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Direct linkRector, Patricia; Bakacs, Michele; Rowe, Amy; Barbour, Bruce – Journal of Extension, 2016
The case study presented in this article is an example of an implementation evaluation. The evaluation investigated significant components of the implementation of a long-term environmental educational program. Direct observation, evaluation-specific survey data, and historical data were used to determine program integrity as identified by…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Program Implementation, Program Evaluation, Environmental Education
Download full textSilander, Megan; Chavez-Reilly, Michael; Weinstein, Meryle – Institute for Education and Social Policy, 2015
Teaching entrepreneurship--how to create, grow and run a business or organization--is one potential means to increase college and career readiness skills. Learning how to start a business can improve critical thinking, communication and collaboration (Gallagher, Stepien, & Rosenthal, 1992; Hmelo, 1998), which are key qualities for academic as…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Entrepreneurship, Program Effectiveness, Participant Satisfaction
Quint, Janet; Zhu, Pei; Balu, Rekha; Rappaport, Shelley; DeLaurentis, Micah – MDRC, 2015
Success for All (SFA), one of the best-known school reform models, aims to improve the reading skills of all children but is especially directed at schools that serve large numbers of students from low-income families. First implemented in 1987, SFA combines a challenging reading program, whole-school reform elements, and an emphasis on continuous…
Descriptors: Models, Educational Change, Program Implementation, Reading Instruction
Quint, Janet; Zhu, Pei; Balu, Rekha; Rappaport, Shelley; DeLaurentis, Micah – MDRC, 2015
Success for All (SFA), one of the best-known school reform models, aims to improve the reading skills of all children but is especially directed at schools that serve large numbers of students from low-income families. First implemented in 1987, SFA combines a challenging reading program, whole-school reform elements, and an emphasis on continuous…
Descriptors: Models, Educational Change, Program Implementation, Reading Instruction
Ringler, Marjorie C.; O'Neal, Debra; Rawls, Jana; Cumiskey, Shelia – Rural Educator, 2013
In rural eastern North Carolina, the rapid growth of English Learners (ELs) unintentionally makes mainstream classrooms sheltered instruction classrooms. Sheltered instruction is content-based instruction (CBI) where ELs acquire language while learning content. In addition to ELs, this region has a high number of Standard English Learners (SELs).…
Descriptors: Teacher Leadership, Leadership Training, Administrator Role, Language Proficiency
Baker, Stephen; Johnson, Lauren; Turski, Konrad; Lockaby, Tracey; Daley, Kathleen; Klumpner, Susan – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2012
Effective professional development is accepted as necessary for the improvement of afterschool program quality, which is itself a cornerstone for improving youth outcomes. But professional development is most effective when both individual participants are engaged and building relevant knowledge and skills, and the organizations to which they…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Pilot Projects, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness
Quint, Janet C.; Balu, Rekha; DeLaurentis, Micah; Rappaport, Shelley; Smith, Thomas J.; Zhu, Pei – MDRC, 2013
First implemented in 1987, Success for All (SFA) is one of the best-known and most thoroughly evaluated school reform models. It combines three basic elements: (1) Reading instruction that emphasizes phonics for beginning readers and comprehension for students at all levels, and that is characterized by a highly structured curriculum, an emphasis…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Models, Change Strategies, Educational Innovation
Jepsen, Keith; And Others – 1997
New York University began selective participation in and evaluation of the Federal Direct Student Loan Program (FDSLP) during the 1995-96 academic year. A study evaluated and compared the effects of the FDSLP and the existing Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFLEP) on students, families, and campus administrators. Surveys were sent to 1609…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Federal Programs, Higher Education, Minority Groups
Deschamp, Philip – 1995
This report summarizes a survey of participants in a teacher training program for the First Steps project, which provides additional support for development of literacy and numeracy among "at-risk" students in Western Australia schools. The training program was to assist teachers in implementing the program in their schools. Respondents…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, High Risk Students, Inservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedRubenstein, Lisa V.; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1996
A study evaluated the impact of the reorganization of the academic Sepulveda (California) Veterans' Administration medical center toward primary and ambulatory care. Surveys of several thousand patients were linked to computerized utilization and mortality data and related to the center's strategic plan and goals. Substantial improvement in…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Outcomes Assessment, Educational Change, Higher Education
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1992
This evaluation report describes the Quality Improvement Program Plan for Special Educators (QUIPP) which provides supplemental professional development opportunities for New York City special education professionals and paraprofessionals at the elementary, middle, and intermediate/junior high school levels. The program stresses design of the…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Quality, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Brown, Stephanie G.; Chairman, Rachelle D.; Provost, Maria W.; Acker-Hocevar, Michele – 2002
A questionnaire responded to by 424 students was intended to find out the ways in which the needs and experiences of 19,000 lifelong learners enrolled in the Lifelong Learning Society (LLS) at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) meshed with the goals of the LLS. Of those students, 44 participated in a follow-up interview. These were the goals of the…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Attitude Measures, Continuing Education Centers, Enrollment Influences
