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Jianjun Wang – Grantee Submission, 2025
California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB) is continuing its five-year grant, "An Equitable Pathway to In-Demand STEM Careers," which began in Fall 2021 to facilitate Hispanic students' degree completion and career preparation in STEM fields. In its third year, the grant team followed the original proposal to: 1. Offer effective…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Higher Education, Career Pathways
Developing a High Performance Digital Education Ecosystem: Institutional Self-Assessment Instruments
Volungeviciene, Airina; Brown, Mark; Greenspon, Rasa; Gaebel, Michael; Morrisroe, Alison – European University Association, 2021
Digitally enhanced learning and teaching is widely used across the European Higher Education Area, with general acceptance growing over the years and institutions widely acknowledging the benefits it brings to the student experience. The strategic focus being placed on digitally enhanced learning and teaching has increased, undoubtedly accelerated…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Program Evaluation, Self Evaluation (Groups)
Paloyo, Alfredo R. – Journal of Peer Learning, 2015
Selection bias pervades the evaluation of supplemental instruction (SI) in non-experimental settings. This brief note provides a formal framework to understand this issue. The objective is to contribute to the accumulation of credible evidence on the impact of SI.
Descriptors: Supplementary Education, Evaluation Problems, Program Evaluation, Selection Criteria
Tennessee Department of Education, 2018
In February 2016, the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) pulled together stakeholders from across the state and set an ambitious goal--that at least 75 percent of third graders would be proficient readers by 2025. The goal originated from both stagnant third grade reading scores in the state and national research indicating that third grade…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Reading Instruction, Grade 3, Reading Programs
Eckerd, Adam; Moulton, Stephanie – American Journal of Evaluation, 2011
Evaluating the performance of nonprofit organizations has been of growing importance for the last several decades. Although there is much good that can come out of self-improvement, there is substantial heterogeneity within the sector that calls into question the usefulness of "across the board" evaluation tools. In this article, the authors…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Evaluation Methods, Evidence, Role
Han, Grace; Doyle, Daniela – Center on Great Teachers and Leaders, 2013
Teacher residency programs are a relatively new method for building stronger teacher pipelines. Research assessing the impact of these programs is still limited, but some early reports suggest that residency programs hold promise for improving teacher effectiveness and retention rates (Barrett, Hovde, Hahn, & Rosqueta, 2011; Papay, West,…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Persistence, Benchmarking
Miller, Tiffany D.; Hanna, Robert – Center for American Progress, 2014
Race to the Top (RTT) is a first-of-its kind $4.35 billion competitive grant program designed to spur state-level education innovation to boost student achievement, close achievement gaps, and prepare students for college and careers. Originally authorized in 2009 under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, RTT encourages states to develop…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Federal Programs, Federal Aid
Garcia, David R. – National Education Policy Center, 2013
In this report the Brown Center on Education Policy at the Brookings Institution presents the results of a self-developed Education Choice and Competition Index (ECCI) along with an interactive application that grades large school districts according to the ECCI. The index is composed of 13 pro choice criteria. The authors present the ECCI as a…
Descriptors: Evidence, Competition, School Choice, School District Size
Greenberg, Julie; McKee, Arthur; Walsh, Kate – National Council on Teacher Quality, 2013
Once the world leader in educational attainment, the United States has slipped well into the middle of the pack. Countries that were considered little more than educational backwaters just a few years ago have leapt to the forefront of student achievement. There's no shortage of factors for America's educational decline: budget cutbacks,…
Descriptors: Schools of Education, Teacher Education, Rating Scales, Program Evaluation
Sanders, James R.; Nafziger, Dean N. – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2011
The purpose of this paper is to provide a basis for judging the adequacy of evaluation plans or, as they are commonly called, evaluation designs. The authors assume that using the procedures suggested in this paper to determine the adequacy of evaluation designs in advance of actually conducting evaluations will lead to better evaluation designs,…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Program Evaluation, Research Design, Evaluation Methods
Gere, Anne Ruggles; Aull, Laura; Green, Timothy; Porter, Anne – Assessing Writing, 2010
Following Messick's definition of validity as a multi-faceted construct that includes contextual, substantive, structural, generalizable, external, and consequential dimensions, this study examined an established directed self-placement (DSP) system that had been functioning for ten years at a large university. The goal was to determine the extent…
Descriptors: Freshman Composition, Validity, Student Placement, Developmental Studies Programs
Lubienski, Sarah Theule; Hug, Barbara; Copur-Gencturk, Yasemin – Teacher Education and Practice, 2014
This article describes the lessons learned during the implementation of a new master's degree program for K-8 teachers. The program's goal was to increase student inquiry and sense making in mathematics and science classrooms. Each of the twenty-four teacher participants reported strong satisfaction with the program, and a variety of measures…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Science Education, Partnerships in Education, Masters Degrees
Young, Michael; Denny, George; Donnelly, Joseph – Journal of School Health, 2012
Background: Those involved in school health education programs generally believe that health-education programs can play an important role in helping young people make positive health decisions. Thus, it is to document the effects of such programs through rigorous evaluations published in peer-reviewed journals. Methods: This paper helps the…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Programs, Program Evaluation, Curriculum Evaluation
Michael J. Feuer; Robert E. Floden; Naomi Chudowsky; Judie Ahn – National Academy of Education, 2013
Teacher preparation programs (TPPs) are where prospective teachers gain a foundation of knowledge about pedagogy and subject matter, as well as early exposure to practical classroom experience. Although competence in teaching, as in all professions, is shaped significantly by on-the-job experiences and continuous learning, the programs that…
Descriptors: Teacher Education Programs, Program Evaluation, Educational Quality, Teacher Effectiveness
Konstantinidis, Andreas; Papadopoulos, Pantelis M.; Tsiatsos, Thrasyvoulos; Demetriadis, Stavros – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2011
This paper presents the rationale behind the utilization of a Moodle Learning Management System for the facilitation of a blended learning approach in the Informatics department. The authors present and analyze the steps followed in order to replace the prior decentralized organizational structure of the courses, which consisted of a multitude of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Information Science, Departments