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Download full textHer Majesty's Inspectorate of Education, 2009
This report evaluates how effectively Scotland's colleges have embraced and taken forward sustainability in the context of the Scottish Government's commitment to improve Scotland's natural and built environment and the sustainable use and enjoyment of it. "Greener Scotland" is one of the five strategic objectives that form part of the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Investment, Sustainable Development, Strategic Planning
Stedron, Jennifer M.; Shah, Tajel; Bautsch, Brenda; Martin, Patricia; Deye, Sunny; Bailey, Lamar; Handel, Stephen J.; Vasavada, Natasha; Shen, Yilan; Exstrom, Michelle; Shelton, Sara; Santiago, Helen; Bell, Julie Davis; Quin, Bradley J.; Baum, Sandy; Bell, Julie Davis; Sturtevant, Anne; Bautsch, Brenda; Williams, Ronald; Kerouac, Pamela; Badolato, Vincent – College Board Advocacy & Policy Center, 2010
There are formidable challenges at every level of the system that confront students who aspire to enroll and succeed in college. In 2007, the College Board formed the Commission on Access, Admissions and Success in Higher Education to study the educational pipeline as a single continuum and identify solutions to increase the number of students who…
Descriptors: Public Policy, State Action, State Legislation, State Surveys
US Department of Education, 2010
The United States Department of Education's "Annual Performance Report" (APR) for fiscal year (FY) 2009 provides detailed information on how the outcomes of the strategic performance measures identified in its "FY 2007-2012 Strategic Plan" and updated in the "Fiscal Year 2008 Performance and Accountability Report"…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Educational Finance, Activities, Compliance (Legal)
Wyoming Community College Commission, 2010
The "Core Indicators of Effectiveness Report" delineates the performance of Wyoming's community colleges as measured by the 14 indicators set forth by the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) and adopted by the seven Wyoming community colleges and the Wyoming Community College Commission in 2002. These indicators, while…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Reading Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Indicators
Data Quality Campaign, 2010
To address key policy and programmatic questions and help improve student and system performance, states must work to link data across the early childhood, postsecondary and workforce (P-20/workforce) spectrum and share this information with appropriate stakeholders. This issue brief highlights current efforts in California, Florida, Indiana, and…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, State Programs, Program Descriptions, Education Work Relationship
National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities, 2010
The National Dropout Prevention Center for Students with Disabilities (NDPC-SD) was assigned the task of compiling, analyzing and summarizing the data for Indicator 2--Dropout--from the FFY 2008 Annual Performance Reports (APRs) and the revised State Performance Plans (SPPs), which were submitted to the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP)…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Disabilities, Dropouts, Special Education
Peer reviewedMarszalek, Jacob M.; Odom, Arthur L.; LaNasa, Steven M.; College, Donnelly; Adler, Susan A. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2010
Recent studies of the relationship between teacher preparation pathways and student achievement have resulted in similar statistics but contradictory conclusions. These studies as a group have several limits: they sometimes focus on student-level indicators when many policy decisions are made with indicators at the school-level or above, are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High Stakes Tests, Teacher Qualifications, Teacher Certification
Direct linkMcNaughton, Stuart; Lai, Mei Kuin; Amituanai-Toloa, Meaola; Farry, Sasha – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2008
This study represents a systematic replication of a previous intervention which took place in schools in Mangere from 2003 to 2005. (McNaughton, MacDonald, Maituanai-Toloa, Lai, & Farry, 2006). The contexts and theoretical rationale are the same for the present study as those for the original Mangere study. The authors have repeated that…
Descriptors: Replication (Evaluation), Reading Comprehension, Intervention, Literacy
Scott, Caitlin – Center on Education Policy, 2008
This report describes Michigan's school restructuring efforts under the No Child Left Behind Act, and includes findings from case studies of nine schools in four school districts: Detroit Public Schools, Flint Community Schools, Harrison Community Schools, and Willow Run Community Schools. Key findings from the report include: (1) more Michigan…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Community Schools, Federal Legislation, School Districts
Hamilton, Laura S.; Stecher, Brian M.; Yuan, Kun – Center on Education Policy, 2008
Although becoming widespread, especially in view of No Child Left Behind (NCLB) and without a universally-accepted definition, most discussions of standards-based reforms (SBR) include certain commonalities, including: (1) Academic expectations for students; (2) Alignment of key elements of the educational system to promote attainment of these…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Federal Legislation, Educational Change, National Standards
Alberta Education, 2008
In the spring of 2000, Alberta Education (previously Alberta Learning) appointed the Review Committee on Outcomes (RCO) to consult with Albertans to find out what they expected from the K-12 education system and how these expectations are being met. This report presents the main findings of the 2008 Satisfaction with Education in Alberta Surveys…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Objectives, Telephone Surveys, Foreign Countries
Ashby, Cornelia – US Government Accountability Office, 2008
The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLBA) requires states and the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) to define and determine whether schools are making adequate yearly progress (AYP) toward the goal of 100 percent academic proficiency. To address tribes' needs for cultural preservation, NCLBA allows tribal groups to waive all…
Descriptors: Court Litigation, Public Speaking, American Indian Education, Tribes
Van Noy, Michelle; Jacobs, James; Korey, Suzanne; Bailey, Thomas; Hughes, Katherine L. – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2008
This report describes a study conducted by the Community College Research Center (CC RC) that explores the overarching issues affecting community college noncredit workforce education. Following an introduction, the next section explains the methodology of the study, presenting the research questions, the data collection methods, and the analytic…
Descriptors: Noncredit Courses, Community Colleges, Labor Force Development, College Outcomes Assessment
Warren, John Robert; Grodsky, Eric; Lee, Jennifer C. – Sociology of Education, 2008
Since the late 1970s, an increasing number of states have required students to pass statewide high school exit examinations (HSEEs) in order to graduate. States have usually adopted HSEEs in response to the perception that a substantial number of graduates lack skills that are required for success in the modern economy. What do these educational…
Descriptors: Labor Market, Exit Examinations, Education Work Relationship, Labor Force
Loeb, Hilary; Knapp, Michael S.; Elfers, Ana M. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2008
Because teachers' efforts are central to the success of standards-based reform, it behooves the policy community to look carefully at the beliefs about instruction that are rooted in this reform theory. Building on teacher-centric research on standards-based reform and ideas about teaching practice from research on multicultural education, this…
Descriptors: Multicultural Education, Educational Change, Accountability, State Standards
