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Direct linkTansey, Timothy; Bezyak, Jill; Kang, Hyun-Ju; Yan, Min-Chi; Chan, Fong – Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2020
Background: The hiring of persons with disabilities continues to lag relative to the employment outcomes of persons without disabilities. Objective: The goal of this descriptive study was to examine human resources (HR) professionals' perceived needs and development considerations related to the use of a community of practice (CoP) to improve the…
Descriptors: Human Resources, Professional Personnel, Employment Practices, Communities of Practice
Download full textNational Center for Systemic Improvement at WestEd, 2015
This document provides a list of recommended existing resources for state Part C and Part B 619 staff and technical assistance (TA) providers to utilize to support evaluation planning for program improvement efforts (including the State Systemic Improvement Plan, SSIP). There are many resources available related to evaluation and evaluation…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Program Improvement, Planning, Technical Assistance
Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families, 2019
The Department Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is a new cabinet level agency focused on the well-being of children. The vision is to ensure that "Washington state's children and youth grow up safe and healthy-thriving physically, emotionally and academically, nurtured by family and community." (House Bill 1661) DCYF serves as the…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, State Programs, Federal State Relationship
Toelle, Nancy M.; Blankenship, Karen E. – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2008
Administrators across the U.S. are collecting and analyzing program and student-specific data to meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act (2001), Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (2004), and state performance plans. Although most states are not required to disaggregate data for students who are visually impaired,…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Federal Legislation, Program Effectiveness, Accountability
Kenney, Genevieve; Cook, Allison; Dubay, Lisa – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2009
The Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act (CHIPRA) of 2009 gave states additional resources and tools aimed at improving participation in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP). In 2007, five million uninsured children were eligible for Medicaid or CHIP, constituting 64 percent of all uninsured children.…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Children, Health Insurance, Enrollment
National Early Childhood Technical Assistance Center (NECTAC), 2009
This document is intended to assist State Education Agency (SEA) and Lead Agency (LA) staff and technical assistance providers in designing a meaningful evaluation for the State Performance Plan (SPP)/Annual Performance Report (APR) improvement activities. It provides: (1) information about the relevance of evaluation in the context of improvement…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Technical Assistance, Program Improvement, Guidelines
National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Alexandria, VA. – 1992
This report presents a plan of the National Association of State Directors of Special Education's Project FORUM to establish and implement the on-going process of identifying national program information needed for improving the management, administration, delivery, and effectiveness of programs and services under the Individuals with Disabilities…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1989
The Discretionary Programs, Parts C through G of Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, provide a framework for meeting the unique educational needs of children with disabilities. At this hearing, representatives of disability organizations provided information concerning program effectiveness and program impact on the…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Brown, James M.; Johnson, David R. – 1986
Programs to aid disadvantaged youth in making the transition from school to work are often lacking or underdeveloped. As a result, many disadvantaged youth become unemployed, and more than half of disabled adults are unemployed. The Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act contains provisions for vocational services for special populations. This…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth, Education Work Relationship
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and the Workforce. – 2003
The U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Education Reform held a hearing on March 13, 2003, to hear testimony on the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). This booklet contains the minutes of the hearing. The hearing focused on how IDEA could be improved and on pre-referral intervention. The booklet is divided into the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1983
This document, a transcript of a series of Congressional hearings, considers the reauthorization of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act and the Education of the Handicapped Act. The hearings were designed to assess the effectiveness of existing programs and to seek ways to ensure their continued success in the future. Testimony and prepared reports…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Hearings
Mirkin, Phyllis K., Ed.; And Others – 1982
Federal law (PL 94-142) has charged schools with the task of constructing for handicapped students individual educational programs that specify curriculum-based goals with procedures for measuring progress toward these goals. To demonstrate substantive and procedural compliance with this law, measurement and evaluation procedures must be…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Klare, Matthew – National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, 2006
In order to comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) 2004, states must collect valid data as needed to report annually to the Secretary of Education. This requirement, combined with those set forth in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation, has led states to collect and analyze data about their programs, districts,…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Equal Education
Weaver, Carolyn L. – American Enterprise, 1995
Welfare reform must include reform of the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, which is more costly and faster growing than Aid to Families with Dependent Children. SSI allows growing numbers of disabled citizens to depend on the government in spite of new employment opportunities for the disabled and protective legislation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Children, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Disability Discrimination
Coyle-Williams, Maureen; Maddy-Bernstein, Carolyn – TASPP Brief, 1991
This brief describes new requirements for vocational education program improvement and evaluation mandated by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Act of 1990. Recommendations to enhance the impact of program improvement and evaluation activities are included. The first two sections discuss developing new state…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Accountability, Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
