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Pierson, Ashley; Frazelle, Sarah; Mazzeo, Christopher – Teachers College Record, 2020
Background: Research shows that educators can identify half of future high school dropouts as early as Grade 6--and three quarters or more of future dropouts by Grade 9--by monitoring readily available data on attendance, behavior, and course performance. These data have come to be known as the ABCs of dropout prevention, and the measures are some…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Educational Indicators, At Risk Students, Systems Development
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Parker, Amy T.; Nelson, Catherine – American Annals of the Deaf, 2016
Students who are deafblind are a unique population with unique needs for learning, communication, and environmental access. Two roles have been identified as important to their education: teacher of the deafblind and intervener. However, these roles are not officially recognized in most states. Because of this lack of recognition and the low…
Descriptors: Deaf Blind, Systems Development, Accessibility (for Disabled), Standard Setting
Mishook, Jacob – Voices in Urban Education, 2013
Over the last decade, a growing consensus has developed that for our nation's students to succeed in twenty-first-century economic and civic life, high school graduation is no longer sufficient. Labor-market analyses have shown that high-wage positions increasingly require postsecondary education and training, and students must now graduate…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Capacity Building, Educational Indicators, Systems Development
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Jibladze, Elene – Quality in Higher Education, 2013
This article investigates the implementation of a quality assurance system in Georgia as a particular case of "Bologna transplant" in a transitioning country. In particular, the article discusses to what extent new concepts, institutions and models framed as "European" have been institutionalised in Georgia. Based on an outcome…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance, Educational Quality, Educational Change
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Vuth, Doung; Than, Chhuon Chan; Phanousith, Somphone; Phissamay, Phonpasit; Tai, Tran Thi – Distance Education, 2007
The current project brings together academic and governmental specialists from Cambodia, Laos, and Viet Nam (CLV), in a collaborative study of the prospects for distance education (DE) in those countries. The study's overall objectives are to: (1) survey and take stock of existing educational scenarios and problems in CLV; (2) document the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Educational Policy, Regional Planning
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McEwen, Nelly – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1993
The Educational Quality Indicators initiative, a 3-year collaboration between Alberta Education and 12 school districts, generated 10 action research projects that developed educational indicator systems with a broad range of student outcomes, methods of data collection and interpretation, and outcomes reporting. Field testing of these systems…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Cooperation, Educational Development
North Dakota University System, 2006
The combination of North Dakota's lower standard of living and non-competitive salary and benefits makes it increasingly difficult to recruit and retain the best and the brightest staff and faculty. Since 1998, campuses have been internally reallocating funding to provide salary increases to staff and faculty above that provided by the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Living Standards, Educational Quality, Compensation (Remuneration)
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Duffy, Francis M. – Educational Forum, The, 2004
Piecemeal change to improve schooling is an approach that at its worst does more harm than good, and at its best is limited to creating pockets of good within school districts. When it comes to improving schooling in a district, however, creating pockets of good isn't good enough. Whole school systems need to be improved. This article focuses on…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Development, Educational Indicators, Systems Development
Blank, Rolf K. – 1993
National- and state-level reports on education indicators have been produced since the mid-1980s. However, the debate continues over which education indicators to select and report. This paper outlines the lessons gained by a national organization in building an education indicators system through cooperation with state education agencies and…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Data Collection, Definitions, Educational Cooperation