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Keup, Jennifer R.; Gahagan, Jimmie; Goodwin, Ryan N. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2010
The inaugural report in the National Resource Center's new research series on college transitions examines institutional initiatives designed to support students in the second college year. The authors report on findings from the second administration of the National Survey of Sophomore-Year Initiatives, describing the kinds of programs offered…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Annual Reports, College Students, Success
Edwards, James E., Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
This applied dissertation described the evaluation of a program designed to provide students with the necessary academic and social skills needed to matriculate and graduate from the university. The problem was that there was no evidence of a formalized program evaluation to determine if the Academic Empowerment Center (AEC) was effective in…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Program Evaluation, Grade Point Average
Valentine, Jeffrey C.; Hirschy, Amy S.; Bremer, Christine D.; Novillo, Walter; Castellano, Marisa; Banister, Aaron – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2009
This paper focuses on transition programs for youth to postsecondary education, broadly considered. It addresses the following questions: (1) What models or programs of transition exist? (2) On what basis can we say one transition program is more effective than another? In other words, how is successful transition defined? (3) How are…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Program Evaluation, Disadvantaged Youth, Public Policy
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Hughes, Carolyn; And Others – Education and Training in Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities, 1997
A consensus list of 11 secondary special education student outcome measures was used as a conceptual framework for analyzing 181 intervention studies (published in 1970-93), conducted in integrated settings, and implemented on the individual student level. Findings indicate increasing emphasis on measuring social interaction and…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Exceptional Child Research
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Snow, Catherine E. – Equity and Excellence, 1988
Rossell's critique of the Walsh and Carballo (1986) study of five bilingual education programs in Massachusetts is marred by a number of problems, here identified. (BJV)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
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Patton, Lori D.; Morelon, Carla; Whitehead, Dawn Michele; Hossler, Don – New Directions for Institutional Research, 2006
There has been very little previous evaluation research that examines the effects of interventions on persistence.
Descriptors: Evaluation Research, Program Evaluation, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power
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Rossell, Christine H. – Equity and Excellence, 1988
Despite their claim to the contrary, Walsh and Carballo in their report, "Transitional Bilingual Education in Massachusetts: A Preliminary Study of Its Effectiveness" (1986), did not demonstrate the superiority of bilingual education because their study was marred by a number of problems, here identified. (BJV)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Wonacott, Michael E. – 2002
Vocational rehabilitation (VR) agencies are required partners in the one-stop system mandated by the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA). The following features have long characterized VR: the primary goal of integrated competitive employment for persons with disabilities; state flexibility in VR systems, approaches, and structures; case…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation, Annotated Bibliographies, Articulation (Education)