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Middle Cities Education Association, MI. – 1979
This report presents findings of surveys to determine the effects of the 1976 Vocational Education Amendments on the required coordination between the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) and postsecondary vocational education at the federal, state, and local levels. An introduction is followed by a discussion (chapter 2) of results of…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Advisory Committees, Agency Cooperation, Community Colleges
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1978
Summaries are presented of all research and evaluation work conducted by the Austin Independent School District during the 1977-78 school year. Summaries are divided into the following areas: 1978 at a glance; district priorities; basic skills achievement; systemwide achievement profiles; low socioeconomic status (SES) achievement; professional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Annual Reports, Basic Skills
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Schools, Charlotte, NC. – 1968
This application for continuation of an ESEA, Title III, grant to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg, N.C., Schools' Experimental Model School Unit (a senior high school and its two junior high and six elementary feeder schools with a program of research, experimentation, innovation, and dissemination designed to act as a catalyst for curriculum,…
Descriptors: Data Processing, Education Service Centers, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives
White, Arthur – 1967
Families that participate in CAP programs express keen desires to make more money, to get a better education for their children, to keep their children out of trouble, to make the available money go farther, to get more training and better jobs, to get better medical care, and to have more attractive homes. This is especially true of the large…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Age Differences, Attitudes, Blacks
InterAmerica Research Associates, Washington, DC. – 1976
From August 1975 to January 1976, a study was conducted to provide an assessment of the migrant and seasonal farmworker situation. Inquiry was along the topic divisions of demographics, employment and manpower, housing, education, health, supportive services, economic development, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) 303 and other…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Agricultural Laborers, Ancillary Services, Coordination
Carroll, Stephen J.; And Others – 1977
An empirical approach is taken to the problem of predicting effects of student financial aid programs on postsecondary enrollment rates and patterns. A model of students' enrollment decisions is developed and used to estimate the likely effects of alternative award policies for the Basic Educational Opportunity Grant (BEOG) program. The analysis…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Bound Students, College Choice, Educational Economics
Katz, Lilian G., Ed.; And Others – 1977
This volume is a collection of informative integrative reviews of primary research and development reports relevant to workers and students in early childhood education. The articles are: (1) "Psychological Perspectives and Early Childhood Education: Some Relations between Theory and Practice"; (2) "Children's Friendships in School…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Development, Child Psychology, Children
Hillson, Maurie; And Others – 1969
This selection of 49 articles deals with the crises and conflicts of urban education. Articles discuss the impact of urbanization, social stratification, the effects of urban poverty on black and Puerto Rican families, and the disadvantaged school dropout. Many articles deal with proposed solutions. Among these are readings which discuss the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Blacks, Classes (Groups of Students), Community Schools
Scientific Educational Systems, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1970
The Joint Federal/State Task Force on Evaluation (the Belmont Group) is currently developing a Joint Comprehensive Evaluation System (JCES) for the federally funded programs under the federal acts listed above. It is planned that JCES will replace the multiplicity of evaluation systems (and paper work) under the separate existing programs. This…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria
Office of National Drug Control Policy, 2005
The first National Drug Control Strategy set ambitious two and five-year performance based goals: (1) to lower the rate of drug use by 10 percent over 2 years among both youth and adults; and (2) to lower the rate by 25 percent over 5 years. The chapters in this updated version are keyed to the strategies three priorities: (1) Stopping Use Before…
Descriptors: Narcotics, Correctional Institutions, Drug Use, Program Effectiveness
Imel, Susan – 2003
Workplace literacy was the focus of attention during the era of the National Workplace Literacy Program (NWLP), funded by the U.S. Department of Education from 1988-1996. Since then, it has not disappeared, in part because recent legislation such as the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) and Welfare Reform Act has increased the work-related focus of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Economic Development
Thain, John W. – 1994
Two studies at the Defense Language Institute (California) investigated the contribution of several variables to prediction of post-language-training proficiency: (1) scores on a general vocational aptitude battery and a language aptitude battery, both used to screen potential students; (2) scores on other cognitive measures not used in the…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Anxiety, English, Federal Programs
National Accessible Reading Assessment Projects, 2006
The National Accessible Reading Assessment Projects (NARAP) is a collaboration of two projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education to conduct research and development on accessible reading assessments for students with disabilities that affect reading. The goal of these projects is to produce research findings and assessment techniques that…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Federal Legislation, Definitions, Focus Groups
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1997
This hearing, the ninth in a series discussing issues related to the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, focuses on three programs: Aid for Institutional Development, or Title III; the National Early Intervention Scholarship and Partnership Program; and the TRIO programs, which provide support services and scholarships for students, as…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Black Colleges, College Students, Disadvantaged Youth
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1997
This report analyzes repayment patterns for federally supported student financial aid distributed through the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (FDLP), which includes an income-contingent repayment (ICR) plan that ties borrowers' monthly payments to income, family size, and loan amount. This report analyzes 3 year usage of ICR in…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational Finance, Eligibility, Federal Legislation
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