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Download full textSirinides, Phil; Fantuzzo, John; LeBoeuf, Whitney; Barghaus, Katie; Fink, Ryan – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2015
High-quality care in the earliest years of life has been shown to relate to positive developmental outcomes for children, including improved early academic skills, social-emotional competencies, and cognitive functioning. Unfortunately, the early care experiences of many children are not always high quality; rather, research suggests that…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Research Reports, Educational Quality, Quality Control
Fiore, Thomas A.; Nimkoff, Tamara; Munk, Tom; Carlson, Elaine – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2013
The "Personnel Development Program to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities" is authorized under Section 662 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and is known as the Personnel Development Program (PDP). The PDP is administered by the U.S. Department of Education's (ED's) Office of Special…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Federal Programs, Program Evaluation, Special Education
Lyons, Charles W.; And Others – 1985
A project was implemented to help program staff from the aging and child care networks to plan and implement intergenerational programs. Specific objectives were to: (1) train approximately 15 staff members from the aging network and 15 staff members from the child care network in each of five different geographic regions of Pennsylvania to plan…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Older Adults
Peer reviewedGordon, Stephen P.; And Others – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 1995
Results are reported for an evaluative study of a multidistrict innovation in Pennsylvania that instituted a teacher peer-coaching program across multiple school districts. The program, which promotes peer-coaching teams through workshops, flourished in schools where there was good staff development and high administrative support. (SLD)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Collegiality, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education
Cotrell, Calvin; And Others – 1988
This document is a transcript of a panel discussion on the development and early stages of implementation of an accountability system for vocational education professional personnel development in Pennsylvania. Representatives of the Bureau of Vocational and Adult Education, Pennsylvania Department of Education, and three of the four participating…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cooperative Programs, Higher Education, Inservice Education
Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13, Lancaster, PA. – 1997
EQUAL (Educational Quality or Adult Literacy) is Pennsylvania's program improvement initiative that measures performance by the quality of education learners receive. For 3 years, Project EQUAL was piloted in adult education agencies throughout the state. Beginning in 1997, the pilot projects helped to develop a process for continuous program…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Quality, Literacy Education
McCann, Richard – 1992
This report summarizes the progress made by schools participating in the Northeast (Pennsylvania) Chapter 1 Program Improvement Task Force during the 1990-91 and 1991-92 school years. The first section gives an overview of project activities, and the second presents a summary of what each school team accomplished in the school years studied. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change
Nagy, Mark C.; Gregory, Lynn W. – 1984
This report contains findings from a study to examine the impact of Pennsylvania's Customized Job Training (CJT) program upon clients (trainees), business/industry, local education agencies (LEAs), and local communities and the commonwealth. Chapter 1 details study purposes, design, and procedures. Chapter 2 presents a summary description of the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Entry Workers, Improvement Programs, Inplant Programs
Evaluation of the Long Term Educational Grant Program of the Social Security Act, Title XX, 1978-80.
Laverty, Grace E. – 1980
A Pennsylvania Department of Education 1979 evaluation of the long-term educational grant program provided for in the Social Security Act 1975 Amendments is described. Interview schedules were developed and administered to supervisors and students working in Title XX agencies on effects of the just completed educational experience on job…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Clinical Experience, Experiential Learning, Federal Programs
Reiff, Tana, Ed. – 1993
This handbook is an introduction to the topics that adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) program administrators need to know. The 77 articles by various authors are divided into 6 sections. "A Background for the ABLE Program Administrator" covers the definition of a program administrator, a guiding philosophy, a brief history of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Counseling, Adult Learning, Career Education
Northwest Tri-County Intermediate Unit, Edinboro, PA. – 1977
Progress toward four stated objectives in a K-12 career education project was determined after examining the field testing results of students, interviews, and data analysis. Satisfactory progress was made toward objective 1: revising, expanding, and refining two computer retrieval career education units. On a developer questionnaire teachers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Awareness, Career Development, Career Education
Alamprese, Judith A.; Stickney, Eric M. – 1999
Project Educational Quality in Adult Literacy (EQuAL) was initiated to improve the quality of adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) services provided to adult learners in Pennsylvania. Project EQuAL's objectives were as follows: (1) set performance standards to facilitate delivery of quality ABLE programs to adult learners; (2) institute a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Coordination
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park. Div. of Occupational and Vocational Studies. – 1978
A study was conducted to determine the state of the art in vocational education programming for disadvantaged in Pennsylvania and the nation, and to develop materials to improve vocational programs for the disadvantaged. Project efforts focused on programs serving the academically/economically disadvantaged in regular classes, special classes, and…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Economically Disadvantaged
