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Download full textNespoli, Lawrence A. – 1986
A series of projects were conducted in Maryland as part of an effort to develop a valid and reliable student database for planning, decision making, and Vocational Education Data System reporting; and a systematic and objective procedure to evaluate the quality of occupational programs in Maryland's community colleges. The projects had three…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data Collection, Databases, Management Information Systems
Stanfield, Jonathan – 1982
A set of studies done for the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction (WSPI) constituted a case study testing the conjecture that management consulting is potentially cost effective in some areas of educational evaluation. The case study involved first interviewing 22 respondents from four WSPI constituencies (educators, employers,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Consultants, Cost Effectiveness, Data Analysis
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Community Junior Colleges. – 1981
An inventory is provided of the programs offered in Florida's 28 community colleges during 1980-81. First, the programs are listed, by Information Classification Structure (ICS) code, for each college and campus. Included in this listing is information on the program's title; whether, in the case of occupational programs, it prepares graduates for…
Descriptors: Associate Degrees, College Programs, Community Colleges, Educational Certificates
West, Donald A.; Price, Dorothy Z. – 1979
The study evaluates employment opportunities, job satisfaction, and migration among young Washington adults. Results were based on data collected in a 1973 mail survey of members of high school classes graduating in 1965 or 1966 (N=1059) from rural schools throughout the state. A follow-up survey of the migrating portion of the sample takes a…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, High School Graduates, Job Satisfaction, Migration Patterns
Hawaii State Dept. of Education, Honolulu. Office of the Director for Vocational Education. – 1982
As part of a 5-year cycle of accountability and evaluation activities, a study was conducted in 1982 to determine employer satisfaction with the educational system in Hawaii. Employers were asked to provide information on their firm, state their training priorities, express frustrations, and make suggestions on increasing the effectiveness of the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Employer Attitudes, High Schools, Institutional Evaluation
Prey, Phillip O. – 1979
A study compared General Equivalency Development (GED) program completion and Adult Performance Level (APL) attainment in West Virginia. During the study, 97 GED program participants, who were not exposed to APL instruction or materials, completed the APL survey either just before or immediately after taking the GED examination. Seventy-seven of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Competence
Helmich, Edith – 1985
Increasing numbers of parents, educators, and legislators have questioned whether half-day kindergarten schedules are adequate to prepare children for the first grade, particularly since full-day kindergartens are being offered in some public and nonpublic schools. This report, one of several background papers for a comprehensive policy study of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change, Educational Trends
Watts, Michael – 1984
This study measured the effects of specified variables on student knowledge of economics before taking an economics course and the effects of an enlarged set of variables on knowledge gained from taking the course. The pretest included 5,300 students from 200 classes in 150 randomly selected Indiana schools. Missing data and missing students…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Economics Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Research
Robertson, Lyle R. – 1985
An employer survey was conducted by the Emerging Technologies Consortium to assess changes in the workplace and their implications for the delivery of community college educational services. Over 100 business firms in Michigan were contacted to obtain employers' views on their current use of technology, changing employment qualifications,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Demand Occupations, Educational Needs, Employer Attitudes
Hayward, Gerald – 1985
Arguing that there is a growing gap between the goal of providing equal educational opportunity for Blacks and Hispanics in postsecondary education in California, and the state's past and projected ability to reach that goal, this report examines the extent of the dual problem of underpreparation and underparticipation of Black and Hispanic…
Descriptors: Black Students, Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends, Hispanic Americans
Grobe, Loretta L., Comp.; Root, Ronald, Comp. – 1985
Data on enrollments, personnel, and finances in Michigan's 29 community colleges are presented in this report. Following introductory material on the development of the data book and an executive summary of major trends, 44 tables are presented focusing on instructional information (e.g., enrollment trends by college and instructional activity,…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Finance, Enrollment Trends, Expenditures
Michael, Douglas O., Comp.; Rivenburgh, Edwin, Comp. – 1984
Data are presented from a survey of each of 30 New York State community colleges: Adirondack, Broome, Cayuga, Clinton, Columbia-Greene, Corning, Dutchess, Erie/City, Erie/North, Erie/South, Finger Lakes, Fulton-Montgomery, Genesee, Herkimer, Hudson Valley, Jamestown, Jefferson, Mohawk Valley, Monroe, Nassau, Niagara, North Country, Orange,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Administrator Responsibility, Administrators, Community Colleges
Petersen, Allan L.; Berg, Ernest H. – 1984
Prepared for the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, this report provides background on the provision of tutorial services in the colleges and recommends changes to the regulations for tutorial services. Following a report summary, background information is presented, indicating that: (1) tutoring services are being delivered…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educational Benefits, Educational Legislation, Noncredit Courses
Lai, Morris K. – 1982
The purpose of this study was to determine the needs related to nutrition education in the state of Hawaii. Twenty-four-hour diet recalls were obtained from 932 students in grades 5, 8, and 11. Larger percentages of older children than younger children reported diets poor in nutritional quality. Cholesterol intake of males increased with age and…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Eating Habits, Elementary Secondary Education, Needs Assessment
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1984
The 1983 annual report of Washington's statewide test of fourth grade basic skills achievement is presented in this document. Both state level and district-by-district results are reviewed. The first section of this report presents the overall results for the 48,000 fourth grade students who were administered the basic battery of the California…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Educational Assessment, Grade 4, Intermediate Grades
