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Fox, Lindsay; McCullough, Moira; Caronongan, Pia; Herrmann, Mariesa – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2019
The Race to the Top - Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) grants program, sponsored by the U.S. Departments of Education and Health and Human Services, aimed to improve children's access to high quality early care and education. RTT-ELC awarded more than $1 billion over three rounds of grants to help states develop and implement systems that rate…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
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Bola, John; Chan, Tiffany Hill Ching; Chen, Eric HY; Ng, Roger – Research on Social Work Practice, 2016
Objectives: Promoting recovery in mental health services is hampered by a shortage of reliable and valid measures, particularly in Hong Kong. We seek to cross validate two Chinese language measures of recovery and one of recovery-promoting environments. Method: A cross-sectional survey of people recovering from early episode psychosis (n = 121)…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mental Health Programs, Mental Health, Chinese
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Kimbel, Tyler; Clemens, Elysia V. – Professional School Counseling, 2015
The School Counseling Program Report Card--Student Version is a program evaluation tool designed to capture high school student perceptions of school counseling services. This article describes the initial instrument development process. Exploratory factor analysis (N = 305) yielded a 22-item instrument with three subscales that mirror the ASCA…
Descriptors: School Counseling, Program Development, Program Validation, Counseling Services
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Landry, Jeffrey P.; Pardue, J. Harold; Daigle, Roy; Longenecker, Herbert E., Jr. – Information Systems Education Journal, 2013
This paper describes an instrument designed for assessing learning outcomes in data management. In addition to assessment of student learning and ABET outcomes, we have also found the instrument to be effective for determining database placement of incoming information systems (IS) graduate students. Each of these three uses is discussed in this…
Descriptors: Database Management Systems, Evaluation Methods, Graduate Students, Information Systems
Guarino, Cassandra M.; Reckase, Mark D.; Stacy, Brian W.; Wooldridge, Jeffrey M. – Education Policy Center at Michigan State University, 2014
We study the properties of two specification tests that have been applied to a variety of estimators in the context of value-added measures (VAMs) of teacher and school quality: the Hausman test for choosing between random and fixed effects and a test for feedback (sometimes called a "falsification test"). We discuss theoretical…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Evaluation Methods, Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality
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Warren, John Robert; Saliba, Jim – Educational Researcher, 2012
How many students repeat a grade each year? How do retention rates vary across states and over time? Despite extensive research on the predictors and consequences of grade retention, there is no systematic way to quantify state-level retention rates; even national estimates rely on imperfect proxy measures. We present a conceptually simple…
Descriptors: Grade Repetition, School Holding Power, Public Education, National Surveys