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Download full textWhat Works Clearinghouse, 2021
The "Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies (PATHS®)" program is a curriculum that aims to promote emotional and social competencies and to reduce aggression and behavior problems in elementary school children. "PATHS"® is delivered through short lessons given two to three times a week over the school year. The program is…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Intervention, Social Development, Emotional Development
What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
The "Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies (PATHS®)" program is a curriculum that aims to promote emotional and social competencies and to reduce aggression and behavior problems in elementary school children. "PATHS"® is delivered through short lessons given two to three times a week over the school year. The program is…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Thinking Skills, Emotional Development, Social Development
What Works Clearinghouse, 2021
The "Promoting Alternative THinking Strategies (PATHS®)" program is a curriculum that aims to promote emotional and social competencies and to reduce aggression and behavior problems in elementary school children. "PATHS"® is delivered through short lessons given two to three times a week over the school year. The program is…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Intervention, Program Implementation, Best Practices
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
Wathington, Heather D.; Barnett, Elisabeth A.; Weissman, Evan; Teres, Jedediah; Pretlow, Joshua; Nakanishi, Aki – National Center for Postsecondary Research, 2011
In 2007, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) funded 22 colleges to establish developmental summer bridge programs. Aimed at providing an alternative to traditional developmental education, these programs involve intensive remedial instruction in math, reading, and/or writing and college preparation content for students entering…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Summer Programs, College Preparation, Program Effectiveness
Evaluations that Consider the Cost of Educational Programs: The Contribution of High-Quality Studies
Direct linkRoss, John A.; Barkaoui, Khaled; Scott, Garth – American Journal of Evaluation, 2007
Cost studies are program evaluations that judge program worth by relating program costs to program benefits. There are three sets of strategies: cost-benefit, cost-effectiveness, and cost-utility analysis, although the last appears infrequently. The authors searched relevant databases to identify 103 cost studies in education and then reduced the…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Improvement, Program Effectiveness, Effect Size
Peer reviewedRush, Jean C. – NASSP Bulletin, 1979
This introduction to an issue devoted to the arts in secondary education raises the question of the justification of the arts in a cost-conscious, job-oriented school system and offers evidence of the positive impact of arts programs. (JM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Art Education, Creative Art
Smith, Mary Lee; Glass, Gene V. – 1975
In designing the evaluation of year round schools (YRS) in Cherry Creek, four questions dealing with major concerns in determining the effectiveness of YRS were posed: What are the characteristics of school programs associated with YRS? What is the reaction of parents to the YRS, its inconveniences and conveniences? What are the effects of YRS on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Parent Attitudes, Program Costs
Bass, Willard P.; And Others – 1971
The Bordertown Dormitory Program, providing Navajo students with experience in attending schools in off-reservation communities with non-Indian children, was evaluated in terms of the success of students; adequacy of dormitory and school facilities and programs; attitudes of students, parents, school personnel, and townspeople toward the program;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Community Attitudes, Dormitories
Peer reviewedGeertsma, Robert H.; And Others – Journal of Medical Education, 1977
The Independent Study Program (ISP) at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry is described and its objectives specified. Data are reported for measures of achievement, personality characteristics, and academic-professional experience. Costs and faculty evaluation of the program are also given. (Author/LBH)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Design, Dental Schools, Higher Education
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. – 2000
This report documents a 3-year evaluation of Georgia's CrossRoads alternative education program. It focuses on the direct benefits to regular classrooms of removing disruptive students, the effectiveness of services rendered to those removed students, the success with which they are returned to the regular classroom, and the projected costs and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Government Publications
ABT, CLARK C. – 1966
SEVEN SEPARATE REPORTS DESCRIBE AN OVERVIEW OF A COST-EFFECTIVENESS MODEL AND FIVE SUBMODELS FOR EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY ACT TITLE I PROPOSALS. THE DESIGN FOR THE MODEL ATTEMPTS A QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION OF EDUCATION SYSTEMS WHICH MAY BE PROGRAMED AS A COMPUTER SIMULATION TO INDICATE THE IMPACT OF A TITLE I…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Change, Disadvantaged Youth, Evaluation Methods
Paden, Jon S. – 1977
This report summarizes the responses of principals of elementary schools participating in the I/D/E/A Change Program to a survey questionnaire that focuses on program implementation and selected efforts that may be associated with Individually Guided Education (IGE). Survey data are presented for the school years 1973-74, 1974-75, 1975-76, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction, National Surveys
Carvell Education Managment Planning, Inc., Los Angeles, CA. – 1982
The second part of a report on a comprehensive review of the credit instructional programs offered by Pasadena City College (PCC), this volume contains a technical description of the data collection and assembly procedures used in the program review and provides guidelines for the implementation of the program review model. The first section…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Colleges, Credit Courses, Data Collection
PDF pending restorationBureau of Indian Affairs (Dept. of Interior), Aberdeen, SD. Aberdeen Area Office. – 1976
The final evaluation report on the 37 Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I projects in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Aberdeen Area, this report presents graphic and tabular descriptions for each of the 37 projects re: (1) Title I expenditures (graphic display of expenditures for reading, math, language, administration, area…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administration, American Indians, Facilities
