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Download full textHorace Mann Learning Center (ED), Washington, DC. – 1991
Application review is the most important part of the Department of Education's funding process and is designed to ensure that projects are worthwhile and that awards are fair and impartial. The critical step in application review is competitive, objective evaluation by reviewers. This workbook was developed by the Department of Education to…
Descriptors: Budgets, Cost Effectiveness, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education
Fang, Wei Li; Covert, Robert W. – 1986
Three studies identifying the characteristics of program submittals approved by the Joint Dissemintion Review Panel were examined. Between 1978-1985, 358 demonstration programs were submitted. For each of these years, between 51 percent and 83 percent of the submittals were approved. In this study, the submittals were reviewed on the basis of the…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedDeStefano, Lizanne – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1992
Citing the signaling and charged use distinction, examines federal expectations and need for evaluation data and extent of local capabilities to meet those expectations when secondary/transition model demonstration projects, funded by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitation Services, were obligated to improve amount, quality, and use of…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1994
On March 31, 1993, President Clinton signed into law the Goals 2000: Educate America Act. The Goals 2000 Act sets educational improvement and participation as national priorities to be achieved through local and state ingenuity, not federal control. This document offers general information on the Act and provides questions to help educators and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives
Cook, Desmond L., Ed.; Stoycheff, Peter A., Ed. – 1973
The papers comprising these proceedings discuss the nature and purpose of the Independent Educational Accomplishment Audit (IEAA), a concept born in the late 1960's to establish accountability for mandatory technical assistance programs funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act: (1) origins and rationale of the Independent Educational…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Philadelphia School District, PA. Office of Accountability and Assessment. – 1992
This paper describes: the development and implementation of Schoolwide Projects (SWPs) in the School District of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania); evaluation models permitted by Chapter 1 regulation and policy; ways these models were used in Philadelphia and results that were obtained; and approaches that are sensitive to the effects of SWPs. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cohort Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education
PDF pending restorationDepartment of Education, Washington, DC. – 1995
During calendar year 1994, the U.S. Department of Education published significant revisions to the Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR). These regulatory changes addressed the noncompeting continuation (NCC) application process for discretionary grants and cooperative agreements, the Department's implementation of the…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Government
Stalford, Charles B. – 1992
This paper argues that the National Diffusion Network (NDN) is a valuable tool for disseminating information about effective school improvement programs (SIPs). It considers why SIPs are not found more frequently in the NDN and what can be done to remedy this situation, from the perspective of the executive secretary of the NDN Program…
Descriptors: Documentation, Educational Improvement, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Kansas State Dept. of Education, Topeka. – 1979
The major focus of this report is on the Kansas State Department of Education's (KSDE) plan for the expenditure of Title I funds in Kansas. Specific information provided includes: (1) an overview of Title I administration; (2) Federal, State, and local school district reponsibilities for Title I; (3) KSDE's monitoring and enforcement plan; (4) a…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Finance, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1990
The Chapter 1 Clinical and Guidance Program provided diagnostic and counseling services to students enrolled in Chapter 1 nonpublic school remedial instruction programs--Corrective Reading, the Reading Skills Center, Corrective Mathematics, and English as a Second Language (ESL). Program documents, data retrieval forms, observations of staff…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Computer Assisted Instruction, Counseling Services, Elementary Secondary Education
Loucks, Susan F. – 1983
Teachers who implement new programs have often been observed to adapt them to suit their own teaching situations. This process of adaptation raises four important issues: (1) Can teachers replicate practices developed elsewhere? (2) Can they be equally effective in doing so? (3) Must adaptation occur for implementation to succeed? and (4) Can…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Streiff, Paul R. – 1977
In the 1976-77 school year, the Title IV Program included 11 components: continuation of the Parent Advisory Committee; sponsorship of 4 community/school feasts centered around Title IV concerns; employment of classroom aides; development of cultural instructional objectives and materials; elementary school counselor to help meet the most serious…
Descriptors: American Indians, Community Involvement, Cultural Education, Educational Assessment
