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National Post-School Outcomes Center, 2013
Involving parents and other family representatives in the Indicator B-14 Post-School Outcomes (PSO) Survey activities can help State Education Agencies (SEAs) develop strategies to increase annual response rates, communicate results to stakeholders, and build support for program improvement and systems change. Perspectives expressed by families of…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Disabilities, Parents, Interviews
Graham, Edmund; McCambly, Heather – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2016
One of the driving forces behind the design of the Pathways to Results (PTR) initiative is to dismantle and redesign systems to produce equitable outcomes. This notion of systems producing the exact outcomes for which they were designed can also be applied to the Pathways to Results methodology itself. After five years of leading PTR initiatives…
Descriptors: Interviews, Focus Groups, Teamwork, Partnerships in Education
Roberts, Laura A.; Bouknight, Tamisha M. – Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 2015
This case illustrates an example of how one school relied solely on aggregate data and failed to address the college readiness needs of African American students with disabilities. However, the way in which the school counselor identified this opportunity gap may not have been the most ethical approach, and now she is faced with a dilemma. This…
Descriptors: College Students, African American Students, Disabilities, Achievement Gap
Andrews, Colin; Bishop, Penny – Middle School Journal (J1), 2012
Transitions into and out of the middle grades can be challenging for many reasons. Students need to acclimate to new policies, practices, and buildings; teachers require accurate data about their new students' capacities; and families must navigate relationships with new personnel. All school transitions present different and, at times, puzzling…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Foreign Countries, Focus Groups, Middle School Students
Tilleczek, Kate – Journal of Educational Administration and History, 2012
This paper provides an analysis of international literature and focus group data arising from a three-year critical ethnographic study with 795 young people, educators and parents speaking about transitions through public education in Canada. It fills fissures in qualitative and process-based sociological work on youth transitions and redresses…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Focus Groups, Ethnography, Foreign Countries
Van Ummersen, Claire; Duranleau, Lauren; McLaughlin, Jean – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2013
It has been almost ten years since the American Council on Education (ACE) began to raise awareness of the importance of workplace flexibility in faculty careers and to encourage colleges and universities to support faculty in better integrating their professional and personal lives. With the generous support of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, ACE…
Descriptors: Teacher Retirement, Family Work Relationship, Work Environment, Transitional Programs
Penn-Edwards, Sorrel; Donnison, Sharn – European Journal of Education, 2011
The need for a redefinition of first year experience in higher education is advocated with the aid of two models, which, although focused on a sample of Australian pre-service teaching students, is proposed as generalisable across the first year. Introduction to the mores of higher education is generally supported by teaching institutions during…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Feedback (Response), Student Teachers, Higher Education
McFadden, Erica Skogebo; Daugherty, David B.; Lee, Sang Eun; Fisher, Kim W.; Hack, Anthony; Spyra, Ed – Morrison Institute for Public Policy, 2015
There is a federal movement to improve student outcomes targeting some of these predictors in several recently launched initiatives, but where does Arizona stand? What are we currently doing to move the needle, and what do we still need to do? This report prepared for the Arizona Developmental Disabilities Planning Council has two objectives: (1)…
Descriptors: High School Students, Disabilities, Parent Attitudes, Parent Surveys
Briggs, A. R. J.; Clark, J.; Hall, I. – Quality in Higher Education, 2012
This article explores challenges in ensuring effective student transition from school or college to university. It examines the complex liaison needed for students to progress to appropriate courses, settle into university life and succeed as higher education learners. Secondary data (international literature on transition and the formation of…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Foreign Countries, Transitional Programs, Performance Factors

Hall, Brenda S.; Holland, Carol E. Buchholz; Karsh, Lisa; Wang, Ting – ERS Spectrum, 2011
In this article, we share outcomes from the implementation of a ninth-grade academy in a large, comprehensive, Northern Plains, United States, school district. The article discusses the effectiveness of this reform in terms of the academic and social preparedness for students during the ninth-grade year and transition to high school. Findings…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Focus Groups, Grade 9, School Counselors
Ashton, Rebecca – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2009
This article describes the application of the Research and Development in Organisations (RADIO) model to five action research projects carried out in schools around transition processes. The RADIO model is mapped onto all five studies, and adapting the model in order to include greater stakeholder participation is suggested. Reflections are made…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Action Research, Focus Groups, Models
Tobias, Adele – Educational Psychology in Practice, 2009
This paper describes a small-scale research project undertaken in July 2007, which focused on a group of students with a diagnosis of autistic spectrum disorder (ASD) currently attending a mainstream secondary school. Three focus groups were held with students in Years 9 and 11 and with their parents in order to explore current practice on…
Descriptors: Autism, Focus Groups, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Grade 9
Kneisler, Terry – Principal Leadership, 2001
In 1997, Philomath (Oregon) High School acted to change a school culture that allowed older students to treat rising ninth-graders and each other disrespectfully. A 4-year journey by the school, students, and community (spurred by unfavorable asset-development scores) led to lasting collaboration and improved climate and achievement. (MLH)
Descriptors: Bullying, Focus Groups, High Schools, School Culture
Thoma, Colleen A.; Getzel, Elizabeth Evans – Education and Training in Developmental Disabilities, 2005
This article describes results of a series of focus group interviews conducted with post-secondary students with disabilities about the importance of self-determination in their success in those settings. Participants attended community college and/or state universities in Virginia and were between the ages of 18 and 48. They indicated that…
Descriptors: State Universities, Elementary Secondary Education, Focus Groups, Disabilities
Custer, Rodney L.; Daugherty, Michael K. – Journal of Applied Research in the Community College, 2004
Project ProBase (problem-based technology curriculum) is a National Science Foundation funded project designed to develop an innovative curriculum that more adequately prepares high school technology education students for success in advanced technical studies at the community college level. The purpose of the project is to design and test…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Technology Education, High School Students, Curriculum Development