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US Department of Education, 2005
This annual report focuses on three goals. First, the report is congruent with the "No Child Left Behind Act" (NCLB). This means that the annual report focuses on results and accountability throughout the text. The second goal is to make the report more useful to Congress, parents, each state, and other stakeholders. This report…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Equal Education
Steel, Lawrence E. – Corwin Press, 2005
One of the most difficult tasks facing today's busy school administrative teams is tracking and managing student discipline. Administrators must balance the rights of students with cultivating classroom environments conducive to learning. Breakdowns in communication, procedure, and due process can lead to unpleasant situations, and ultimately, a…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Civil Rights, Discipline, School Administration
Ashby, Cornelia M. – 2003
In 1998, Congress amended the Higher Education Act (HEA) and established the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) as a performance-based organization. The Act called for the FSA to develop 5-year plans annually, issue annual reports, and consult with stakeholders regarding the program delivery system. The General Accounting Office (GAO) initiated a…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Educational Planning, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Sraiheen, Abdulwahab; Lesisko, Lee James – Online Submission, 2006
School administrators in a small suburban school district in Southeastern Pennsylvania were concerned about grade inflation at the elementary and secondary levels. Specifically, they wanted to know if students in grades 5, 8, and 11 who scored at the basic or below basic performance level on the 2003-2004 Pennsylvania System of School Assessment…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Grade 5, Grade 11, Suburban Schools
National Writing Project, Berkeley, CA. – 1998
The mission of the National Writing Project (NWP) is to improve writing and learning in the nation's schools. Through its professional development mode, the National Writing Project recognizes the primary importance of teacher knowledge, expertise, and leadership. Through its extensive network of teachers, the National Writing Project seeks to…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
National Writing Project, Berkeley, CA. – 2000
The mission of the National Writing Project (NWP) is to improve writing and learning in the nation's schools. Through its professional development model, the National Writing Project recognizes the primary importance of teacher knowledge, expertise, and leadership. Through its extensive network of teachers, the NWP seeks to promote exemplary…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
National Writing Project, Berkeley, CA. – 2001
The mission of the National Writing Project (NWP) is to improve writing and learning in the nation's schools. Through its professional development model, the National Writing Project recognizes the primary importance of teacher knowledge, expertise, and leadership. Through its extensive network of teachers, the NWP seeks to promote exemplary…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education, Learning Strategies
Higher Education Funding Council for England, Bristol. – 2001
This report describes the substantial achievements of higher education in England in 2000-2001. There are still many challenges facing universities and colleges in England, but the policies they have adopted with the help of the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) will enable them to build from a much stronger base than they had 4…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Annual Reports, Educational Finance
Bowie, Alexander – 2001
This paper explains that California school districts are charged with significant and varying responsibilities in both the requirements they must follow to adopt the amounts of Statutory School Fees and/or Alternative School Fees, as well as accounting for and reporting detailedinformation regarding the Reportable Fees they actually collect. The…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Fees, Government School Relationship
Lundell, Dana Britt – Center for Research on Developmental Education and Urban Literacy, 2002
This report summarizes the proceedings and outcomes of the third Meeting on Future Directions in Developmental Education. On November 16-17, 2002, 40 participants met in Minneapolis, Minnesota, to follow up on the initiatives of the first two national meetings. The meeting followed two theme tracks: brainstorming grants and research, and promoting…
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Cultural Pluralism, Grants, Conferences (Gatherings)
Zhang, Fan; Saba, Mehrdad; Scanlon, Brian R. – 1995
Several technical issues related to the Schools and Staffing Survey (SASS) were studied. The 1990-91 SASS is a set of four inter-related surveys of public and private elementary and secondary schools, districts, teachers, and administrators conducted by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES). Preliminary analysis of the 1990-91 SASS…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education, Estimation (Mathematics)
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc., Dublin, OH. – 1999
Beginning this annual report is a letter to OCLC members from OCLC President and Chief Executive Jay Jordan. The report contains the following sections: (1) program and financial highlights; (2) the year in review, including membership events, online services, strategic alliances, Forest Press, preservation resources, research, and the OCLC…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Bibliographic Utilities, Cataloging, Elementary Secondary Education
Miller-Whitehead, Marie – 2001
This paper examines Alabama's State Education Report Card for the year 2000. It identifies predictors for student academic achievement at both the district and school levels for 128 public school systems and 1,272 public schools. Separate analyses were conducted for 61 city and 67 county school systems. The variables included number of students,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annual Reports, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
Miller-Whitehead, Marie – 2000
The Alabama State Department of Education School System Report Card provides annual data for each of Alabama's city and county public school systems, including student achievement indicators on the Stanford Achievement Test, High School Exit exam, writing tests, ACT test, dropouts, ADA expenditures, free and reduced lunch, system revenues, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Indicators, Effective Schools Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Peers Early Education Partnership, Oxford (England). – 1999
The Peers Early Education Partnership (PEEP) program was established in 1995 to make a significant long-term positive impact on the educational attainment of children and families in disadvantaged areas of the United Kingdom. This report examines the work of the PEEP program for the period April 1998 through March 1999. The sections of the…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth
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