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Sugarman, Julie; Fee, Molly; Donovan, Anne – Language Teaching, 2015
The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) is a private, nonprofit organization with over 50 years' experience in the application of research on language and culture to educational and societal concerns. CAL carries out its mission to improve communication through better understanding of language and culture by engaging in a variety of projects in…
Descriptors: Applied Linguistics, Language Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Adult Education
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Harris, Alma – European Journal of Education, 2008
This article explores the process and practice of knowledge creation within development and research (D and R) networks. It focuses upon D and R networks in England that are currently engaged in collaboration and innovation. Early evaluative evidence suggests that D and R school networks offer "spaces" for collaborative working, mutual…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods
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Yin, Robert K.; Hackett, Edward J.; Chubin, Daryl E. – Peabody Journal of Education, 2008
National Science Foundation's (NSF's) MSP Program seeks foremost "to improve student outcomes in high-quality mathematics and science by all students, at all pre-K-12 levels". The MSP Program, consisting of a portfolio of funded projects, in part positions itself as a research and development (R&D) program. This study has addressed the need to…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Partnerships in Education, Program Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
US Department of Homeland Security, 2010
Critical infrastructure and key resources (CIKR) provide the essential services that support basic elements of American society. Compromise of these CIKR could disrupt key government and industry activities, facilities, and systems, producing cascading effects throughout the Nation's economy and society and profoundly affecting the national…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Research and Development, National Security, Information Management
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Sailor, Wayne; And Others – 1993
A 5-year research program, the Research Institute on the Placement and Integration of Children with Severe Disabilities, was conducted to survey current definitions and placement patterns involving large representative samples of children 3 to 21 years old with severe disabilities. Twenty variables, including characteristics of students, families,…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Educational Practices
Center for Leadership Development, Los Angeles, CA. – 1984
Drawing on interviews, documents, and eight studies, this policy research study offers information and recommendations in order to fulfill the responsibility of the National Council on Educational Research to establish general policies for, and review the conduct of, the National Institute of Education (NIE). Questions guiding this study are: the…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Change, Educational Improvement, Educational Research
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1985
This document is the seventh annual publication of abstracts of research projects conducted within the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) by external agencies or individuals. Each researcher has passed a screening process in which AISD staff members from a variety of departments reviewed proposals. This screening insures the…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation, Research and Development
Smith, Jana Kay – 1983
Costs have long been an important consideration in educational programming. Only recently, however, have systematic cost analysis methodologies been applied in educational evaluation. This report identifies and documents the application of cost methodologies within evaluation and service projects conducted by Northwest Regional Educational…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1984
The Austin Independent School District (AISD) Office of Research and Development publishes abstracts of research projects conducted within the AISD by external agencies or individuals. This compilation begins with a roster of external research projects in tabular form showing the AISD project number, title, project director and sponsor, schools…
Descriptors: Educational Researchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1976
The Austin Independent School District received an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III grant in 1973 to develop an internal research and evaluation capability. Funding was provided the resulting Office of Research and Evaluation (ORE) for three years. The foci of the original grant were (1) to develop a district evaluation model, (2)…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation
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Gallaher, Karen S.; And Others – Evaluation and Program Planning, 1987
The effectiveness of product development as a component of technical assistance services offered to demonstration projects is examined. It is concluded that written documents produced by technical assistance agencies do not appear to have a direct effect on programs delivering services to the handicapped. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Loesch-Griffin, Deborah A.; And Others – 1986
A report is given of the problems and successes of an evaluation team engaged in examining a 9-year community research demonstration project. The project, the Stanford Heart Disease Prevention Program, was designed to develop effective health education programs and to institutionalize these programs through community organizations so that they are…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Interdisciplinary Approach, Program Development
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Mirel, Jeffery – Education Next, 2002
Traces the development of New American Schools, a nonprofit organization created in 1991 to apply a research and development approach to the design and dissemination of models of whole-school reform. (PKP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Curriculum Design, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
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Davis, Niki; Roblyer, M. D.; Charania, Amina; Ferdig, Rick; Harms, Chad; Compton, Lily Ko Li; Cho, Mi Ok – Internet and Higher Education, 2007
Virtual schooling, or the practice of offering K-12 courses via distance technologies, has rapidly increased in popularity since its beginning in 1994. Although effective interaction with and support for students in these environments requires a unique set of skills and experiences, teacher education programs currently place very little emphasis…
Descriptors: Preservice Teacher Education, Research and Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Formative Evaluation
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Klein, Susan S. – Educational Researcher, 1997
Responds to Robert Slavin's article "Design Competitions: A Proposal for a New Federal Role in Educational Research and Development" (Educational Researcher, 1997). Compares two approaches to improving federal educational research and development management: the System of Expert Panels, and Proposed Design Competitions. Key similarities…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Improvement, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
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