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Jacqueline M. Nowicki – US Government Accountability Office, 2024
In 2021-2022, Head Start served nearly 790,000 young children, primarily from low-income families. However, the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) estimates that far more children are eligible than can be served due to limited resources, heightening the importance of targeting services effectively. House Report 117-96 includes a…
Descriptors: Poverty, Enrollment Trends, Low Income Students, Social Services
Ferguson, Daniel – Child Care & Early Education Research Connections, 2018
Many states with preschool programs, as well as other interested organizations and individuals, have undertaken research and evaluation efforts to improve their understanding of state preschool program implementation, results, and impacts. A 2004 review by Gilliam and Zigler examined state efforts to evaluate preschool programs from 1997 to 2003.…
Descriptors: State Programs, Preschool Education, Program Evaluation, Educational Quality
Data Quality Campaign, 2016
States are required by federal law to create annual report cards for the public with key data about how their students and schools are doing. The Data Quality Campaign (DQC) decided to find out if these report cards are easily found and understood. In summer 2016, DQC took the following steps: (1) reviewed 51 report cards (all 50 states and the…
Descriptors: Public Schools, School Effectiveness, Achievement Rating, Information Dissemination
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Cornman, Stephen Q. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2015
This First Look report presents data on public elementary and secondary education revenues and expenditures at the local education agency (LEA) or school district level for fiscal year (FY) 2012.1. Specifically, this report includes findings from the following types of school finance data: (1) Revenue and expenditure totals by state and the 100…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Secondary Education, School Districts, Public Education
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Cornman, Stephen Q. – National Center for Education Statistics, 2015
This First Look report introduces new data for national and state-level public elementary and secondary revenues and expenditures for fiscal year (FY) 2012. Specifically, this report includes findings from the following types of school finance data: (1) Revenue and expenditure totals; (2) Revenues by source; (3) Expenditures by function and…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Secondary Education, School Districts, Public Education
Chase, Richard; Egbert, Andi; Valorose, Jennifer – Wilder Research, 2011
The Early Childhood Advisory Council (ECAC) in Minnesota makes recommendations to the Governor and Legislature, and is responsible for fulfilling the duties required by federal and state statutes. The Council was created in 2008 by the Governor's Executive Order 08-14. The ECAC consists of 18 members, including the State Director of the Head Start…
Descriptors: Report Cards, Human Services, School Readiness, Disadvantaged Youth
Malagon, Helen; McCold, Paul; Nelson, Joan Johnston – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2013
This report provides an update on the Transitional Bilingual Instruction Program (TBIP). In 2012-13, 104,025 English language learners (ELLs) received state services through the TBIP. This was an increase of just over 9% from the previous year. Most students live in urban areas along Interstate 5 corridor and in rural areas like the Yakima Valley.…
Descriptors: Transitional Programs, Bilingual Education, English Language Learners, Second Language Instruction
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2009
A year ago, the U.S. experienced the first symptoms of economic unrest--a sharp spike in fuel prices, rising costs and rising debt, and a jump in foreclosures. Between May and June 2008, unemployment rose a half-point to 5.5 percent and 49,000 jobs were lost. American higher education has been on a collision course with financial reality for more…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Economic Opportunities, Unemployment, Economic Climate
North Dakota Department of Public Instruction, 2009
The Biennial Report presents a summary of programs and services provided by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction for 2007-2009. The State Superintendent notes that while North Dakota's education system is good, slippage in test scores is occurring, cracks in the education system are developing and some students are falling through…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Programs, State Aid, State Departments of Education
Kentucky State Advisory Council for Vocational Education and Manpower Development and Training, Frankfort. – 1975
The annual report of the State Advisory Council for Vocational Education and Manpower Development and Training addresses the major areas, as perceived by the committee, to be most in need of attention in order to improve the quality of vocational education in Kentucky. These areas are: improved communication with the general public, greater use of…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Annual Reports, Educational Finance, Enrollment Trends
Alabama State Commission on Higher Education, Montgomery. – 2001
The Alabama Commission on Higher Education has the statutory responsibility for the overall statewide planning and coordination of higher education in Alabama, the administration of various student aid programs, and the performance of designated regulatory functions. This annual report provides information about all of these responsibilities and…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Educational Finance, Educational Planning, Educational Research
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1973
The reports comprising the document are from the State directors of vocational education, the National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, and the State Advisory Councils on Vocational Education. The reports from the State directors form Part 1, the largest part of the document, presenting the most comprehensive and detailed information on…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Advisory Committees, Annual Reports, Consumer Education
Laney, L. J. – 1970
Financed and operated under the provisions of a contract between the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of Education, and the Oklahoma State Department of Education, this document describes the Indian Education Program in Oklahoma, which is authorized by the Johnson-O'Malley Act and supervised by the State Department of Education. This 1970…
Descriptors: American Indians, Annual Reports, Attendance Records, Contracts
Franz, Jennifer D. – 1979
This is the technical report of a study conducted to measure the impact of the cutbacks necessitated by Proposition 13 on the availability and quality of vocational education in California, recommend reforms in the priority-setting process for vocational education given reduced levels of support, and recommend changes in regulations and/or…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Program Budgeting, Program Development, Program Evaluation
SKAGGS, KENNETH G.; AND OTHERS – 1962
IMPROVED LEGAL FOUNDATIONS FOR PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGES ARE NEEDED IN MOST STATES. BASIC LEGISLATION SHOULD (1) BE PHRASED IN BROAD TERMS, SETTING STATE POLICY AND GENERAL PROCEDURES, (2) ESTABLISH AN AGENCY FOR STATEWIDE ADMINISTRATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF DEVELOPMENT, SUPERVISION, AND COORDINATION, (3) PROVIDE FOR STATEWIDE AND LOCAL AREA…
Descriptors: College Planning, Community Surveys, Conference Reports, Criteria
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