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Office of Inspector General, US Department of Education, 2018
The Indian Education -- Formula Grants to Local Education Agencies (Indian Education Formula Grant) program is authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). It is the Department's principal vehicle for addressing the particular needs of Indian children. The program…
Descriptors: Grants, Federal Indian Relationship, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Mathis, William – National Education Policy Center, 2012
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) have ardent supporters and strong critics. The actual effect of the CCSS, however, will depend much less on the standards themselves than on how they are used. Two factors are particularly crucial. The first is whether states invest in the necessary curricular and instructional resources and supports, and the…
Descriptors: State Standards, Educational Policy, Policy Formation, Performance Factors
Watson, Larry; Hegar, Rebecca L.; Patton, Joy D. – Residential Treatment for Children & Youth, 2011
This article presents a model of collaboration between a state child welfare licensing division and a public university to develop and administer online examinations for persons seeking licensure as administrators of residential child care facilities or child placing agencies. The exams assess knowledge of state standards and various practice…
Descriptors: Placement, State Standards, Child Welfare, Cooperation
Iowa State Legislature, Des Moines. – 1984
The report evaluates Iowa's reorganization of mental health and mental retardation (MH/MR) services. Evaluation methods include a policy analysis of legislation, interviews with agency staff and consumer representatives, review of MH/MR Commission and Developmental Disabilities (DD) Council meetings, an opinion survey of county auditors, and…
Descriptors: Categorical Aid, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities, Disabilities
New York State Commission on Quality of Care for the Mentally Disabled, Albany. – 1994
This report presents findings of an investigation into the operations of Project L.I.F.E., a supportive apartment program which serves 72 persons with developmental disabilities in New York City. The introduction describes Project L.I.F.E. and its history and philosophy. The report then details the findings of the investigation, which involved…
Descriptors: Adults, Agencies, Developmental Disabilities, Group Homes
US Department of Education, 2007
Five years ago the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) launched a revolution in our education system by insisting that all students should be proficient in reading and math by 2014 and demanding comprehensive reforms to reach this national goal, including strong assessment and accountability systems, a highly qualified teacher in every classroom, more…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, State Standards, Educational Finance
Tierney, Dennis S.; McKibbin, Michael – 1992
This paper reports on results of three years (1988-1991) of state mandated external reviews of basic credential programs (elementary and secondary) at 33 California institutions of higher education. The review used teams of teacher educators, school administrators, classroom teachers, and other stakeholders to identify common strengths and…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Accrediting Agencies, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Needs
Harbin, Gloria L.; And Others – 1991
This report focuses on progress in the implementation of Part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) through a comparison of states' status on three yearly administrations of the State Progress Scale. The scale was designed to monitor implementation of the required 14 components in the stages of policy development, policy…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Early Intervention
Toole, Amy L.; And Others – 1983
The report presents information gathered in a 1982 survey of over 400 public and private agencies serving preschool handicapped children in New York state. The information is organized into 60 recommendations for improving services in six key areas (sample subtopics in parentheses): (1) identification, evaluation, and placement (screening, use of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Disabilities, Eligibility
Alamprese, Judith A. – 1993
Connecticut's Adult Performance Program (CAPP), which was initiated in 1986, is a mix of policies, training, and technical assistance activities based on the following elements: specification of expected competency-based program outcomes; development of an assessment and instructional model to facilitate achievement of the program outcomes;…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Olympia. – 1992
This document, which was created by a work group of literacy program coordinators in the state of Washington, is designed for the following purposes: to provide a set of written standards for quality volunteer adult tutoring programs; to list criteria by which Washington's State Board for Community and Technical Colleges can award Volunteer Tutor…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Adult Students
Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC. Office of Research. – 1994
A 3-year national assessment of vocational education (VE) examined various issues related to improvement of VE programs, their academic and employment outcomes, participation of special population students in VE, and Perkins funding and administration. The assessment established that most secondary VE is still very traditional and that Perkins…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Accountability, Articulation (Education), Classroom Techniques