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Download full textJoint Economic Committee, Washington, DC. – 1990
A hearing was held to discuss the future of Project Head Start. Witnesses from corporations offered testimony supporting the strengthening of early childhood education, particularly Head Start, and urging the federal government to give increased attention to early childhood education. Subsequent testimony from experts, program directors, and…
Descriptors: Business Responsibility, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Early Childhood Education
Phelps, L. Allen; And Others – 1982
A 6-month study was conducted of Illinois job training, rehabilitation, and vocational education programs serving handicapped persons by the Illinois Vocational Education Task Force. From a list sent to 225 vocational and special education directors, Comprehensive Employment and Training Act prime sponsors, and rehabilitation services officers,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness
Evans, Karen; Brown, Alan – 1983
This report presents findings of an evaluation of the Trades Education (TRADEC) schemes to report on the approach's distinctive features and to assess its effectiveness and potential to meet the needs of the populations it serves. Chapter 1 describes the origins and key features of TRADEC courses; succeeding chapters examine how they were…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Research
Gabbard, Lydia Carol Moore – 1981
A study compared the cost effectiveness of secondary child care and commercial foods occupational home economics programs in Kentucky. Identified as dependent variables in the study were program effectiveness, cost efficiency, and cost effectiveness ratio. Program expenditures, community size, and program age were considered as independent…
Descriptors: Child Care Occupations, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Employer Attitudes
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1984
This report summarizes recent compensatory education program activities in Ohio, which were funded through Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. It presents and discusses statistics for the 1982-83 school year, participation trends, instructional impact, expenditure and staffing patterns, inservice training, parent…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education
McBain, Susan L. – 1978
One of seven career education programs chosen for nationwide dissemination by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare's Joint Dissemination Review Panel (JDRP), the Career Development Program is being conducted for grades K-10 in Akron, Ohio. For the years 1971-75, it received funding from federal, state, and local sources. Based on the…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Finance
Kalmar, Rosalyn Rudolph – 1975
The Culver City (Calif.) Schools' Spanish Immersion Program (SIP) offers an innovative and highly successful approach to the development of proficiency in a foreign language in the elementary grades. This approach differs from most bilingual programs in that for the first two years the students are completely immersed in Spanish. When the students…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Schools, Bilingual Teachers, Cost Effectiveness
Public Systems, Inc., Huntsville, AL. – 1975
The report describes the accomplishments of the Career Opportunities Program (COP) from its initiation through March 1, 1975. The program trained individuals from low-income backgrounds for new careers in schools serving children from low-income families. Based on data from 36 of 132 projects (27.8 percent), the report, in four major sections,…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation, Career Ladders, Career Opportunities
Virginia State General Assembly, Richmond. Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission. – 1975
This document contains a performance evaluation of the Virginia Community College System (VCCS), based on data collected by each institution and state agencies, field interviews, original surveys of community college students and staff, and contact with industry. Section I reviews the legislature's intent in establishing the VCCS with regard to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Articulation (Education), College Faculty, Community Colleges
Welch, Doug – 2001
As part of its Jobs Initiative (JI) program in six metropolitan areas Denver, Milwaukee, New Orleans, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Seattle the Annie E. Casey Foundation sought to develop and test a method for establishing benchmarks for workforce development agencies. Data collected from 10 projects in the JI from April through March, 2000,…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Comparative Analysis, Employment Programs, Enrollment
Powers, Donald E. – College Entrance Examination Board, 1998
To document the extent of special test preparation for the SAT I: Reasoning Test, a stratified random sample of some 6,700 students who registered to take the SAT in 1995-96 was surveyed. A smaller companion survey sought information about special preparation programs from a stratified random sample of secondary schools whose students take the…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, Test Preparation, Use Studies, Incidence
Peer reviewedMurtuza, Athar; Ketkar, Kusum W. – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience, 1995
A study investigated the cost effectiveness of a Seton Hall University (New Jersey) freshman studies program designed to improve retention, stabilize enrollments, and enrich campus life. Data were analyzed from short- and long-term perspectives. Results indicate that, despite increasing costs, the program is a cost-effective approach to student…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Academic Persistence, Case Studies, College Environment
Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education. – 1988
This compilation of materials represents the major activities of the Washington Center for the Improvement of the Quality of Undergraduate Education between 1985 and 1988. The volume includes: (1) a proposal to the Ford Foundation for funding to promote collaborative projects between two- and four-year colleges related to faculty development,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consortia, Critical Thinking, Curriculum Development
BCEL Newsletter for the Business & Literacy Communities, 1992
About 2 years after enactment of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Program, the Southport Institute for Policy Analysis began a 2-year study of how extensively JOBS was being implemented at the state level, in what manner, and with what results. The study included four elements: literature review, interviews and consultations with…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Case Studies, Economically Disadvantaged
Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC. – 1993
This guide offers a framework for making sound decisions among the range of available choices to maximize the educational opportunities of integrated students with disabilities. The framework permits programs to be classified according to their approaches to intervention and general characteristics. A planning process is presented for use in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, Consultation Programs, Decision Making, Disabilities
