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Mueller, Betsy; Peterangelo, Joe; Henken, Rob – Public Policy Forum, 2016
The State of Wisconsin's YoungStar system was created by the Legislature and Governor in 2010 to "drive quality improvement in child care throughout the state." YoungStar uses a five-star system to rate child care providers based on several measures of quality, including staff education levels, learning environment, business methods, and…
Descriptors: Child Care, Educational Quality, Educational Improvement, Outcome Measures
Hulsey, Lara; Aikens, Nikki; Xue, Yange; Tarullo, Louisa; West, Jerry – Administration for Children & Families, 2010
The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) was first launched in 1997 as a periodic longitudinal study of program performance. Successive nationally representative samples of Head Start children, their families, classrooms, and programs provide descriptive information on the population served; staff qualifications, credentials,…
Descriptors: Family Life, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Family Environment
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Austin, Gilbert R. – International Journal of Early Childhood, 1973
Reviews early childhood education in Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, England, and Wales. Discussion centers on administration, financing, teacher education, preschool setting, aims and objectives, and research activities. (CS)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Early Childhood Education, Educational Administration
Pryor, Guy C. – 1968
An evaluation is provided of a project designed to create a bilingual environment and a program of bilingual instruction for first and second grade Spanish speaking children. A comparison is included of the language development and reading ability of the students taught in Spanish and English with those taught in English only. A pre- and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Comparative Analysis, Educational Environment
Adams High School, Portland, OR. – 1970
This report is an assessment of the events of the first year of operation of John Adams High School, Portland, Oregon. The primary goal of the school was to provide an educational experience relevant to the needs and interests of all adolescents, regardless of their intentions about pursuing further formal education. The report is oriented toward…
Descriptors: Action Research, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives, Educational Programs
STERN, GEORGE G.; AND OTHERS – 1966
A QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PEACE CORPS TRAINING UNITS AND TRAINEES WAS MADE TO PROVIDE A BASIS FOR RATING PROGRAM QUALITY, ESTABLISHING UNIFORM TRAINING OBJECTIVES AND PROCEDURES, ENABLING TRAINING INSTITUTIONS TO IDENTIFY AND IMPROVE AREAS OF WEAKNESS, AND SELECTING TRAINEES. AN ANALYSIS OF 63 PEACE CORPS…
Descriptors: Achievement, Affiliation Need, Cross Cultural Training, Educational Environment
House, Peggy A. – 1977
The Minnesota Talented Youth Mathematics Project (MTYMP) aimed to accelerate the mathematics learning of extremely talented junior high school pupils in special fast-paced classes outside of the regular school program. During the 1976-77 school year, 65 pupils from Duluth, St. Paul, and Minneapolis, Minnesota earned credit in Algebra I and II.…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Acceleration