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Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, 2017
Labor market and skills intelligence, which provides information on current and future labor market trends and skill needs, can help people, enterprises and policymakers make informed decisions. Cedefop's project, "Governance of Skills Anticipation and Matching Systems: Country Reviews," aims to help participating EU states overcome…
Descriptors: Job Skills, Labor Needs, Policy Formation, Public Policy
Lockheed, Marlaine E. – OECD Publishing, 2015
This report provides a systematic review and empirical evidence related to the experiences of middle-income countries and economies participating in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA), 2000 to 2015. PISA is a triennial survey that aims to evaluate education systems worldwide by testing the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Developing Nations
Haque, Bali – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2014
This is a powerful critique of two decades of educational reform in New Zealand, from an educator who was deeply involved. It is also a provocative call for action. Bali Haque has been both a secondary school principal required to implement reform and a senior public servant in the New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) tasked with pushing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Change Strategies, Secondary Schools
Petrilli, Michael J.; Roza, Marguerite – Thomas B. Fordham Institute, 2011
After years of non-stop increases--national k-12 per-pupil spending is up by "one-third" in inflation-adjusted dollars since 1995--schools now face the near-certainty of repeated annual budget cuts for the first time since the Great Depression. In some states and districts, reductions will be dramatic--well into the double digits. And…
Descriptors: Baby Boomers, Budgets, Public Education, Expenditure per Student
State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2011
The State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report is produced annually by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) to broaden understanding of the context and consequences of multiple decisions made every year in each of these areas. No single report can provide definitive answers to such broad and fundamental questions of public…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Taxes, Tax Effort, Income
State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2010
The State Higher Education Finance (SHEF) report is produced annually by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO) to broaden understanding of the context and consequences of multiple decisions made every year in each of these areas. No single report can provide definitive answers to such broad and fundamental questions of public…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Taxes, Tax Effort, Income
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Brown, Ian; Kendall, Diana – Australian Art Education, 1998
Examines the implementation process of Education and the Arts (1985), a major Australian federal arts education policy, using the Synthesis Model of Implementation Process. Finds that overall the Education and the Arts (1985) policy was unsuccessful in achieving its desired outcomes. Discusses the results. (CMK)
Descriptors: Art Education, Educational Policy, Evaluation Methods, Financial Support
State Higher Education Executive Officers, 2009
Financing higher education requires political leaders, policymakers, and educators to address broad public policy questions, including ascertaining: the levels of state funding to colleges and universities that are necessary to maintain the economic and social well-being of the American people; the tuition levels that are appropriate given the…
Descriptors: Productivity, Higher Education, Taxes, Tax Effort
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Poulsen, Marie Kanne – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1994
Twenty-one recommendations addressing 11 topics related to the needs of infants and young children in substance-abusing families were generated as a result of 2 meetings of experts, practitioners, and policymakers in California. Recommendations cover terminology, prevention, assessment, early intervention, family treatment, foster care, family…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Evaluation Methods, Family Problems, Financial Support
Educational Testing Service, Washington, DC. – 1998
Several federal legislative proposals have called for specified minimum pass rates on state teacher licensing examinations to establish institutional eligibility for certain federal funding. Thirty-one states and the District of Columbia will use The Praxis Series: Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers developed by the Educational…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Evaluation Methods
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
Frances, Carol; And Others – Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges, 1987
This handbook is intended to assist governing boards of higher education institutions in using key indicators (quantitative or qualitative information that describes the condition of some aspect of the institution) to: evaluate the strategic position of their institutions, compare the institution to its peers, and monitor changes in its condition…
Descriptors: College Programs, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Finance
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Gomby, Deanna S.; Larson, Carol S. – Future of Children, 1992
Reviews types of evaluation that may be applied to school-linked services; and discusses the needs for a range of evaluative strategies for program providers, policymakers, and funders. For some programs evaluation will be primarily descriptive, whereas for others a carefully designed outcome evaluation will be possible. (SLD)
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Delivery Systems, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education
National School Boards Association, Alexandria, VA. – 1985
Two questions--how school boards might create more productive schools using the tools of the electronic age, and how they might create new learning opportunities and overcome some of the problems schools now face--were addressed at the national conference summarized in this document. The report reviews the current status of public education today…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Computer Software, Computer Uses in Education, Economics
Young, Stephen – 1971
A discussion of the age of accountability in American education is presented. The point is made that this new element is causing many educators to think more precisely about their goals, how they can be achieved, and how they can determine the degree to which they have been achieved. State laws are appearing and school policies are being defined…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Behavioral Objectives, Curriculum Design
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