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Cook-Harvey, Channa M.; Darling-Hammond, Linda; Lam, Livia; Mercer, Charmaine; Roc, Martens – Learning Policy Institute, 2016
Despite the American promise of equal educational opportunity for all students, persistent achievement gaps among more and less advantaged groups of students remain, along with the opportunity gaps that create disparate outcomes. However, the recent passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) represents an opportunity for the federal…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Cook-Harvey, Channa M.; Darling-Hammond, Linda; Lam, Livia; Mercer, Charmaine; Roc, Martens – Learning Policy Institute, 2016
Despite the American promise of equal educational opportunity for all students, persistent achievement gaps among more and less advantaged groups of students remain, along with the opportunity gaps that create disparate outcomes. However, the recent passage of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) represents an opportunity for the federal…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Kotamraju, Pradeep; Mettille, John L., III – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2012
Career and technical education (CTE) is increasingly seen as a major potential contributor to the recovery of the U.S. economy. However, the effectiveness and impact of the current Carl D. Perkins Act (otherwise known as Perkins IV) that governs CTE are unclear. Is the federal investment in CTE paying off? To answer this, we need to establish the…
Descriptors: Career Education, Technical Education, Vocational Education, Cost Effectiveness
Denison, Dwight V.; Stiefel, Leanna; Hartman, William; Deegan, Michele Moser – Institute for Education and Social Policy, 2009
A long standing debate among policymakers as well as researchers is whether and how funding affects the quality of education. Often missing from the discussion is information about the costs of providing education at the school level and below, yet such information could impart a better indication of the linkages between outcomes and resources…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Financial Support, Costs, Evaluation Methods
Zellmer, Michael B.; Frontier, Anthony; Pheifer, Denise – Educational Leadership, 2006
To gather information on how No Child Left Behind's testing mandates have affected students and schools, Wisconsin ASCD conducted an electronic survey of administrators in every school district in the state. A total of 171 districts responded. Their responses indicated that the very resources that are central to the goals of NCLB--instructional…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Special Needs Students, School Counselors, Academic Achievement

Riggin, Leslie J. C.; And Others – Evaluation and the Health Professions, 1995
In October 1994, legislation established a requirement that Public Health Services (PHS) programs spend at least 0.2% of appropriated funds on program evaluation. Legislative changes are a result of a study of the use of PHS set-aside funds from 1988 through 1992. They are intended to encourage more and better evaluation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Change, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization, Federal Legislation
Ashby, Cornelia M. – Government Accountability Office, 2006
Title III of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLBA) designates federal funds to support the education of students with limited English proficiency and provides for formula-based grants to states. This report describes the data the Education Department used to distribute Title III funds and the implications of data measurement issues for the…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, State Officials, Limited English Speaking, Community Surveys
Cornman, John M.; Madden, J. Patrick – 1977
During its three-year pilot period, Title V of the Rural Development Act of 1972 demonstrated its potential as part of a broad national rural strategy and should be carefully expanded with special attention to funding, organization, and evaluation policies. Initial funding at $20 million yearly would provide each state with $100,000 (an amount…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Definitions, Evaluation Methods, Federal Legislation
Stullich, Stephanie; Eisner, Elizabeth; McCrary, Joseph – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2007
This two-volume report, and Summary of Key Findings, presents findings from the congressionally mandated National Assessment of Title I on the implementation and impact of the program. Volume I contains key findings on the implementation of the program under No Child Left Behind, and Volume II [see ED499018] presents a report on follow-up findings…
Descriptors: Private Schools, Teacher Effectiveness, Mathematics Instruction, Federal Legislation