Kern County Children and Families Commission (First 5 Kern) is funded by the Proposition 10 ballot initiative to support services for children prenatal to age five in California. The state revenue comes from an extra 50-cent tax on tobacco products, and is distributed according to the proportion of live births in each county. Following a…

This fact sheet summarizes data gathered in the 2012 survey of National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grant recipients. Conducted by EvaluATE, the evaluation resource center for the ATE program located at The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University, this was the thirteenth annual survey of ATE projects…

This fact sheet summarizes data gathered in the 2011 survey of National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grant recipients. Conducted by EvaluATE, the evaluation resource center for the ATE program located at The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University, this was the twelfth annual survey of ATE projects and…

This report addresses the following four questions by reporting on the impacts of Head Start on children and families during the children's preschool, kindergarten, and 1st grade years: (1) What difference does Head Start make to key outcomes of development and learning (and in particular, the multiple domains of school readiness) for low-income…

This fact sheet summarizes data gathered in the 2010 survey of National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grant recipients. Conducted by EvaluATE, the evaluation resource center for the ATE program located at The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University, this was the eleventh annual survey of ATE projects and…

This fact sheet summarizes data gathered in the 2009 survey of National Science Foundation (NSF) Advanced Technological Education (ATE) grant recipients. Conducted by The Evaluation Center at Western Michigan University, this was the tenth annual survey of ATE projects and centers. Included here are statistics about the program's grantees and…

Documented are the activities of the Modeling Panel of the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee (GMENAC) charged with three fundamental tasks: (1) to estimate physician manpower requirements for the year 1990 in each of 23 specialty areas; (2) to project physician supply for 1990 in each of these areas; and (3) based upon…

The Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee's (GMENAC) report on the present and future supply and requirements of physicians by specialty and geographic location is provided. Part I presents a listing of Panel recommendations and options for addressing the problem, while Part II presents an introduction to this report. Part III…

The Ohio Council on Vocational Education consists of 13 members: 7 from private business, industry, agriculture, labor, and the State Job Training Partnership Act administration, and 6 from secondary and postsecondary education. The council advises the governor, the State Board of Education, and the private sector on developing state plans,…

This report presents a summary and synthesis of data from 169 Wisconsin schools, all of which conducted extensive vocational program self-evaluations in 1987-91. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the evaluation project process, including the survey instruments used and a list of participating schools. The next eight chapters review selected data…

This report presents a summaay and synthesis of data from 43 Wisconsin schools, each of which conducted an extensive vocational program self-evaluation in 1990-91. Chapter 1 provides an overview of the evaluation project process, including the survey instruments used and a list of participating schools. The next eight chapters provide a review of…

In fall 1988, the Delta College (DC) Board of Trustees appointed a committee of 100 citizens from Saginaw, Bay, and Midland counties to study current college operations and develop recommendations for future directions for DC in the areas of programs, facilities, and finance. Three subcommittees were formed to examine each of these areas. The…

This report summarizes some AISD activities to support reading and mathematics instruction in grades K-5 for the 2004-2005 school year.

The results are presented of an institutional evaluation conducted by Vancouver Community College (VCC) in 1978-79 which involved a survey of 14 groups within the college community and an investigation of the survey findings by a visiting team of administrators and instructors from other institutions. The report first describes the advantages of…

The Workplace Training Project began as a partnership between Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon, and four area businesses. Their primary objective was to develop worksite-specific, learner-centered, competency-based workplace curricula in topics such as the following: basic math, fractions and measurement in the workplace, survival math for…