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Direct linkChildress, Cameron; Ward, James Dean; Pisacreta, Elizabeth Davidson; Chen, Sunny – ITHAKA S+R, 2022
The accreditation process and the federal role in shaping it are clearly of critical importance for ensuring all students have access to quality postsecondary options. And yet, due to the complexity of the relationship among the federal government, accreditors, and institutions, and the opacity of the accreditation process itself, there is little…
Descriptors: Government Role, Accreditation (Institutions), Access to Education, Educational Quality
Peer reviewedForsyth, Suzanne R.; Powell, Sarah R. – Learning Disabilities Research & Practice, 2017
The purpose of this pilot study was to explore the impact of mathematics and reading learning difficulties on the mathematics-vocabulary understanding of fifth-grade students. Students (n = 114) completed three measures: mathematics computation, general vocabulary, and mathematics vocabulary. Based on performance on the mathematics computation and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Instruction, Grade 5, Pilot Projects, Reading Difficulties
Download full textTynan, Belinda; James, Rosalind – Open Praxis, 2013
This paper reports in brief the pilot study, Distance Education Regulatory Frameworks, undertaken by the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE) in 2010-2012 and the implications for openness for higher education in Southwest Pacific/South East Asia region nations. The project developed a methodological approach to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Distance Education, Readiness, Pilot Projects
Dunn, Jennifer L.; Allen, Jessica – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2009
A key intent of the NCLB growth pilot is to reward low-status schools who are closing the gap to proficiency. In this article, we demonstrate that the capability of proposed models to identify those schools depends on how the growth model is incorporated into accountability decisions. Six pilot-approved growth models were applied to vertically…
Descriptors: Accountability, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Pilot Projects
Hoffer, Thomas B.; Hedberg, E. C.; Brown, Kevin L.; Halverson, Marie L.; Reid-Brossard, Paki; Ho, Andrew D.; Furgol, Katherine – US Department of Education, 2011
The U.S. Department of Education (ED) initiated the Growth Model Pilot Project (GMPP) in November 2005 with the goal of approving up to ten states to incorporate growth models in school adequate yearly progress (AYP) determinations under the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act" ("ESEA"). After extensive reviews, nine states…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Pilot Projects, Educational Improvement, Economically Disadvantaged
Eurydice, 2004
The national contributions contained in this paper formed the basis for the comparative study on the integration at school of immigrant children in Europe. Each contribution has exactly the same structure with four main sections entitled as follows: (1) National definitions and demographic context of immigration; (2) Measures offering school-based…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Pilot Projects, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
