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Watson, John; Gemin, Butch – International Association for K-12 Online Learning, 2009
Online learning is growing rapidly as states and districts are creating new online schools, and existing programs are adding new courses and students. The growth reflects the spreading understanding that online courses and programs can serve a wide variety of students and needs. These include: (1) Creating opportunities for small and rural school…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Curriculum Development, Quality Control, Accountability
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Tolsma, Robert S. – New Directions for Teaching and Learning, 1997
Examines issues in the management of information and support services for distance education, including identification of instructional objectives and strategies and desired outcomes; nature, scope, and locus of organizational responsibility; quality standards; competing service values; logistics of service provision; costs and benefits; and…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Ancillary School Services, Cost Effectiveness, Distance Education
Monroe, Marian – 1989
This pilot study of facilities from which the Texas Department of Human Services (TDHS) purchased day care services gathered and analyzed data for use in developing day care service control standards by means of which the quality of purchased day care services could be systematically assessed. Random samples were selected from contract centers,…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Day Care, Day Care Centers, Educational Quality
Hansen, Joe B. – 1977
Educational program evalaution is subject to many difficulties. Problems with evaluation include such conceptual problems as: (1) understanding of decisions to be made; (2) adequate definition; (3) consensus on values and criteria; (4) coordination among administrative levels; and (5) use of an appropriate evaluation model. Technical problems…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Agency Cooperation, Compensatory Education, Coordination
Moore, Donald E., Jr., Ed. – 1976
The papers compiled here were presented at a conference held for professionals from many fields to enable them to explore issues regarding mandatory continuing education. The papers are presented in six sections. The first is the introduction, while the keynote address, "Change, the Professions, and Continuing Education," comprises section 2.…
Descriptors: Certification, Conference Reports, Higher Education, Job Skills
Griffin City - Spalding County Board of Education, GA. – 1984
This report summarizes the work of the Georgia Express project staff and the five task teams that provided research services to the Georgia Task Force on Adult Education. (The purpose of the Task Force was to review Georgia Adult Education's current goals, objectives, and procedures and to make recommendations for program improvement.) The report…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Data Collection, Educational Planning, Financial Support
Edgar, Maggie; Uhl, Monica – 1994
These guidelines are intended to assist states and local communities in developing quality respite services that meet the diverse needs of families and children with disabilities, with chronic and terminal illnesses, or at risk of abuse or neglect. The guidelines support the philosophy that all families can benefit from temporary intervals of rest…
Descriptors: Agencies, Child Abuse, Child Caregivers, Child Neglect
Babcock, William – 1974
The final book in a 5-book day camp manual is a questionnaire developed by the Ontario Camping Association to help directors of children's summer day camps check camp operations, principles, and procedures, and to help them determine how and where a camp can be improved. The questionnaire, to be completed by the director with the aid of another…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Children, Day Camp Programs, Equipment Standards
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1977
Developed as the first of a two-part supplement to Technical Supplement Q for Standing Orders (TS-Q), this handbook of standing orders was designed to help health personnel at Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA) Job Corps health centers meet the federal requirement that each center have a set of written standing orders on how to…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Drug Therapy, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs