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California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, 2023
This report presents a summary of the vast array of activities that comprised the 2022-23 accreditation year for all Commission-approved educator preparation programs. Currently, there are 252 Commission approved program sponsors offering 878 different and active educator preparation programs and many of those are offered through various pathways.…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Teacher Qualifications, Credentials, Teacher Education Programs
McColskey-Leary, Collin; Garman-McClaine, Blaine – State Implementation and Scaling-up of Evidence-based Practices Center, 2021
Regardless of sector, implementation science and improvement science are used to support and improve the implementation and scale-up of evidence-based programs and practices. This brief highlights similarities and differences between implementation science and improvement science, as well as how they can be used together to support programs and…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Program Improvement, Differences, Evidence Based Practice
Kenneth M. Zeichner, Editor; Linda Darling-Hammond, Editor; Amy I. Berman, Editor; Dian Dong, Editor; Gary Sykes, Editor – National Academy of Education, 2024
The National Academy of Education (NAEd) undertook this consensus report on the evaluation and improvement of teacher preparation programs (TPPs). Specifically, this consensus report aims to (1) identify and disseminate best practices for evaluating and improving TPPs to promote teacher effectiveness and student achievement; (2) provide…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Program Evaluation, Accountability, Program Improvement
Chuchalin, Alexander – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2020
The CDIO Standards are effective means for upgrading and improving the quality of basic engineering education. In 2013-2016, a group of 21 leading Russian universities became participants of '5-100 Russian academic excellence project' and focused on graduate and postgraduate engineering education. Evolution of the CDIO Standards for modernising…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Standards, Educational Quality, Universities
Liss, Emmy; Wallack, Josh; Weisenfeld, G. G.; Frede, Ellen – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2023
Over the last several years, a growing number of cities have invested in early care and education for 3- and 4-year-old children, known as "preschool." This paper aims to aid cities in planning preschool programs by outlining a range of factors to consider. We largely do not make recommendations, but rather try to identify a range of…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Program Development, Governance, Program Administration
Kasprzak, Christina; Hebbeler, Kathleen; Spiker, Donna; McCullough, Katy; Lucas, Anne; Walsh, Sharon; Swett, Judy; Smith, Barbara J.; Kelley, Grace; Whaley, Kathy T.; Pletcher, Lynda; Cate, Debbie; Peters, Mary; Ayankoya, Betsy C.; Bruder, Mary Beth – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2020
The Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center used a rigorous 2-year collaborative process to develop, test, and revise a conceptual framework for high-quality state early intervention (EI) and early childhood special education (ECSE) systems. The framework identifies six critical components of a state system and what constitutes quality in each…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Special Education, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
California Commission on Teacher Credentialing, 2022
The 2021-22 accreditation year continued to be impacted in significant ways by the ongoing nature of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. All accreditation activities, including site visits, were adjusted to reflect this new reality while maintaining full implementation of the system. This report presents information about the major activities of the…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), COVID-19, Pandemics, School Visitation
Rowland, Cortney – Education Policy Center at American Institutes for Research, 2017
Over the years, most states and districts have focused professional development on teachers rather than principals. However, evidence suggests that principals can play an important role in reaching our national goals of high achievement for all students. School leaders are powerful levers for change--when given the right training and support. But…
Descriptors: Principals, Professional Development, Educational Opportunities, Educational Quality
Beecher, Constance C.; Abbott, Mary I.; Petersen, Sarah; Greenwood, Charles R. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2017
Despite much progress in improving the quality of preschool programs, there is still an uneven quality of instruction in early childhood settings. Providing support and professional development (PD) for teachers that is practical, systematic and sustainable is one potential avenue to increase classroom quality in preschool, including quality of…
Descriptors: Literacy Education, Check Lists, Intervention, Preschool Education
Bennedsen, J.; Rouvrais, S.; Roslöf, J.; Kontio, J.; Georgsson, F.; McCartan, C. D. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2020
This article discusses the tension between quality assurance and quality enhancement in engineering education at a programme level. It acknowledges that accreditation has evolved for many years, but does not agilely support innovation or implement changes in educational programmes. Existing quality assurance systems, institutional collaboration…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Educational Quality, Quality Assurance, Accreditation (Institutions)
Zakocs, Ronda; Hill, Jessica A.; Brown, Pamela; Wheaton, Jocelyn; Freire, Kimberley E. – Health Education & Behavior, 2015
Although health education programs may benefit from quality improvement methods, scant resources exist to help practitioners apply these methods for program improvement. The purpose of this article is to describe the Data-to-Action framework, a process that guides practitioners through rapid-feedback cycles in order to generate actionable data to…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Health Education, Educational Quality, Program Improvement
Colker, Laura J.; Koralek, Derry – Redleaf Press, 2018
Based on Laura Colker, Derry Koralek, and Diane Trister Dodge's classic book, originally published by NAEYC in 1993, High-Quality Early Childhood Programs offers detailed descriptions of what one should see in high-quality programs (and why) to provide a strong foundation of child development knowledge and principles translated into practice.…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Early Childhood Education, Young Children, Child Development
Herman, Margo; Grant, Samantha – Journal of Extension, 2015
The University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development made an organizational decision in 2011 to invest in a system-wide approach to implement youth program quality into the 4-H program using the Youth Program Quality Assessment (YPQA) tool. This article describes the four key components to the Minnesota Youth Program Quality…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Program Improvement, Models, Educational Quality
Fari, Ann-Marie; Hawkinson, Laura; Greenberg, Ariela; Loney, Emily – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2016
In 2012 Michigan implemented Great Start to Quality, a voluntary quality rating and improvement system (QRIS) that uses a multidimensional assessment system to rate the quality of early childhood education programs. Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest examined how changes to Great Start to Quality's rating calculation approach that were…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Rating Scales, Early Childhood Education, Educational Improvement
Esselstein, Rachel – PRIMUS, 2013
A capstone project is required for every graduating student from California State University, Monterey Bay. Due to dramatic growth in the number of senior math majors as well as the extreme workload required of faculty advisers, our department developed a new model for the capstone which not only addressed workload issues but also improved the…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Educational Practices, Educational Quality, Program Improvement