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Direct linkKasprzak, Christina; Hebbeler, Kathleen; Spiker, Donna; McCullough, Katy; Lucas, Anne; Walsh, Sharon; Swett, Judy; Smith, Barbara J.; Kelley, Grace; Whaley, Kathy T.; Pletcher, Lynda; Cate, Debbie; Peters, Mary; Ayankoya, Betsy C.; Bruder, Mary Beth – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2020
The Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center used a rigorous 2-year collaborative process to develop, test, and revise a conceptual framework for high-quality state early intervention (EI) and early childhood special education (ECSE) systems. The framework identifies six critical components of a state system and what constitutes quality in each…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Special Education, Preschool Education, Preschool Children
Wong, Viola Yuk-Yue – Management in Education, 2012
This paper attempts to deal with the elusive nature of quality in quality management, using a case study to examine quality control measures implemented in an academic context and to show an emergent framework for quality enhancement. This paper introduces the concept of the ecology of quality assurance and examines efforts to maintain and advance…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Quality Control, Ecology, Quality Assurance
Sirinides, Phil; Fantuzzo, John; LeBoeuf, Whitney; Barghaus, Katie; Fink, Ryan – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2015
High-quality care in the earliest years of life has been shown to relate to positive developmental outcomes for children, including improved early academic skills, social-emotional competencies, and cognitive functioning. Unfortunately, the early care experiences of many children are not always high quality; rather, research suggests that…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Research Reports, Educational Quality, Quality Control
Spangehl, Stephen D. – Planning for Higher Education, 2012
For the past 12 years, the Academic Quality Improvement Program (AQIP) has offered an innovative means for colleges and universities to maintain regional accreditation with the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), the only regional U.S. accrediting commission currently providing alternative pathways for maintaining accreditation. Although all HLC…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Higher Education, Educational Quality, Improvement Programs
Mizikaci, Fatma – Quality Assurance in Education: An International Perspective, 2006
Purpose: To propose an evaluation model for the quality implementations in higher education through an analysis of quality systems and program evaluation using a systems approach. Design/methodology/approach: Theoretical background, research and practice of the quality systems in higher education and program evaluation are analysed in conjunction…
Descriptors: Systems Approach, Program Evaluation, Models, Higher Education
Michigan State Council on Vocational Education, Lansing. – 1996
This document proposes a direction and strategies for using a total quality management approach to develop and implement standards for evaluating vocational education students and assessing programs throughout Michigan. Discussed in part 1 are the following: the terms "standards,""assessments," and "certification";…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education, Employment Qualifications
Washington Governor's Council on School-to-Work Transition, Seattle. – 1995
In January 1994, Washington's governor asked 28 representatives of business, labor, education, government, and the public (parents and students) to participate in the Governor's Council on School-to-Work Transition. The council spent 9 months examining the issue of school-to-work transition and formulating an action plan for establishing a…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Advisory Committees, Change Strategies, Cooperative Planning
Gall, Dan; Payne, Emily Miller; Burger, Phil; Curtis, Evelyn; Douglas, James; Kean, Nona; Parker, Ursula; Perez, Juan; Rosenberg, Sheila; Saucedo-Schwarz, Myrna; Franklin, Effie; Reed, Joseph – 2002
This guide is designed as an aid for the adult education administrator in the pursuit of continuous excellence and quality improvement in adult education programs in Texas. The Acknowledgments section provides an introduction, background, history, and overview of the adult education National Reporting System (NRS); overview of the NRS measures and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Guides, Administrators, Adult Education
Sorenson, Gary W.; Suzuki, Warren N. – 1978
This report describes a project to develop a system for community colleges to delineate, obtain, and provide information for judging whether to continue, modify, or terminate occupational education programs. The report reviews the project's background, objectives, procedures, accomplishments, problems, evaluation, and conclusions/recommendations.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Disadvantaged
Australian National Training Authority, Brisbane. – 1996
In 1995, efforts to develop Australia's vocational education and training (VET) system focused on implementing Australia's first national strategy for VET, Towards a Skilled Australia. All stakeholders in VET worked to advance Australia's national strategy for VET, which revolved around the following four themes: responsiveness (maximizing…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Annual Reports, Delivery Systems
MacAllum, Keith; McDonald, Deanne; Johnson, Amy Bell – 2002
This document profiles the Lansing Area Manufacturing Partnership (LAMP), which is a model school-to-career initiative featuring an innovative integrated, employer-driven curriculum that was designed, developed, and implemented through the joint efforts of the Ingham Intermediate School District in Lansing, Michigan, the United Auto Workers (UAW),…
Descriptors: Career Development, Cultural Pluralism, Delivery Systems, Education Work Relationship
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. – 2000
This document reports on a 2-day symposium that brought together 180 representatives of Campus Alberta, which is a major initiative to make learning opportunities more flexible and responsive to learners' needs by focusing on such things as system coordination, course transferability, and ways to build on existing strengths and which now…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Programs
