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Download full textFowler, Susan A.; Thomas, Dawn V.; Tompkins, Jill; Hartle, Luminita; Corr, Catherine – Early Childhood Research & Practice, 2013
Six agencies in Illinois received 18 months of funding from the governor's office to develop effective and innovative strategies to recruit young children from traditionally underserved families into early childhood education (ECE) programs. The five agencies that provided families with immediate follow-up and some services shortly after…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Outreach Programs, Family Programs, Student Recruitment
Direct linkOwens, Christabel; Charles, Nigel – Health Education Journal, 2017
Objectives: Significant others can play a key role in suicide prevention, but little attention has been given to the resources they may need in order to do so effectively. Based on previous qualitative research and working in partnership with suicide prevention charities, we developed a simple educational leaflet to help family members and friends…
Descriptors: Suicide, Prevention, Family Role, Peer Influence
Ahlin, Eileen M. – American Journal of Evaluation, 2015
Evaluation research conducted in agencies that sanction law violators is often challenging and due process may preclude evaluators from using experimental methods in traditional criminal justice agencies such as police, courts, and corrections. However, administrative agencies often deal with the same population but are not bound by due process…
Descriptors: Research Methodology, Evaluation Research, Criminals, Correctional Institutions
Hou, Yung-Chi; Ince, Martin; Tsai, Sandy; Wang, Wayne; Hung, Vicky; Lin Jiang, Chung; Chen, Karen Hui-Jung – Higher Education Research and Development, 2016
Joint degree programs have gained popularity in East Asia, due to the growth of transnational higher education in the region since 2000. However, the external quality assurance (QA) and accreditation of joint degree programs is a challenge for QA agencies, as it normally involves the engagement of several institutions and multiple national…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Quality Assurance, Academic Degrees, Cooperative Programs
Lindsey, Jeffrey C. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
As the United States entered the second decade of the 21st century, providing law enforcement services has been noted to be more complex than in any era in the nation's history. Piloting law enforcement agencies through the challenges ahead has been identified as requiring their senior leaders to possess the highest levels of leadership acumen. A…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Law Enforcement, Federal Programs, Agencies
Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2014
High quality vocational education and training (VET) relevant to labour market needs is a policy priority for the European Union (EU). The economic slowdown has led to worryingly high levels of unemployment and underemployment particularly among young people. Skills, qualifications and employability are central to Europe's economic recovery.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Employment Potential, Program Evaluation
Head, Ronald B.; Johnson, Michael S. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2011
The term "institutional effectiveness" was developed in response to accreditation, and this emphasizes the large extent to which accreditation drives institutional effectiveness efforts on community college campuses. There are two general types of accreditation. "Institutional accreditation" is the process by which institutions of higher education…
Descriptors: Institutional Evaluation, Accreditation (Institutions), Standards, Case Studies
Siller, Michael; Morgan, Lindee; Turner-Brown, Lauren; Baggett, Kathleen M.; Baranek, Grace T.; Brian, Jessica; Bryson, Susan E.; Carter, Alice S.; Crais, Elizabeth R.; Estes, Annette; Kasari, Connie; Landa, Rebecca J.; Lord, Catherine; Messinger, Daniel S.; Mundy, Peter; Odom, Samuel L.; Reznick, J. Steven; Roberts, Wendy; Rogers, Sally J.; Schertz, Hannah H.; Smith, Isabel M.; Stone, Wendy L.; Watson, Linda R.; Wetherby, Amy M.; Yoder, Paul J.; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie – Journal of Early Intervention, 2013
Given recent advances in science, policy, and practice of early identification in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), questions about the effectiveness of early intervention have far-reaching service and policy implications. However, rigorous research evaluating the efficacy and effectiveness of intervention programs for toddlers with ASD faces a…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Intervention, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism
Sylvestre, John; Cousins, J. Bradley; Sundar, Purnima; Aubry, Tim; Hinsperger, Val – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 2008
This article describes the planning of a multi-agency and multi-stakeholder evaluation of the implementation of supportive housing. The Ottawa Housing"Plus" Collaborative Communities project is a collaboration between university-based evaluators and members of a local network of supportive housing providers. The objectives of the…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, Housing, Social Services, Foreign Countries
Chadwin, Mark Lincoln; And Others – 1977
A study investigating institutional factors affecting the performance of the employment service (ES) focused on (1) organizational characteristics conducive to high performance in state ES agencies and their local operations and (2) the external linkages of the ES with state and local politics, other agencies, and the U.S. Department of Labor…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Administrative Organization, Agencies, Agency Cooperation
Peck, Laura R.; Gorzalski, Lindsey M. – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2009
Background: Research on evaluation use focuses on putting evaluation recommendations into practice. Prior theoretical research proposes varied frameworks for understanding the use (or lack) of program evaluation results. Purpose: Our purpose is to create and test a single, integrated framework for understanding evaluation use. This article relies…
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Intervention, Program Evaluation, Content Analysis
Berlin, Doris A. – Community Ment Health J, 1970
The method of evaluation involves measurement of program objectives and subobjectives in order to ascertain program effectiveness. Evaluation provided useful information with regard to the agencies using the service, the flow of patients through the program, and the subsequent flow, through a hospital outpatient clinic, of a majority of patients…
Descriptors: Agencies, Community Organizations, Mental Health, Models
Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom, London. – 1996
This is the final report of the Joint Planning Group for Quality Assurance in Higher Education, whose purpose was to detail proposals for a new agency to improve quality and standards for higher education in the United Kingdom. It proposes that a UK-wide single agency replace the existing Higher Education Quality Council by October 1998. The…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Agencies, Agency Cooperation, Agency Role
Central Michigan Univ., Mount Pleasant. Michigan Migrant Education Center. – 1972
An introduction to the evaluation of the effects of Michigan migrant education projects on migrant children enrolled in its schools during the summer or 1971 is presented in this document. Background information concerning the general migrant phenomenon, the agencies and institutions responsible for providing migrant children with educational…
Descriptors: Agencies, Agency Cooperation, Institutional Cooperation, Institutions
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Human Resources. – 1979
Proceedings are presented of hearings before the Senate Subcommittee on Child and Human Development concerning proposed legislation (S. 239 and S. 374) to revise, improve, and extend certain provisions of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act. Testimony from administrators of current programs under the act and from public witnesses focuses on the…
Descriptors: Activities, Agencies, Agency Role, Budgets
