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Setting Expectations for Good Education: How Dutch School Inspections Drive Improvement
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Ehren, Melanie; Perryman, Jane; Shackleton, Nichola – School Effectiveness and School Improvement, 2015
With decentralisation becoming increasingly widespread across Europe, evaluation and accountability are becoming key issues in ensuring quality provision for all (Altrichter & Maag Merki, 2010; Eurydice, 2004). In Europe, the dominant arrangement for educational accountability is school inspections. The purpose of this research is to identify…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Involvement, Inspection, Expectation
Evaluation of Formal Training Programmes in Greek Organisations
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Diamantidis, Anastasios D.; Chatzoglou, Prodromos D. – European Journal of Training and Development, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to highlight the training factors that mostly affect trainees' perception of learning and training usefulness. Design/methodology/approach: A new research model is proposed exploring the relationships between a trainer's performance, training programme components, outcomes of the learning process and training…
Descriptors: Training Objectives, Structural Equation Models, Program Evaluation, Performance Factors
Opportunities and Threats Created by Extension Field Staff Specialization
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Ahmed, Adeel; Morse, George W. – Journal of Extension, 2010
Public expectations are rising, and budgets are falling for many public services, including the Cooperative Extension System (CES). Economists suggest specialization of CES educators is one means of handling this dilemma. This article examines changes in the opportunities perceived by Minnesota educators of moving from a cluster-county form of…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Needs Assessment, Specialization, Statewide Planning
Collaboration between Families and Early Intervention Service Providers.
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Filer, Janet D.; Mahoney, Gerald J. – Infants and Young Children, 1996
A survey of 73 early intervention service providers and 193 parents of infants/toddlers with disabilities was conducted to determine differences in perceptions of the level of service provided, the importance of the service, and ideal program components. Substantial family/provider discrepancies were found in perceptions of services being…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Disabilities
The Effectiveness of Regional Center Cooperatives and Regional Education Cooperatives in Providing Special Education Services to Rural New Mexico.
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Sauble, Tara L.; Rhodes, Robert L. – Rural Special Education Quarterly, 1998
Surveys of staff in 10 rural regional cooperatives and 27 special education directors in New Mexico regarding their perception of program effectiveness found that the regional cooperative approach provides special education-related services (training, technical assistance, grant writing) and personnel that schools would have difficulty maintaining…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Attitudes
ABE/GED in Community Colleges. A National Study.
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Office of Vocational and Adult Education, Washington, DC. Div. of Adult Education. – 1988
A study was conducted to determine to what extent community college-based adult basic education/general educational development (ABE/GED) programs reflect program characteristics addressed in the professional literature; to identify a general state of the art for the college delivery of ABE/GED services; and to understand better the current and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Community Colleges
Career Based Curriculum Project. Final Report.
Union County School District, Monroe, NC. – 1977
A three-year (1974-77) K-14 Career Based Curriculum (CBC) project was conducted in Union County, North Carolina, to implement career education concepts into four elementary schools, two middle schools, and four senior high schools. During the third year of the project, a career center serving the secondary schools and the community was opened. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education