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Healey, F. Henry, III; Crouch, Luis – RTI International, 2012
The impact of education decentralization on high-quality education has been mixed at best. This can be attributed to a variety of factors including decentralization itself, ineffectual implementation, political-economic friction, and poor design. This paper focuses largely on the issue of design, contending that if governments or donors aim to…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Educational Quality, Design Preferences, Research Reports
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Keller-Margulis, Milena A. – Psychology in the Schools, 2012
Response to Intervention (RtI) has gained increased attention with the reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act. Since RtI was introduced at the policy level as a mechanism for use in the learning disability identification process, much of the implementation work has focused on this application. School-based…
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Response to Intervention, Fidelity, Federal Legislation
Pollack, Gail R. – 1981
This paper describes strategies for successful management information system (MIS) development, and an application of these strategies to the Benjamin Rose Institute, a community agency serving the frail elderly in Cleveland, Ohio. A definition of MIS is followed by a list of symptoms of systems which indicate a need to review current methods of…
Descriptors: Human Services, Information Needs, Management Information Systems, Methods
Wong, S. Godwin – 1975
This report describes the APL (Accountable unit, Program, and line item) budget system, a computerized three-dimensional program budget system that has been implemented in the Cambridge (Massachusetts) School Department. Various chapters discuss the differences between traditional budgeting and program budgeting, present an overview of te APL…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Budgeting, Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education
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Goodman, David E. – Journal of Interactive Instruction Development, 1994
The process for a successful multimedia conversion project is examined. Topics include initial conversion discussion and decisions; questions to consider in the planning phase; avoiding problems in the beginning; working the plan and planning the design; a list of prices; and evaluating the performance. (AEF)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Cost Indexes, Guidelines, Instructional Design
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Powell, Robert B.; Stern, Marc J.; Ardoin, Nicole – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2006
This article presents a framework for developing internally sustainable evaluation systems for environmental education organizations, although the framework can be applied to other types of organizations. The authors developed a sustainable evaluation framework (SEF) with the intent of creating an evaluation system that could be self-administered…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Evaluation Methods, Self Evaluation (Groups), Test Construction
Fisher, Donald W.; Crain, Mary Jane – 1979
A project was conducted to suggest modifications to the American Academy of Physician Assistants' accreditation system for group-oriented continuing medical education (CME) programs. Other objectives were to maintain a roster of such CME programs and search for alternative means for physician assistants (PAs) to maintain and update their skills…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Allied Health Occupations Education, Continuing Education
Rice, Michael L. – CAUSE/EFFECT, 1979
Software design is still a craft; techniques are based on the way things have been done, not on basic theorems or design principles. Suggests that academic software design needs to be more like a science or technology and that a taxonomy of design solutions or classification method is required. Describes two case studies. (MLW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classification, Computer Science, Data Analysis
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Davis, Tiffany; Yoo, Seong-Moo; Pan, Wendi – T.H.E. Journal, 2005
The Alabama Learning Exchange (ALEX; www.alex.state.al.us) is a network-based education system designed and implemented to help improve education in Alabama. It accomplishes this goal by providing a single location for the state's K-12 educators to find information that will help improve their classroom effectiveness. The ALEX system includes…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Resources, Internet, Web Sites
McCormick, Fred C.; McCormick, Eileen R. – 1982
Prepared for rural school teachers and administrators, the guide asserts that problems associated with smallness (costs, range and quality of existing programs, and special services to special populations) can be overcome by utilizing various electronic technologies in rural schools. Following an introductory section, Section 2 discusses the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Computers, Delivery Systems, Distance Education
Rardin, Kevin – 1978
A descriptive model of the Fire Education Resources Information System (FERIS) is examined in this document. Information regarding educational materials relating to fire prevention, protection, and suppression is discussed. A description of the model is presented in two sections. Section 1, Problem Definition, surveys the background and needs for…
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Comparative Analysis, Data Processing, Fire Protection
Loacker, Georgine – 1991
Lessons from the 18-year institutional experience of Alverno College in Milwaukee (Wisconsin) with assessment for the improvement and verification of student learning are summarized. Principles are described that should inform a national assessment system with the dual purposes of improvement and accountability by incorporating the following key…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, College Students, Educational Assessment
Halfon, Neal; Uyeda, Kimberly; Inkelas, Moira; Rice, Thomas – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
This report is designed to support the planning and implementation of the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB) State Early Childhood Comprehensive Systems (SECCS) Initiative. It addresses a set of principles that these agencies can use to advance their planning process, reach out to new partners, develop collaborative strategies, and build a…
Descriptors: Health Programs, Figurative Language, Change Strategies, Child Health