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Evaluation of Parent Aware: Key Findings and Implications for the Parent Aware Redesign. Final Evaluation Report and Synthesis
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Rowan Hilty; Jennifer Cleveland; Kathryn Tout – Child Trends, 2024
Child Trends contracted with the Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) to conduct an independent evaluation of Parent Aware, Minnesota's Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) for early care and education (ECE) programs. The evaluation includes several legislatively mandated research activities designed to assess the…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Administrator Attitudes, Early Childhood Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Toward Understanding and Evaluating Special Needs Programs.
Russo, Rocco P. – 1980
The Minnesota Research and Development Center for Vocational Education (MRDC) has a major program of research focused on the education of special needs learners. The research study described in this report was a response to the lack of understanding and knowledge about special needs programs and evaluation activities related to these programs. The…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Evaluation Methods, Mainstreaming, Program Evaluation
Developing Entrepreneurial Competence among Minnesota's Technical Institute Students.
Minnesota State Council on Vocational Technical Education, St. Paul. – 1989
Following up a 1987 study that had identified 1,169 entrepreneurial graduates of Minnesota's technical institutes from the 10-year time period prior to 1984, a study was conducted to determine how Minnesota's technical institutes presently promote entrepreneurial competence for their students and how they can help future students. Questionnaires…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Entrepreneurship
Perkins--JTPA Evaluation Analysis of Adequacy, Effectiveness, and Coordination.
Minnesota State Council on Vocational Technical Education, St. Paul. – 1989
A Minnesota study examined how the federal law was implemented and federal funds were distributed under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984 and the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 (JTPA) and reported on the coordination between the two acts in the state for fiscal years 1986 and 1987. Information was gathered from the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth
The Role of Assessment in the Private Institutions in Minnesota.
Thomas, Alice – 1987
Views of academic deans at 15 private Minnesota colleges concerning assessment were surveyed. About half of the colleges experienced some but not great pressure for assessment from their external environment while the remaining had felt essentially no pressure. The deans identified obstacles to assessment, including fears about possible intrusion…
Descriptors: Academic Deans, Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Educational Assessment
The Role of Assessment in Minnesota Institutions of Higher Education.
Thomas, Alice – 1987
Views of the chief academic officers at Minnesota colleges concerning assessment were surveyed. Responses were received from 17 private colleges, 5 University of Minnesota campuses, 7 state universities, 18 community colleges, and 33 area vocational-technical institutes. For each type of institution, survey results are presented concerning: the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment