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Download full textUS Department of Education, 2005
The U.S. Department of Education's Rehabilitation Services Administration (RSA) is undertaking a major initiative to substantially redesign its program monitoring and improvement system. The overriding goal is to improve vocational rehabilitation (VR) services and employment outcomes for individuals with disabilities through the development of a…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement, Technical Assistance, State Agencies
Kovaleski, Joseph F., Ed.; Moe, Elayne, Ed. – 1995
This workshop manual focuses on validation procedures designed to foster program improvement rather than compliance monitoring. The manual is in eight chapters. Chapter 1 looks at the elements to be evaluated--organization and management, training, student assessment, design and implementation of classroom interventions, team work, screening a…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Guidelines, Intervention, Models
Fraley, Camille, Ed. – 2002
This report provides recommendations of an Idaho task force concerning identification of primary age gifted and talented (G/T) students and the improvement of services to this population. Each of the five sections presents the task force recommendations followed by research evidence supporting the recommendations. The five sections address: (1)…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Delivery Systems, Early Intervention, Eligibility
West, Jane – 2000
This report, the second in a series of independent analyses by The National Council on Disability on federal enforcement of civil rights laws looks at more than two decades of federal monitoring and enforcement of compliance with Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). Separate parts of the report address: (1) development…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Civil Rights Legislation, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation
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Direct linkRous, Beth; McCormick, Katherine; Gooden, Caroline; Townley, Kim F. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 2007
Kentucky has developed an assessment and accountability system that provides outcome data for a set of state early childhood standards for children birth to 5 years of age that are aligned with early childhood outcomes designated by the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP). Within this flexible and comprehensive state assessment system,…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Program Effectiveness, Program Improvement, Data Analysis
Idaho State Dept. of Employment, Boise. – 1993
In response to proposed federal Job Training 2000 legislation, which called for three elements--skill centers, performance-based certification, and vouchering--a series of six forums were held throughout the state of Idaho in 1992. The forums were conducted by a team of staff from the Departments of Employment, Health and Welfare, and Education,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Agency Cooperation, Delivery Systems, Educational Needs
Evaluation Research, Newton Highlands, MA. – 1992
An evaluation of the fifth cycle of operation of the Massachusetts Workplace Education Initiative had several purposes: (1) to identify the indicators of quality in workplace education; (2) to begin to design an evaluation system for each program; and (3) to assess the indicators of quality for workplace education programs against the national…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Quality, Evaluation Methods
Virginia State Council on Vocational Education, Richmond. – 1991
A task force on private-public sector education in Virginia concluded that transfer and award of credit between public and private sector education providers should be facilitated. Based on the task force recommendations, the Virginia Council on Vocational Education made three recommendations to the State Board for Community Colleges and…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Credits, Community Colleges, Educational Policy
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Strategic Planning and Policy Development. – 1993
This publication summarizes state vocational education (VE) council biennial evaluations of Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)/VE coordination in Fiscal Years 1991-92. It is presented in the form of a table with information under these headings: situations/needs, coordination highlights, and recommendations. Information is provided for 41…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Federal Legislation
David, Jane L.; And Others – 1993
A study was conducted to provide the data necessary to make informed policy and leadership decisions about the future operations of the Texas Education Network (TENET), a telecomputing network for education. Section 1, "Teaching and Learning with TENET" (Jane L. David), addresses issues of teaching and learning through the use of…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Computer Networks, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Networks
McNelly, Don E.; Searle, Mary Ann – 1989
A study was conducted to identify and analyze the involvement of secondary vocational education and business and industry in joint partnership agreements in Tennessee. Vocational administrators (n=94), teachers (n=53), and business and industry persons (n=22) responded to questionnaires, representing response rates of 81%, 77%, and 39%…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Cooperative Programs, Education Work Relationship, Entry Workers
Glenn, Charles – 1987
In order to improve desegregation of the elementary schools, and the low achievement level of elementary schools with high concentrations of poor and minority students, the Massachusetts Board of Education placed a coordinated approach to improving urban schools first among its objectives. The following educational objectives were set for each…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Educational Quality, Educationally Disadvantaged
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (ED), Washington, DC. – 1980
This document is one of a series of reports which describe the experiences of six state agencies that are developing systems to affect the development and implementation of policy in the federal/state program for vocational rehabilitation. The state programs are developing model program evaluation/management information support units. This second…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citations (References), Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods
American Personnel and Guidance Association, Washington, DC. – 1968
This followup study was conducted 1 year after the 1966 National Seminar on Vocational Guidance. Questionnaires were sent to 85 participants from the 47 participating states; replies were received from one or more participants from 80 percent (38) of the states. Reports received described 215 outcomes either attributable specifically to the…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Counselor Training, Followup Studies, Guidance Programs
South Dakota State Dept. of Health, Pierre. Mental Retardation Planning Office. – 1965
The 10 priority recommendations for aiding the mentally retarded in South Dakota are presented. Summaries are provided of recommendations for federal and state legislative action and for state agencies, communities, state medical and hospital associations, and private organizations. The State and the method of planning are discussed; mental…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Clinical Diagnosis, Day Care, Exceptional Child Education
