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Download full textInstitute of Education Sciences, 2013
In January 2011, a Joint Committee of representatives from the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) began work to establish cross-agency guidelines for improving the quality, coherence, and pace of knowledge development in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education. Although the…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Research and Development, Intervention, Educational Improvement
Ayers, Jeremy – Center for American Progress, 2011
The Obama administration has offered states the chance to waive some requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. States are required, however, to make specific reforms in exchange for increased flexibility. The administration has been clear it wants states to engage in "ambitious but achievable" reforms rather than merely asking for a pass from…
Descriptors: Accountability, Program Evaluation, State Action, Articulation (Education)
Thomas, Roberta Rodriguez – 1992
The Orange County, Florida, public school system conducted a review of its Project Development Services (PDS) to determine its organizational operation and performance. PDS helps increase supplementary school funding from federal, state, local, and private foundation sources. The evaluation of PDS revealed several areas of concern: meeting needs…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Fund Raising
New Educational Directions, Crawfordsville, IN. – 1979
To increase quality of Indiana State Board of Vocational and Technical Education (SBVTE) proposals and final reports, a study assessed the quality of sixty SBVTE proposals and final reports from fiscal year 1976-77 and provided SBVTE with quantified descriptions of them. The first review involved acquiring descriptive information about how the…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation, Program Proposals
Ramp, Wayne S.; And Others – 1980
Fifteen placement project participants were enrolled in a refined competency-based continuation of a pilot program to train individuals to function as placement coordinators in their schools. They were enrolled in a weekly oncampus placement seminar at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale for the entire academic year (1979-80) and in a…
Descriptors: Career Education, Competency Based Education, Coordinators, Inservice Education
Achieve, Inc., 2005
In response to a proposal request from the state, Achieve reviewed the draft of Maryland's Pre-K-8 Voluntary State Curriculum (VSC) in Science (dated May 2004). This preliminary report summarizes their findings and also reflects the discussion that followed their presentation to representatives of the Maryland State Department of Education on…
Descriptors: Proposal Writing, State Boards of Education, State Programs, State Standards
