Background: Research suggests that providing staff with input in relation to Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) can have beneficial outcomes. Much of this research, however, fails to take account of systemic issues and does not include a control group. Method: We used a non-randomised, controlled group design to evaluate accredited PBS programmes,…

Using a stratified random sample and real-time virtual focus group sessions, we evaluated the regional administrative model, addressing personnel supervision, program direction, financial management, and administrative leadership. We concluded that the regional administrative model remains a highly charged topic, there is no common understanding…

The study sought to explore the impact of the commitment and political will exhibited by the Government of Zimbabwe through the Presidential Scholarship Scheme in promoting regionalisation of higher education. The methodology employed document analysis, interviews and questionnaires to gather data from the stakeholders. The officials responsible…

This article examines the first regional governance reform in public education, created in the Omaha, Nebraska metropolitan area in 2007. The legislation creating this regional reform, which is called the Learning Community, established a regional governing body, the Learning Community Coordinating Council, consisting of an elected 21-member…

This is the first of three evaluation reports on the effectiveness of a regional train-the-trainer strategy to support classroom implementation of the Next Generation Content Standards and Objectives (NxGen CSOs). This report focuses on six regional Educator Enhancement Academies (EEAs) hosted by the eight regional education service agencies…

The development of European Community administrative authority has greatly influenced the development of an evaluation culture among the southern and central member states of the European Union. The present case study from Spain provides an example of this diffusion through the use of an empowerment evaluation approach to build evaluation capacity…

Examines three major questions about the evolution of Discipline-Based Art Education (DBAE) from 1988 to 1996: What factors affected the reformulation of DBAE in the Getty Regional Institute Grant program? What has DBAE become in Regional Institutes? and, What do findings reveal about the education process and the program evaluators? (DSK)

The first of three volumes on the Rocky Mountain Regional Resource Center provides an overview of the Center's functioning from its inception in 1970 through 1974. A perspective is provided on regional resource centers (RRC) in general, including such aspects as the educational system's link to an RRC and the relationship of the RRC to the…

The second volume of a three-volume report on the Rocky Mountain Regional Resource Center provides data on service and training components of the Center's functioning from its inception in 1970 through 1974. Provided are analyses of three 1-year stages in the development of the stratistician model which was originally designed to provide a…

The third of three volumes on the Rocky Mountain Regional Resource Center (RMRRC) explains how that Center functioned as an Outreach project through which federal monies were allocated to Idaho, Montana, Utah and Wyoming for special educational activities that were defined by the states in accord with the law on RRCs. The report covers the period…

The final technical report details activities, events, products and procedures of the Northeast Regional Media Center for the Deaf from May, 1966 through August, 1974 in relation to the following goals: to carry out instructional materials development; to provide media, materials and educational technology training; to establish a media and…

This report presents the results of a study of Regional Education Service Agencies (RESAs) in Appalachia, with particular attention to the Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) RESA program and the 22 RESAs that have received ARC assistance. RESAs are organizations established to provide a range of educational services on a regional basis by…

The report summarizes the development, operation, and evaluation of a model for providing educational services to 2,274 students (grades k-12) with special educational needs in six New York school districts. It is explained that the Comprehensive Support Services Program focuses on early identification of students with special needs, detailed…

From September 1966 through August 1972, the Midwest Regional Media Center for the Deaf was under contract to Media Services and Captioned Films, Bureau of Education for the Handicapped, and from September 1972 through August 1974, the center had a grant with the same federal agency to provide media services to 12 states--North Dakota, South…

An instrument for future planning and policy formation for adult basic education (ABE) staff development at national/regional levels, the assessment determined which current objectives, processes, and products proved most effective and offered the greatest potential. The basic evaluation design was established by the Center for Resource…