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Parke, Carol S.; Generett, Gretchen Givens; de Almeida Ramos, Renata – Middle School Journal, 2017
The purpose of this study was to understand how schools address two specific criteria of the Schools to Watch® (STW) program: Social equity and developmental responsiveness. Descriptions of replicable practices, program/school characteristics, and initiatives created by each of the STW sites in Pennsylvania were analyzed. The data also includes…
Descriptors: School Effectiveness, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria
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Valesey, Brigitte; Allen, Jo – New Directions for Student Services, 2009
Founded in 1821, Widener University is a two-state (Pennsylvania and Delaware), four-campus, eight-college private institution serving approximately 6,700 students. Following arrival of the new senior vice president and provost in 2004 and subsequent reorganization of vice presidential responsibilities, Student Affairs is now led by a dean of…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Academic Support Services, College Instruction, College Environment
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Burlingame, Philip J.; Dowhower, Andrea L. – New Directions for Student Services, 2009
Founded in 1855 as the Farmer's High School, the Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) began as a small college in Centre County providing agricultural education to young men from regional farm families. Penn State became a land-grant university in 1863 following passage of the Morrill Act. Today, Penn State enrolls more than 83,000 students…
Descriptors: Student Personnel Services, Academic Support Services, College Instruction, College Environment
Stoudt, John; And Others – 1985
These criteria are designed for use by teachers and administrators to conduct a self-assessment of an industrial arts program for students and thus identify outstanding programs. General criteria are grouped under 12 standards: purpose, administration and supervision, learning resources, finances, instruction, equipment, facilities, instructional…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Evaluation Criteria, Industrial Arts, Program Evaluation
Reynolds, Harris W.; And Others – 1967
Evaluation must be an integral part of the educational process concerned with the continuing development of better procedures and techniques for measuring outcomes of the educational program. The best evaluation is carried on by the local school district as self-evaluation. The manual provides forms for self-evaluation of vocational-technical…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Program Evaluation
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Public Instruction, Harrisburg. – 1968
Proceedings of the first meeting of the State Advisory Committee for the Pennsylvania Bureau of Quality Education Assessment are provided. The proceedings are comprised of the following: Superintendent's Message; Charge to the Committee; The Plan for Assessing Educational Quality in Pennsylvania; What Will Quality Education Assessment Measure?;…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Educational Quality, Educational Testing, Evaluation Criteria
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Benham, Nancy; And Others – Young Children, 1988
A beginning strategy for achieving high quality in child care programs was derived from results of an examination of 21 Pennsylvania child care centers. These centers used the Early Childhood Environmental Rating Scale (ECERS) to assess program quality. Implications for staff training are discussed. (BB)
Descriptors: Child Caregivers, Day Care, Day Care Centers, Early Childhood Education
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Curriculum Services. – 1975
These criteria for determining excellence in reading programs were designed to focus attention on the substance rather than the form of reading instruction in Pennsylvania. School district evaluators are directed to apply an evaluation scale of zero, indicating an item is not applicable, to five, indicating a high score, to the criteria. Criteria…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Cotrell, Calvin J. – 1988
In response to a mutual need for better communication between the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Bureau of Vocational and Adult Education (BVAE) and four universities in Pennsylvania operating vocational education professional personnel development centers, an accountability system was designed through a cooperative effort with center…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Programs, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1978
This group of reports constitutes the first series of observations designed to document the experiences of six state agencies (Delaware, Oregon, Michigan, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Mississippi) which are developing model program evaluation/management support units that will affect the development and implementation of policy in federal/state…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Needs, Models
Merrifield, Juliet – 1998
In the current environment of global economic restructuring, changes in work and employment, and large-scale immigration to the United States, adult basic education (ABE) is facing demands that it be accountable for its performance by demonstrating its success in terms of student and societal outcomes. The increasing calls for ABE to develop a…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Competence
Pellow, Randall A.; Kuhns, Polly – 1992
Pennsylvania does not have a legislatively mandated program in place for assessing teacher education programs in institutions of higher education. This study was conducted to examine how Pennsylvania's public and private universities and colleges assess the quality of their teacher education programs. Deans and/or chairs of teacher education…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Admission Criteria, Education Majors, Educational Assessment
Guise, Harry W.; And Others – 1981
A three-year project was conducted in Pennsylvania to design and implement a comprehensive model evaluation management information and policy support unit within the state vocational rehabilitation (VR) agency. Five mandated project tasks were carried out to produce products that are necessary for program evaluation (PE). Proposed Federal…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Case Studies, Demonstration Programs, Evaluation Criteria
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Special and Compensatory Education. – 1977
An evaluation team visited each of nine program sites to evaluate Pennsylvania's summer migrant education programs. Evaluation criteria were based on the Eleven National Goals of Migrant Education, state goals (dealing with staff development, curriculum, communities, and administration), and local objectives which considered regional differences.…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Ancillary Services, Bilingual Education, Career Awareness
Inskip, George B., Comp. – 1976
Designed to meet the children's academic, vocational, and social needs, Pennsylvania's migrant programs served 1,393 children during 1976. Social workers, local ministers, project staffs, and the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS) office staff at Millersville identified and recruited the children. School records were used to identify…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Bilingual Education, Career Exploration, Community Involvement
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