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WICHE Workplan FY 2016
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Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2015
The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and its 16 member states and territories work collaboratively to expand educational access and excellence for their citizens. By promoting innovation, cooperation, resource sharing, and sound public policy, WICHE strengthens higher education's contributions to social, economic, and…
Descriptors: Interstate Programs, Educational Finance, Access to Education, Higher Education
WICHE: Six Decades of Collaboration in the West
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Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2015
The Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) and its 16 members work collaboratively to expand educational access and excellence for all citizens of the West. By promoting innovation, cooperation, resource sharing, and sound public policy among its members and their institutions, WICHE strengthens higher education's contributions…
Descriptors: Interstate Programs, Organizations (Groups), Higher Education, Student Exchange Programs
Differences in the Distribution of High School Achievement: The Role of Class-Size and Time-in-Term
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Corak, Miles; Lauzon, Darren – Economics of Education Review, 2009
This paper adopts the technique of [DiNardo, Fortin and Lemieux (1996). "Labour market institutions and the distribution of wages 1973-1992: A semiparametric approach." "Econometrica, 64"(5), 1001-1044.] to decompose differences in the distribution of PISA reading scores in Canada, and assesses the relative contribution of…
Descriptors: Class Size, School Choice, Foreign Countries, Time Factors (Learning)
Who Are the Influentials? A Cross-State Social Network Analysis of the Reading Policy Domain
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Song, Mengli; Miskel, Cecil G. – Educational Administration Quarterly, 2005
This study assessed policy actors' influence on state reading policy and compared the structure of reading policy networks across eight states. Data for the study came from structured interviews and archival documents and were analyzed using social network analysis methods. This study found that state reading policy networks were heterogeneous in…
Descriptors: Network Analysis, Social Networks, Educational Policy, Change Agents
Looking Beyond Government: The Transfer of the T.E.A.C.H. Early Childhood[R] Model across States. Charting Civil Society. No. 15
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Kerlin, Janelle – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2004
While the transfer of policy between state governments is a well-researched practice, little is known about the state-to-state spread of programs generated and implemented by nonprofit organizations. In 1990, the nonprofit Child Care Services Association in North Carolina began an education and compensation scholarship program for 21 child care…
Descriptors: Nonprofit Organizations, Child Care, Technology Transfer, Media Adaptation
How State Policies and Practices for Alternate Assessment Impact: Who Is Included in NAEP State Assessments
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Thurlow, Martha L. – National Assessment Governing Board, 2004
States have taken a variety of approaches in the development of their alternate assessments and the policies and procedures that support them. This has resulted not only in alternate assessments that differ from state to state in their characteristics, but also in variations in the characteristics and percentages of students who are targeted for…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, State Regulation, State Standards, Comparative Analysis