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Adams, Kay A. – 1980
Needs sensing is any type of systematic assessment of needs ranging from formal data collection through surveys to a more informal use of expert opinion through advisory groups. It is especially difficult to use systematically collected, data-based needs in research and development (R & D) organizations because they typically: (1) have the…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Research, National Surveys, Needs Assessment
Cahape, Patricia – 1993
Two landmark efforts to describe the condition of American Indian and Alaska Native education nationwide and to call for specific solutions took place in the early 1990s. These efforts were the Indian Nations At Risk Task Force and the White House Conference on Indian Education. This digest summarizes Task Force and Conference recommendations…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Data Collection, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Brown, Brett; Moore, Kristin – 2001
Over the last decade, policymakers, practitioners, and funders in the youth development field have become increasingly reliant on social indicators as tools to identify areas of need, to target resources, to set and monitor progress toward measurable goals, and to assess policy and program effectiveness. This report to the William T. Grant…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Data Collection, Information Dissemination, Measurement Techniques
Evans, Geraldine – 1970
This document, one part of a project to train personnel for educational development and evaluation, features data that represent judgments of informed experts on personnel needs in various activities in four kinds of research and development agencies: (1) local, intermediate, and State educational agencies; (2) regional laboratories and research…
Descriptors: Administrators, Data Collection, Educational Programs, Evaluation
National Inst. on Deafness and Other Communications Disorders, Bethesda, MD. – 1993
This report updates the National Strategic Research Plan of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) and reports progress made from 1991 through 1993 as required by the National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-553) which established the Institute. An executive summary…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Communication Disorders, Data Collection, Disability Identification
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Bradley, Renee; Henderson, Kelly; Monfore, Dorotha A. – Behavioral Disorders, 2004
Improving the services for children with emotional or behavioral problems has been one of the priorities of the Department of Education for the last four decades. Since its implementation, the Office of Special Education Programs has been dedicated to funding and supporting research in the area of emotional disorders. Despite increased attention…
Descriptors: Research and Development, Emotional Disturbances, Children, Behavioral Science Research