This report describes the aesthetic education project, which embraces a conceptual structure, a perceptual approach to learning, and belief that aesthetics can be inculcated into the teaching-learning process. The project's goal was to develop an educational base and requisite expertise so that teachers can organize an aesthetic education…

This is a report of a pilot study performed by the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) of the New York State Education Department. The study investigated the post college experiences of HEOP graduates and dropouts at three institutions in Western New York: Canisius College, Buffalo; Rosary Hill College, Snyder; and Niagara University. The…

Second-year evaluation of the career education projects at Saint Paul and Minneapolis from October 1975 through June 1976 was conducted in three phases: Management activities, curriculum development/inservice workshops, and student outcomes. Findings indicated evidences of community involvement, staff development through inservice activities, cost…

An evaluation of the Title IV financial aid to students is provided, including the issues of minority access to higher education, the costs to the nation of that education, and the benefits accrued. (MLW)

The use of surveys of student aid recipients in one university is reported, focusing on survey rationale and methodology. Topics include survey organization, questionnaire content and design, sampling and procedures, and analysis and presentation of results. The significance and use made of information obtained from one recent survey are…

The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998 extended support for "career guidance and academic counseling." A wide variety of such interventions are in existence. Since the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 emphasizes evidence-based education, it is important to examine the research to determine the…

"Heritage Keepers[R]" is an abstinence education program developed by Heritage Community Services of South Carolina and is among the 900-plus programs receiving federal funding under the Title V, Section 510 Abstinence Education Program. The "Heritage Keepers[R]" program provides a systemic approach to abstinence education…

The purpose of this paper is to present findings from a program evaluation conducted to examine the effectiveness of the Schools Attuned program in a north Texas school district. Schools Attuned was developed by a professor of pediatrics, Dr. Mel Levine (2002), as a professional development model to train teachers to identify cognitive and…

The seminar represents an effort on the part of the Center for Civic Education to create a forum in which teachers would become emotionally engaged with the artifacts, sites and experiences of those that lived through the Civil Rights Movement. The central hypothesis thereby being that such an engagement would transform the ability and willingness…

Indiana's Comprehensive Action Plan (I-CAP) provides a framework for program excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement in adult education. The action plan includes guiding principles and benchmarks for quality programs. Adult education programs are evaluated annually on these 10 established principles of program quality: educational…

The Job Training Partnership Act's Out-of-School Youth program (OSY) was audited to determine whether participants' reported outcomes for positive terminations were accurate and fully documented and what impact program interventions had on participants' post-program earnings. Program services and outcomes were audited for 499 OSY participants at…

This monograph presents second-year progress reports on the University-School Teacher Education Partnerships underway at 15 locations across North Carolina. Each report presents 1998-99 highlights, an overview of the partnership, second-year goals, key components, implementation strategies, outcomes, lessons learned, and future directions.…

This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Extended-Service Schools (ESS) Initiative, which supported the creation of 60 after school programs in 20 low-income communities nationwide. Each community adapted one of four nationally recognized models that had been successfully developed and implemented in other cities. The models all promoted…

When a program with demonstrated effectiveness is expanded, knowing how it works and why it works the way it does is an indispensable first step in preserving its quality. This report draws on P/PV's experience with different programs to show how to define a model's essential elements to increase the chances of successful replication. It contains…

The Center for Evaluation & Education Policy (CEEP) promotes and supports rigorous, nonpartisan program evaluation and education policy research primarily, but not exclusively, for educational, human services, and non-profit organizations. The Center is located at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. It is associated with the IU School…