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Barker, Joanne – Australian Universities' Review, 2022
The Australian Government's Endeavour international scholarship program had strategic interests in international education at its core, but uneven and strategically incompatible outcomes emerged over the 16 years of its existence. An unexpected outcome was the dominance of the small Himalayan nation of Bhutan as a substantial beneficiary of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, International Relations, International Programs, Educational Policy
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Poudevigne, Melanie; Day, Christina; Campbell, Eon; Mills, Da'Lynn; Porter, Reginald; Zornosa, Ximena; Andre, Thomas – Education Sciences, 2021
The aims of this study were to investigate the feasibility of an experiential learning initiative led by minority exercise science undergraduates and to observe the adaptations after a 10-week high-intensity functional training (HIFT) program in 34 underrepresented, hypertensive, and overweight/obese professional firefighters (PFF; age: 36.8 ±…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Kinesiology, Undergraduate Students, Fire Protection
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Logachev, Maxim Sergeevich; Laamarti, Yuliya A.; Rudneva, Svetlana Evgenievna; Ekimov, Anisim Ivanovich; Zemlyakov, Dmitry Nikolaevich; Barkov, Alexey – International Journal of Instruction, 2022
The study develops a method for monitoring and management of the quality of educational programs using software instruments. The method describes each of the monitoring implementation stages in detail specifying the input and output data, as well as the controls that affect the time and quality of the implementation of the corresponding stage.…
Descriptors: Information Systems, Educational Quality, Computer Software, Visual Aids
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Anders, Jake; Shure, Nikki; Wyse, Dominic; Barnard, Matthew; Frerichs, Johanna; Bohling, Kimberly – Education Endowment Foundation, 2021
The Craft of Writing (CoW) is an intervention aimed at improving the writing skills, writing self-efficacy and writing creativity (ideation) of primary school pupils by developing teachers as 'writers' and improving their own writing practice and their teaching of writing. This intervention was delivered to Year 5 pupils between June 2018 and July…
Descriptors: Writing (Composition), Intervention, Writing Skills, Self Efficacy
Kaufman, Julia H.; Master, Benjamin K.; Huguet, Alice; Yoo, Paul Youngmin; Faxon-Mills, Susannah; Schulker, David; Grimm, Geoffrey E. – RAND Corporation, 2020
TNTP (formerly The New Teacher Project), an organization committed to ending educational inequities by promoting the recruitment, training, and retention of high-quality teachers and school leaders, implemented its Teacher Effectiveness and Certification (TEACh) initiative in three urban school districts. Through TEACh, TNTP works with school…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, School Districts, Teacher Effectiveness, Alternative Teacher Certification
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Wond, Tracey; Rambukwella, Shan – Industry and Higher Education, 2018
This article explores the concept and measurement of placement value, underexplored in theory and practice to date. The article makes a theoretical contribution to the placement value discourse by examining and articulating the placement value concept. It also offers a practical contribution by exploring a piloted tool to evaluate employer…
Descriptors: Job Placement, Cost Effectiveness, Employer Attitudes, Internship Programs
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Goldwasser, Molly; Martin, Kimberly; Harris, Eugenia – Journal of Developmental Education, 2017
This paper presents a framework for educators, administrators, and researchers to assess distinct facets of developmental education programs. The researchers review the literature on best practices in developmental education with regards to program cost, program structure, and student placement procedures. This paper also identifies seven model…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Best Practices
Cummings, Danielle; Farrell, Mary; Skemer, Melanie – Administration for Children & Families, 2018
This report presents 30-month impact results from a random assignment evaluation of the Young Adult Internship Program (YAIP), a subsidized employment program for young people in New York City who have become disconnected from school and work. Operated by various provider agencies, YAIP offers disconnected young people between the ages of 16 and…
Descriptors: Internship Programs, Employment, Program Descriptions, Young Adults
Bartik, Timothy J.; Hershbein, Brad – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2018
In the past 15 years, four-year-olds' enrollment in state-funded prekindergarten in the United States has more than doubled, with roughly one-third now enrolled. Although researchers have found that early childhood programs from decades ago had sizable benefits for students that lasted into adulthood, evidence from more recent (and less expensive)…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Children, Enrollment Trends, Program Evaluation
Kuehn, Daniel; Anderson, Theresa; Lerman, Robert; Eyster, Lauren; Barnow, Burt; Briggs, Amanda – Urban Institute, 2017
This report presents the findings of the cost-benefit analysis of Accelerating Opportunity, an initiative designed to help adults with low basic skills earn industry-recognized credentials in high-growth occupations and succeed in the labor market. It compares the value of the benefits associated with AO--principally labor market benefits--with…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Student Costs, Vocational Education, Basic Skills
Skemer, Melanie; Valentine, Erin Jacobs – MDRC, 2016
Large numbers of young people in the United States were in foster care or in juvenile justice custody as teenagers, and many of them have a difficult time making a successful transition to independent adulthood as they leave these systems. Most of them faced a number of disadvantages during childhood and often have poor outcomes across several…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Caseworker Approach, Counseling Services, Program Effectiveness
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Hollands, Fiona M.; Kieffer, Michael J.; Shand, Robert; Pan, Yilin; Cheng, Henan; Levin, Henry M. – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2016
We review the value of cost-effectiveness analysis for evaluation and decision making with respect to educational programs and discuss its application to early reading interventions. We describe the conditions for a rigorous cost-effectiveness analysis and illustrate the challenges of applying the method in practice, providing examples of programs…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Early Reading, Reading Programs, Reading Instruction
Jaggars, Shanna Smith; Stacey, Georgia West – Community College Research Center, Teachers College, Columbia University, 2014
Many recent high school graduates who enter community college are required to take remedial or developmental education courses before enrolling in college-level courses. Developmental courses essentially reteach high school- and junior high school-level content in reading, writing, and math. In some cases, students are referred to two or even…
Descriptors: Developmental Programs, High School Graduates, Community Colleges, Remedial Programs
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García, Sandra; Saavedra, Juan E. – Review of Educational Research, 2017
We meta-analyze for impact and cost-effectiveness 94 studies from 47 conditional cash transfer programs in low- and middle-income countries worldwide, focusing on educational outcomes that include enrollment, attendance, dropout, and school completion. To conceptually guide and interpret the empirical findings of our meta-analysis, we present a…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Cost Effectiveness, Meta Analysis, Educational Benefits
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Hanagriff, Roger D.; Rayfield, John; Briers, Gary; Murphy, Tim – Journal of Agricultural Education, 2014
Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) is a well-documented, valuable, and integral part of agricultural education programs (Bryant, 2003; Cheek, Arrington, Carter, & Randall, 1994; Deyoe, 1953; Dyer & Osborne, 1996; Moore, 1988; Roberts & Harlin, 2007). Cole and Connell (1993) found that there was little research regarding the…
Descriptors: Economic Impact, Agricultural Engineering, Mechanics (Process), Competition
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