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Peer reviewedChester, Deborah R.; Tracy, Jessamyn A.; Earp, Emily; Chauhan, Reetu – Evaluation Review, 2002
Presents preliminary evaluation findings from Florida's Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program that explore the relationships between educational program quality and program characteristics. Several program characteristics are found to be related to measurements of educational program quality, including proportion of teachers who are…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Education, Correlation, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedBlomberg, Thomas G.; Waldo, Gordon P. – Evaluation Review, 2002
Provides an overview and a context leading to Florida's efforts to implement an evaluation-driven research and associated quality assurance system for its juvenile justice education policies and practices. The Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program described began implementing Florida's evaluation research and quality assurance system in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Peer reviewedMajor, Aline K.; Chester, Deborah R.; McEntire, Ranee; Waldo, Gordon P.; Blomberg, Thomas G. – Evaluation Review, 2002
Describes two stages of the Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program's pre-, post-, and longitudinal evaluation research and reports on the pilot studies used to explore how to design statewide research on pre- and post-assessment scores and community reintegration outcomes. Findings suggest that higher performing programs produce greater…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Peer reviewedWinokur, Kristin Parsons; Li, Spencer; McEntire, Ranee – Evaluation Review, 2002
Discusses the evaluation of juvenile justice education through Florida's Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program as it involves the integration of multiple data sources. Examines the methodological, political, and bureaucratic obstacles encountered in the development of this evaluation system. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Peer reviewedBlomberg, Thomas G.; Waldo, Gordon P. – Evaluation Review, 2002
Examines the role of politics in the Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program's effort to use evaluation research data to inform Florida's juvenile justice education policies and practices. Two examples illustrate that by maintaining an overriding commitment to its evaluation research purpose, the Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Peer reviewedPesta, George; Respress, Trinetia; Major, Aline K.; Arazan, Christine; Coxe, Terry – Evaluation Review, 2002
Describes the Juvenile Justice Educational Enhancement Program's implementation of an evaluation research-driven quality assurance process for Florida's juvenile justice educational programs. Reviews the literature on juvenile justice educational practices and describes the educational quality assurance standards and annual modifications that draw…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Correctional Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices
Download full textDwiggins, Donna; And Others – 1986
This module, which is one in a series of training packages intended to train educators working with handicapped adolescents and young adults in correctional settings, deals with the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (PL 94-142) and individualized education programs (IEPs). Addressed in the individual sections of the module are the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Education, Competency Based Education, Correctional Education
Coffey, Osa D.; And Others – 1989
This resource manual is intended to assist correctional agencies in developing or upgrading educational and support services for adult inmates with retardation or learning disabilities. Following an introductory section, section 2 summarizes definitions and symptoms of mental retardation and learning disabilities, identifies their incidence among…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation
Michigan State Council on Vocational Education, Lansing. – 1995
This document summarizes the major activities of the Michigan Council on Vocational Education (MCOVE) during the years 1992-93 and 1993-94. The preface outlines the objectives and functions of the MCOVE, which is composed of 13 individuals representing citizens and various groups interested in vocational education in Michigan, including secondary…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Annual Reports, Cooperative Planning, Correctional Education
App, Anne H. – 1991
This publication summarizes presentations and discussions from a conference that addressed specific issues in the National Assessment of Vocational Education and in the 1990 Perkins Act that mandated the assessment. Introductory materials include a summary of consensus issues from the conference (David Boesel), welcoming remarks (Bruno Manno), and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Accountability, Correctional Education
App, Anne H., Comp. – 1991
This collection of 22 papers is organized by the five conference topics. "Part 1: Effects of the Perkins Act on Policy and Practice" contains five papers: "Federal Legislation as Rorschach Test: Methodological Issues in Assessing the Effects of the 1990 Perkins Act on States and Localities" (Grubb); "Effects of the 1990…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Education, Accountability, Correctional Education
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1999
The 21st annual report to Congress on the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is divided into four sections organized around a model that views educational results as products of three sets of factors: the context and environment in which the education is provided, student characteristics, and school programs…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compliance (Legal), Correctional Education, Disabilities
