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Direct linkAckerman, Debra J. – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2021
Policymakers, child care providers, and parents face tradeoffs in determining how much to spend on child care, including how many hours to purchase, and the features of programs that might influence quality. Given these tradeoffs, it is useful to understand what constitutes quality, the cost of care features associated with quality, the effects of…
Descriptors: Infants, Toddlers, Child Care, At Risk Persons
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Download full textWebber, Ann; Rui, Ning; Garrison-Mogren, Roberta; Olsen, Robert B.; Gutmann, Babette – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2019
The District of Columbia (DC) Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) is the only federally funded program that provides vouchers to low-income families to send their children to private schools. Congress created the OSP in 2004 and reauthorized it in 2011 under the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act. As part of the 2011 SOAR Act,…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Scholarships, Educational Vouchers, Low Income Students
Dynarski, Mark; Rui,Ning; Webber, Ann; Gutmann, Babette – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2018
The District of Columbia (DC) Opportunity Scholarship Program (OSP) was created by Congress in 2004 to provide tuition vouchers to low-income DC parents who want their child to attend a private school. Reauthorized in 2011 by the Scholarships for Opportunity and Results (SOAR) Act, the program places a priority on serving students leaving…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Scholarships, Educational Vouchers, Low Income Students
Powell, Gregg – NHSA Journal, 1996
Provides a brief explanation of the Head Start Expansion and Improvement Act of 1990. Describes the expanded and improved services provided to Head Start children and families and the quality enhancements made to the Head Start program and staff as a result of implementing the act. Lists other elements, in addition to funding, that are important…
Descriptors: Children, Educational Quality, Federal Legislation, Program Content
Schuh, Mary; Dixon, Beth; Tashie, Carol; Clarke, Jean; Dillon, Ann; Shapiro-Barnard, Susan; Hagner, David; Nelson, Debra; Nisbet, Jan – 1996
This manual describes the "New Hampshire Leadership Series," a leadership training program designed to assist individuals with disabilities and their families to create a vision for themselves and to achieve positive futures. The manual is divided into six major sections. The first section, "Introducing the New Hampshire Leadership…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Disabilities, Family Involvement, Family Programs
American Institutes for Research, 2005
The Transition to Teaching (TTT) program is described in Part C, Innovations for Teacher Quality, Subpart 1, Chapter B of the "No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act." Its purposes are "(a) to recruit and retain highly qualified mid-career professionals (including highly qualified paraprofessionals) and recent graduates of an institution…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Teacher Qualifications, Grants, Teacher Effectiveness
Grembowski, David – 1986
This guide is intended to assist states and service delivery areas (SDAs) in addressing the new oversight responsibilities and opportunities stipulated by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) with respect to process evaluation. The first chapter provides an overview of the JTPA organizational system. Discussed next is the relationship among…
Descriptors: Coordination, Cost Effectiveness, Delivery Systems, Educational Legislation
The Federal Civil Rights Enforcement Effort--1974. Volume 6: To Extend Federal Financial Assistance.
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1975
The report evaluates the civil rights activities of several Federal agencies with responsibilities for ensuring nondiscrimination toward women and minorities in their Federally assisted programs under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The agencies reviewed are the Extension Service of the Department of Agriculture; the Health and Social…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Administrative Policy, Civil Rights Legislation, Discriminatory Legislation
Golas, Julianna C.; Horm, Diane; Caruso, David A. – Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 2006
Early Head Start services are typically offered through home- or center-based delivery models. A formative evaluation of an example of each service delivery model was conducted. The purpose was to examine the issues involved in the implementation of these two service delivery models relative to the content of services, intensity of services,…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Program Implementation, Formative Evaluation, Family Involvement
National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council, Washington, DC. Committee on Evaluation of Employment and Training Programs. – 1978
This document presents the principal findings and recommendations of a study conducted by the Committee on Evaluation of Employment and Training Program to assess the impact of CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) on manpower programs. This report is divided into two parts. Part 1 provides an overview of CETA's history, summarizes…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Economic Factors
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Planning and Evaluation. – 1978
This annual report presents information on projects funded with monies from the Elementary Secondary Education Act, Title IV-C, that may help project directors, evaluators, and potential IV-C proposal writers in the management, evaluation, and writing of IV-C programs. Evaluation of each IV-C project was completed by the appointed evaluators…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Annual Reports, Citizenship Responsibility, Community Education
Mirengoff, William; Rindler, Lester – 1978
This document presents the final report of a study conducted by the Committee on Evaluation and Training Programs to assess the impact of CETA (Comprehensive Employment and Training Act) on manpower programs. The report examines the differences between CETA Title I programs and their predecessors and compares legislative goals with results. It…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Delivery Systems
Women Work! The National Network for Women's Employment, Washington, DC. – 1992
The Coalition on Women and Job Training has developed a women's job training agenda that focuses on nine issues related to women's full participation in training and achievement of economic self-sufficiency. The issues highlighted in the agenda are as follows: (1) the need to make long-term economic self-sufficiency the goal of all employment and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Coordination, Educational Legislation, Educational Needs
Drew, Jenifer D.; And Others – 1981
A study was conducted to determine the extent to which federal policies, as defined in the Education Amendments of 1976, have affected the content and objectives of Consumer and Homemaking Education (C&HE) programs. The study was conducted during 1978 through 1981 in 10 states. More than 500 federal, state, and local educators and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Change Strategies, Consumer Education, Educational Change
Montana State Office of Public Instruction, Helena. – 2002
This document presents Montana's standards and guidelines for career and vocational/technical education (CVTE). The guide begins with a directory of Montana's key CVTE personnel and specialists. Part 1 presents the federal and state definitions of CVTE and provides an overview of Montana's system for delivering CVTE and its philosophy regarding…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Admission (School), Advisory Committees, Agricultural Education
