff from school districts and education service districts for reporting graduation data. This note also asked…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Graduation Rate, Annual Reports, Educational Legislation
Cummins, H. J. – Wallace Foundation, 2013
What happens when teams from 57 cities building afterschool systems gather to discuss two key system responsibilities--improving afterschool programs and using data for informed decision-making? Lots of rich discussion. This report covers a national afterschool conference held in February 2013. It details what mayors, program providers, system…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Decision Making Skills, Management Information Systems, After School Programs
Myton, David V. – 1985
This paper reviews the various recommendations for improving teacher education in the United States and compares them to educational conditions in Oregon. Recommendations are made to the Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Commission in four areas: supply of new teachers, assurance of quality of teacher candidates, induction of new teachers…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Educational Improvement, Program Improvement, Teacher Education Programs
Umphrey, Jan; Carnahan, Cathy – Principal Leadership, 2011
This article presents an interview with Cathy Carnahan, the 2011 MetLife/NASSP National Middle Level Principal of the Year. Carnahan makes adult learning a priority to support student achievement at Duniway Middle School in McMinnville, Oregon. She describes her school as a community of learners that is a safe setting for teachers to lead and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Interviews, Principals, Communities of Practice
Working for Change, 1994
This report examines alternatives to state-sponsored child care disregards, which allow working low-income families to offset child care expenses against earned income, thereby receiving higher Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) payments than they might otherwise obtain. It explains the need for continuous, stable child care for…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Employed Parents, Family Work Relationship
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (ED), Washington, DC. – 1980
This document is one of a series of reports which describe the experiences of six state agencies that are developing systems to affect the development and implementation of policy in the federal/state program for vocational rehabilitation. The state programs are developing model program evaluation/management information support units. This second…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citations (References), Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods
O'Connor, Patrick J. – OSSC Bulletin, 1985
This bulletin describes two exemplary mathematics programs in Oregon: the Math Lab at Mountain View Junior High School in Beaverton and the Academy Math Program at Jefferson High School in northeastern Portland. The Math Lab at Mountain View is a weekly supplemental unit that is integrated into general math and pre-algebra courses for seventh and…
Descriptors: Business Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, High Risk Students, Mathematics Curriculum
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Halpern, Andrew S.; And Others – Career Development for Exceptional Individuals, 1992
The Community Transition Team Model guides the process of systematic program change in secondary special education and transition programs in Oregon. The model uses a management-by-objectives paradigm for implementing its principles, which include local control, a developmental perspective on change, a focus on program capacity, and networking…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Change Strategies, Community Programs, Disabilities
Armstrong, John A. – 1976
The Oregon Consortium for Incremental Development of Exemplary Career Education Programs had three major thrusts: (1) plans were made to upgrade levels of career education (K-12) based on 14 specified assessment categories; (2) each of the five participating consortium districts focused its efforts on one specific program category (the program…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Guidance, Consortia, Cooperative Planning
Hall, Helen C.; And Others – 1979
A project was designed to develop a methodology to identify, select, and disseminate information on innovations in occupational education programs of Oregon community colleges that were developed and implemented without the use of vocational research and exemplary fundings. A methodology for identifying, selecting, and disseminating information…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Check Lists, Community Colleges, Decision Making
Fulton, Mary; Gianneschi, Matt; Blanco, Cheryl; DeMaria, Paolo – Education Commission of the States, 2014
The Developmental Strategies for College Readiness and Success Resource Guide was produced by the Education Commission of the States and the Southern Regional Education Board for the "Countdown to 2015: Developmental Strategies to Advance Readiness in the Common Core Era" convening held April 21-23, 2014 in Charlotte, North Carolina. The…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Success, Developmental Studies Programs, Guides
Dunham, Daniel B. – 1990
This annual report describes five projects of the Oregon Alliance for Program Improvement, which provides work-relevant education and training services in leadership, professional competence, and organizational effectiveness. First is an aggregated report of nearly 30 vocational education program improvement field study projects conducted between…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Competency Based Education, Data Collection, Educational Strategies
Kenneke, Larry J. – 1985
This project was conducted to develop and disseminate updated curriculum guides for nine selected cluster areas of vocational education programs in Oregon; only five were developed. The updates were based on recommendations made by industry review panels (IRPs). Specialists from the Oregon Department of Education and Oregon State University…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement
Suzuki, Warren N.; And Others – 1984
This project was conducted to enable vocational teacher trainees and vocational practitioners and support personnel (e.g., special education teachers, developmental education specialists, counselors) to meet the special vocational needs of disadvantaged and handicapped learners in Oregon schools and colleges. To accomplish this objective, the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Disabilities, Educationally Disadvantaged, Exceptional Persons
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