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Direct linkBenjamin K. Master; Elaine Lin Wang; Brian Phillips – RAND Corporation, 2025
This report presents summative findings from RAND's six-year evaluation of the BHP Foundation's Education Equity program. The evaluation is based on a review of funded partner organizations' internal program progress reports, performance indicators, and independent project evaluation reports; interviews with representatives from partner…
Descriptors: Summative Evaluation, Program Evaluation, Equal Education, Program Effectiveness
Stokes, Laura – Inverness Research, 2019
The Center for the Future of Teaching and Learning (CFTL) at WestEd led the Teacher Practice Networks (TPN) initiative for five years, with support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Initial rounds of Gates funding supported 21 education improvement organizations in disseminating standards-based resources around the nation. Later rounds…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Teacher Collaboration, Teacher Leadership, Program Effectiveness
Download full textShaul, Marnie S. – US Government Accountability Office, 2004
As part of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), Congress authorized a school-based mentoring grant program. This study examined: the basic elements, policies, and procedures of successful mentoring programs; key characteristics of NCLB-funded mentoring efforts (the extent to which they had the basic elements, policies, and procedures of…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Mentors, Federal Government
Ward, Beatrice A.; Tikunoff, William J. – 1975
There is clearly a need to develop strategies that will increase the likelihood that research on teaching will produce results that can and will be applied in the classroom. Problems resulting from the traditional theoretical structure for implementation of educational research arise from the isolation of its components and participants (research,…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Delivery Systems, Educational Cooperation, Educational Research
Watt, Michael G. – 1988
This evaluation project presents a plan for a program to establish a clearinghouse for exchanging qualitative and quantitative data on instructional materials used in Australian schools. A range of elements necessary to plan a program suited to Australian requirements and conditions was investigated. Focus was on: the program's mission,…
Descriptors: Clearinghouses, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation, Decision Making
PDF pending restorationCannon, Mark R. – Journal of Student Financial Aid, 1997
Analysis of the income-contingent repayment mechanism of the federal direct lending program suggests that it will be considerably more expensive than other repayment options in total interest costs for many; lead to hefty tax liabilities for some; be administratively cumbersome, vulnerable to fraud and abuse, and costly to taxpayers; and invite…
Descriptors: Costs, Educational Economics, Federal Programs, Higher Education
Bell, Jim – 1992
The report describes the design and results of a Calgary (Canada) program (August 1, 1990 to June 12, 1992) to disseminate information about literacy education needs and services to the local community. It is organized into sections, each addressing a specific program objective. Sections include the following: (1) increasing awareness,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Needs, Foreign Countries, Hotlines (Public)
Brickell, Henry M.; And Others – 1975
The Michigan Department of Education developed an operational model for career education which combined the elements of individual career development with career preparation accomplished through academic, vocational, and technical education programs. A third-party evaluation was conducted to determine to what extent the operational model has been…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Doss, David A.; And Others – 1981
The second-year (1980-81) evaluation of the Austin Independent School District's court-mandated comprehensive desegregation remedy affecting Black and Mexican American students, focuses on broad questions relevant to the systemwide impact of the desegregation order. Chapter I presents names of persons who have been provided portions of the design…
Descriptors: Blacks, Data Collection, Desegregation Methods, Educational Legislation
Development and Implementation of the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1977.
McGaughey, Leon Y. – 1978
In terminating the GI Bill, Congress provided an alternative benefit to military personnel by passing Public Law 94-502, the Post-Vietnam Era Veterans' Educational Assistance Act of 1977 (VEAP). The purpose of VEAP was to provide educational assistance to men and women entering the armed services after termination of the GI Bill, to assist young…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Armed Forces, Career Awareness, Doctoral Dissertations
Christner, Catherine A.; And Others – 1981
Evaluation of the 1981-82 Title I Migrant Program in the Austin, Texas Independent School District involved production of a Final Report and a Technical Report which present information relevant to the decision questions; production of an Annual Evaluation Report for the Texas Education Association which documents the extent to which program…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Data Collection, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Jurmo, Paul – 1995
The final evaluation of an English-as-a-Second-Language and mathematics basic skills program, provided by a college, for limited-English-proficient workers in a manufacturing company, is presented. The program was originally designed to teach job-related skills, but was amended by managers to build worker self-esteem and worker participation in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Corporate Education
Gaikezheyongai, Sally – 2000
Ways of increasing awareness of and access to literacy programs for Native people in Toronto, Ontario, were examined. Data were collected through the following activities: a literature review; meetings with stakeholders and the public; surveys of learners, Native literacy workers, executive directors, and steering committee members; and focus…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators
