NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Hawai'i P-3 Initiative: Findings from the First Year of the Evaluation. Technical Report
Direct linkDirect link
Zellman, Gail L.; Kilburn, M. Rebecca – RAND Corporation, 2011
Recent efforts to improve K-12 educational outcomes have had mixed success. One possible reason is that many students entering kindergarten lack the basic skills to succeed in school. In 2007, with support from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Hawai'i launched its P-3 (preschool through third-grade) initiative, the early childhood component of the…
Descriptors: Models, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education, Emergent Literacy
An Evaluation of an Advanced System Analysis Technique for Modeling a DoD Training Environment. Final Report.
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Borich, Gary D.; Jemelka, Ron – 1977
The Structured Analysis and Design Technique (SADT) analyzes a problem through building a model of the problem on paper which is top-down, modular, hierarchic, and structured. It is a communications vehicle using an iterative author-commenter cycle which focuses attention on defined topics, increases management control, creates a systematic work…
Descriptors: Computers, Educational Improvement, Educational Programs, Feasibility Studies
A Systems View of Admissions Procedures.
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Weinstein, E. L.; And Others – College and University, 1979
The special features found in admitting students to diploma nursing programs in Ontario provide the context for a review of relevant information regarding admissions procedures. Criteria to be used in an evaluation of admissions procedures are offered, alternatives are delineated and discussed, and systems analyses for procedures are suggested.…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Cost Effectiveness, Education
Bureau of Indian Affairs Organization. Hearings Before the United States Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs, 95th Congress, 1st Session on Oversight on the Organization of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (July 13 and August 1, 1977).
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. – 1977
Problems in the administration and management of Indian affairs were identified in two hearings held during the summer of 1977. The July 13 meeting featured non-governmental witnesses; much of the discussion focused on findings of a management study of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) initiated by the American Indian Policy Review Commission.…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Agency Role, American Indians
An Examination of Support Systems in Selected Follow-Through Schools.
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Fox, Robert S. – 1971
A study of the effectiveness of various support systems of program models in Follow-Through schools examines those characteristics of a support system that strengthen or weaken the program's potential for success. Exploration of the nature of support system variables in a sample of schools is accomplished through group interview techniques for…
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Programs, Educational Research
Building a Model System of Developmental Services in Orange County
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Halfon, Neal; Russ, Shirley; Regalado, Michael – UCLA Center for Healthier Children, Families and Communities, 2004
In 1998, California voters passed Proposition 10, the California Children and Families First Act, which provides for an excise tax on tobacco products to fund parent education, health and child care programs that promote early childhood development for 0-5s. Since the adoption of its first Strategic Plan (2000), the Orange County First 5…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Young Children, Child Development, Intervention