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Factors Affecting Student Success in Postsecondary Academic Correctional Education Programs
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Meyer, Stephen J. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2011
Research in correctional education has focused on examining outcomes for participants and identifying principles and guidelines that reflect best practice. Relatively few studies have focused on postsecondary education programs and fewer still have sought to relate program implementation to student outcomes to inform program design and improve…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Program Design, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Correctional Education: A Meta-Analysis of Programs That Provide Education to Incarcerated Adults
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Davis, Lois M.; Bozick, Robert; Steele, Jennifer L.; Saunders, Jessica; Miles, Jeremy N. V. – RAND Corporation, 2013
The Second Chance Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-199) represented a historic piece of legislation designed to improve outcomes for and provide a comprehensive response to the increasing number of individuals who are released from prisons, jails, and juvenile residential facilities, and returning to communities upon release. The Second Chance Act's…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Federal Legislation, Program Effectiveness
Neglected or Delinquent Center Handbook. ECIA Chapter I.
Orange County Public Schools, Orlando, FL. – 1986
The handbook contains guidelines, information and forms to help in teaching and administration at the Orange County, Florida, public schools Chapter 1 neglected or delinquent institutions. Included are the following: (1) information on eligible schools; (2) lists of staff and staff assignments; (3) complaint procedure and forms; (4) teacher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Neglect, Correctional Education, Delinquency
The Design Conference for the National Assessment of Vocational Education. Summary Proceedings. (Washington, D.C., March 13-15, 1991).
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App, Anne H. – 1991
This publication summarizes presentations and discussions from a conference that addressed specific issues in the National Assessment of Vocational Education and in the 1990 Perkins Act that mandated the assessment. Introductory materials include a summary of consensus issues from the conference (David Boesel), welcoming remarks (Bruno Manno), and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Accountability, Correctional Education
The Design Conference for the National Assessment of Vocational Education (Washington, D.C., March 13-15, 1991). Papers.
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App, Anne H., Comp. – 1991
This collection of 22 papers is organized by the five conference topics. "Part 1: Effects of the Perkins Act on Policy and Practice" contains five papers: "Federal Legislation as Rorschach Test: Methodological Issues in Assessing the Effects of the 1990 Perkins Act on States and Localities" (Grubb); "Effects of the 1990…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Accountability, Correctional Education
Rising to the Literacy Challenge: Building Adult Education Systems in New England.
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Liebowitz, Marty; Robins, Amy; Rubin, Jerry – 2002
This document describes a research study of the status of basic adult literacy services in New England, particularly the inadequate link between adult basic education (ABE) and work- force preparation programs. The report describes a system that has failed to adapt to the region's increased need for articulation among English as a Second Language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Articulation (Education)