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Assessing the Validity of the Qualistar Early Learning Quality Rating and Improvement System as a Tool for Improving Child-Care Quality
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Zellman, Gail L.; Perlman, Michal; Le, Vi-Nhuan; Setodji, Claude Messan – RAND Corporation, 2008
As a result of the generally low quality of child care in the United States and the increased emphasis on accountability in education policy, quality rating systems (QRSs) are proliferating in the child-care arena. QRSs assess child-care providers on multiple dimensions of quality and integrate these assessments into an easily understood summary…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Validity, Parent Participation, Accreditation (Institutions)
A Comparative Analysis of Methods Used in Preparation for Occupational Testing.
Cox, Donald Lee – 1991
A study evaluated preparatory methods of developing competence to become certified as an Iowa Fire Fighter I. Hypotheses were that no significant differences in written examination scores would be found when comparing structured learning with self-study preparation or when comparing candidate gender; a significant difference would be found in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Certification, Comparative Analysis, Employment Experience
UCI Alumni and Their Careers. A Survey of the Graduate Training and Work Experience of the First Decade of the University of California, Irvine Alumni.
California Univ., Irvine. Student Affairs Office of Studies and Research. – 1977
The career and educational experiences of the baccalaureate degree recipients of the University of California at Irvine (UCI) during the first decade of its existence, 1965-74, were studied. A response from 2,479 alumni, or 51 percent, provided information concerning: (1) educational attainment; (2) initial employment after graduation; and (3)…
Descriptors: Alumni, Bachelors Degrees, Career Choice, College Choice
Exhibit and Analysis of 1990-91 Carl D. Perkins Research Project (Non-allocated II-B). Final Report.
Pittsburgh Public Schools, PA. – 1991
A Pittsburgh School District study compared vocational, academic, and general students for the years 1983, 1986, and 1989. It collected information on secondary experience, postsecondary options, postsecondary education/training dropout and completion rates, employment history, geographic mobility, and income history. A specific question related…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Chi Square, Comparative Analysis, Course Selection (Students)
A Capsule Description of Young Adults Seven and One-Half Years After High School. National Longitudinal Study Sponsored Reports Series.
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Burkheimer, Graham J.; Novak, Thomas P. – 1981
A summary is presented of some of the results from the National Longitudinal Study of the High School of 1972, which examined the vocational activities, plans, aspirations, and attitudes of young adults after they leave high school, along with their postsecondary experiences and family and community activities. By October 1979, about one-fourth of…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Bachelors Degrees, College Attendance, College Bound Students
Does Higher Education Reduce or Reproduce Social Class Differences? Schooling at Yale University, University of Connecticut, and University of New Haven, and Student Attitudes and Expectations Regarding Future Work.
Hoffnung, Robert J.; Sack, Allan L. – 1981
The issue of whether higher education reduces or reproduces structured social inequality was investigated by comparing the background, current educational experiences, and expectations regarding future work of freshmen and senior liberal arts students who attend upper, middle, and working class universities. Responses were received from 173 Yale…
Descriptors: College Environment, College Freshmen, College Seniors, College Students