The Mastery-Based Learning Collaborative (MBLC) is a demonstration project taking place in 24 schools in Washington State. The schools receive funding and participate in professional learning and a statewide network to support implementation of mastery-based learning (MBL) and culturally responsive-sustaining education (CRSE). The initiative's…

A program planning model developed in collaboration with primary decision makers and program planners is described in this study. A 6-month pilot test of the planning document was evaluated by a followup questionnaire of program planners and decision makers. Results indicate that a majority of the respondents viewed the planning model as…

This comprehensive statewide plan was developed to revitalize the Maryland educational system on the school, school system, and state levels by 1992. The plan incorporates the following elements: (1) a set of data-based areas that are considered most useful to inform and guide the school's instructional results for each student; (2) a computerized…

As more emphasis is placed upon institutional research that provides information relating to long-term strategic planning, as well as to short-term operational considerations, program evaluation techniques that merely analyze past or current budget and enrollment statistics will become increasingly inadequate. Such techniques are based on data…

While program evaluations at most community colleges provide decision-makers with tactical data relating to past or current budget and enrollment statistics, there is an increased need to evaluate programs on the basis of long-term strategic information relating to projected market forces such as the future economic health of the community or…

Designed to provide Oregon vocational directors and teachers with a process for collecting information to be used in evaluating and planning vocational education programs, this handbook presents guidelines for both local annual planning and long-range planning. Various items to consider when reviewing an existing program are covered, including…

Presented is a comprehensive guide to college planning principles and strategies designed for administrators new to the instructional planning function. An introductory section encourages new planners to understand the characteristics of planning and successful planners, understand different types of planning, appreciate the importance of all of…

Policy-impact analysis is introduced as a model to aid higher education in dealing with the significant problems in the decade of the 1980s. The model provides a framework within which a variety of futures research techniques are tied to policy development, implementation, and evaluation. The utility of the model is that it structures…

Trends in state budgeting agencies' staffs, roles, functions and relative power, interagency relationships and relative power, and the effects of professional staffing on budget policy and on democratic practice and decision-making are considered. The following three types of legislative staffs that impinge directly on budget decisions are…

This report discusses a 3-year project to examine and develop agency structures to implement a more person-centered design in Minnesota agencies assisting individuals with disabilities. Five of the eight participating agencies offered residential services; two offered vocational, employment, and day programs; and one offered both residential and…

In order to improve its institutional research, Vancouver Community College (VCC) conducted a survey of faculty and administrative personnel to determine the data that were of greatest value in decision-making and planning and the areas in which existing data collection and analysis efforts needed improvement. The questionnaire asked respondents…

This guide contains information designed to provide vocational directors and teachers with a process for collecting information to be used in evaluation and planning. The first section of the guide, consisting of information for use in local annual planning, outlines procedures for reviewing community data, evaluating existing programs, assessing…