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Gomez, Celia J.; Whitaker, Anamarie A.; Cannon, Jill S. – Early Education and Development, 2023
Quality rating and improvement systems (QRISs) are designed to assess, improve, and communicate the quality of early care and education programs. Using administrative data, we investigated whether providers that participated in a county-level QRIS saw increases to their global quality (tier) rating, domain-specific quality ratings, and scores on…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Child Care, Educational Improvement, Educational Quality
West Virginia Department of Education, 2020
The State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP), WV GRADUATION 20/20 was implemented during the 2015-2016 academic school year beginning with 69 schools in 36 counties, representing 59% of West Virginia's high schools. During the 2016-2017 academic year the number of high schools grew to 72 and the cohort included 20 middle schools bringing the total…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, State Programs, Improvement Programs, Program Implementation
West Virginia Department of Education, 2019
The State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP), WV GRADUATION 20/20, was implemented during the 2015-2016 academic school year beginning with sixty-nine (69) schools in thirty-six (36) counties representing fifty-nine (59) percent of West Virginia's high schools. During the 2016-2017 academic year the number of high schools has grew to seventy-two…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, State Programs, Improvement Programs, Program Implementation
West Virginia Department of Education, 2018
The State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP), WV GRADUATION 20/20, was implemented during the 2015-2016 academic school year beginning with sixty-nine (69) schools in thirty-six (36) counties representing fifty-nine (59) percent of West Virginia's high schools. During the 2016-2017 academic year the number of high schools has grew to seventy-two…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, State Programs, Improvement Programs, Program Implementation
Perry, Rebecca R.; Finkelstein, Neal D.; Seago, Nanette; Heredia, Alberto; Sobolew-Shubin, Sandy; Carroll, Cathy – WestEd, 2015
Math in Common® (MiC) is a five-year initiative that supports a formal network of 10 California school districts as they implement the Common Core State Standards in Mathematics (CCSS-M) across grades K-8. In spring 2015, WestEd administered surveys to understand the perspectives on Common Core State Standards-Mathematics (CCSS-M) implementation…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, Curriculum Implementation, Formative Evaluation, Teacher Evaluation
Tanenbaum, Courtney; Boyle, Andrea; Soga, Kay; Le Floch, Kerstin Carlson; Golden, Laura; Petroccia, Megan; Toplitz, Michele; Taylor, James; O'Day, Jennifer – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2012
The federal government has had a long-standing commitment to ensuring access of English Learner (EL) students to a meaningful education. As early as 1968, the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act" ("ESEA") contained provisions for supporting the education of EL students and in its 1974 landmark decision, "Lau v.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning
Office of Inspector General, US Department of Education, 2018
The Indian Education -- Formula Grants to Local Education Agencies (Indian Education Formula Grant) program is authorized under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA), as amended by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). It is the Department's principal vehicle for addressing the particular needs of Indian children. The program…
Descriptors: Grants, Federal Indian Relationship, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Bakia, Marianne; Means, Barbara; Gallagher, Larry; Chen, Eva; Jones, Karla – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2009
The purpose of this report is to provide descriptive information about educational technology practices related to the core objectives of the U.S. Department of Education's Enhancing Education Through Technology (EETT) program. The EETT program is part of the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" ("NCLB") and, like other elements…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Federal Legislation, Program Administration, Technology Integration
Hummel, Richard Lynn, Jr. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The purpose of this statewide study is to assess the perceived improvements made to programs that are offered at Career and Technical Education Centers from the perspective of vocational administrators and teachers following the Bureau of Career and Technical Education conduction of an Approved Program Evaluation. The Pennsylvania Bureau of Career…
Descriptors: State Standards, Program Effectiveness, Organizational Change, Vocational Education
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Oklahoma City. – 1993
The report of the External Program Review Team on Teacher Education to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education featured 23 recommendations for Oklahoma to become a leader in teacher education. The recommendations were grouped into five categories of concerns: program rigor, faculty resources, technology, interrelationships/leadership, and…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
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Hackmann, Donald G.; Wanat, Carolyn L. – Journal of Research on Leadership Education, 2007
This paper describes the process of principal licensure reform in Iowa. Upon adoption of the ISLLC standards, the state department of education required revision of all principal preparation programs to conform to state code and guidelines developed by an external review panel. This paper analyzes the review process and compares five programs that…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Guidelines, Content Analysis, Principals
Iudica, Angela M. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
The purpose of this study was to determine the degree of alignment to national and state standards in public and private university educational leadership certification programs in the state of Florida. The standards used were the National Educational Technology Standards for Administrators (NETS-A) and the Florida Principal Leadership Standard…
Descriptors: State Standards, National Standards, Educational Technology, Experiential Learning
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. – 2000
In 1989, the Kentucky Supreme Court ruled that Kentucky's education system was unconstitutional and invalidated the entire body of school law. In response, the General Assembly passed the Kentucky Education Reform Act of 1990 (KERA), a completely new educational system. This report upon the 10th anniversary of KERA's passage documents how key…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Community Involvement, Dropout Rate
Ouellette, Mark; Hutchinson, Audrey M.; Frant, Nina – National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education and Families (NJ1), 2005
During a typical week, as many as 14 million children and youth across the United States lack adult supervision during non-school hours. According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the lack of structured and supervised afterschool programs in American communities contributes to a higher incidence of drug and alcohol use and delinquent…
Descriptors: Leadership, After School Programs, Technical Assistance, Public Support
Wyoming Community College Commission, 2009
The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), a commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA), accredits Wyoming's seven community colleges. Institutional accreditation is a voluntary process that serves the critical purposes of quality assurance and institutional and program improvement. Colleges that are accredited by the HLC…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Program Evaluation, Educational Quality, State Standards
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