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Kadlec, Alison; Friedman, Will – Public Agenda, 2007
This study details parents' and students' current thinking about math, science and technology (MST) education and their satisfaction with the existing curriculum which most experts see as vastly below world-class standards. The study finds just 25% of Kansas/Missouri parents think their children should be studying more math and science; 70% think…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Student Attitudes, Program Attitudes, Science Education
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Bredeson, Paul V.; Kose, Brad W. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2007
Education reforms have affected schools and the educators who work in them. Using state-wide survey data from 1993 and 2003, this study examines how the work of school superintendents has been affected over a ten-year period by these reform initiatives, especially increased demands for accountability. The general message from our data is that…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Accountability, Instructional Leadership, Superintendents
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Moye, Jennifer; Wood, Stacey; Edelstein, Barry; Armesto, Jorge C.; Bower, Emily H.; Harrison, Julie A.; Wood, Erica – Gerontologist, 2007
Purpose: This preliminary study compared clinical evaluations for guardianship in three states with varying levels of statutory reform. Design and Methods: Case files for 298 cases of adult guardianship were reviewed in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Colorado, three states with varying degrees of statutory reform. The quality and content of the…
Descriptors: Older Adults, Gerontology, Confidential Records, State Surveys
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Guskey, Thomas R. – Educational Measurement: Issues and Practice, 2007
This study compared different stakeholders' perceived validity of various indicators of student learning used to judge the quality of students' academic performance. Data were gathered from the questionnaire responses of 314 educators in three states that have implemented comprehensive state-wide assessment programs with high-stakes consequences…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Indicators, State Surveys, Participation
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
Hovda, Ric A. – 1991
The purpose of this survey was to gather baseline information about beliefs and attitudes of principals and teachers related to early childhood education, especially those beliefs and attitudes about issues related to the development of Kentucky's primary schools. Surveys were distributed to all elementary principals and teachers in the state's…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Learning Activities, Nongraded Instructional Grouping, Primary Education
Liu, Liang Y. – 1998
This report provides an update of the costs of alcohol and drug abuse for 1997. The 1997 costs were estimated by multiplying the percent changes in various socioeconomic factors from 1989 to 1997 by the cost estimates. The adverse health and social consequences of substance abuse extensively increased costs to the state. The total economic costs…
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Cost Estimates, Drinking, Drug Abuse
Colorado State Dept. of Education, Denver. – 1999
This report describes student performance in third grade Reading Comprehension and fourth grade Reading and Writing from the spring 1998 administration of the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP). In this second administration of CSAP, all third and fourth grade students in Colorado were accounted for. The report provides policymakers,…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4, Reading Achievement
Smith, David Lawson; Gribble, Carole – 1991
In the fall of 1990 the Nevada Department of Education responded to the concern regarding school counselors' training in alcohol and other drug abuse by conducting a survey of all identified elementary and secondary school counselors in Nevada. All 349 school counselors identified by the Department of Education were contacted; 276 school…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Counselor Training, Drug Abuse, Elementary Secondary Education
South Dakota Governor's Office, Pierre. – 1990
This report is based on a review of South Dakota's procedures and laws related to handling child abuse and neglect cases. It is noted that a survey was conducted in Sioux Falls during the July 1989 training seminar conducted by the task force. The respondents to the survey are described as a wide representation of professionals associated with the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Crime Prevention, Criminals
Gotshall, Richard C. – 1983
A survey of all 50 United States, the District of Columbia, Guam, and American Samoa was conducted to determine each area's recommendations on coursework leading to the licensing of secondary school journalism teachers. Each area's current teacher certification bulletin was consulted, where possible, or the chief certification officer was…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Journalism Education, Secondary Education, State Standards
Grosenick, Judith K.; Huntze, Sharon L. – 1983
Nebraska administrators responded to a survey to identify needs in inservice training of teachers of behaviorally impaired students. A shortened version of the Professional Development Needs Survey was completed by 166 administrators (principals and special education directors) responsible for supervising programs in behavior impairment. When…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Behavior Disorders, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Widmer, Jeanne L. – Massachusetts Teacher, 1975
A random sample of the thirty-eight Elementary Secondary Education Act Title III projects funded in Massachusetts for the three year period, 1971-1974 was surveyed in order to determine if the Federal money was well used, what has been learned about change in the past ten years, and what worked and what didn't, and why. [Available from…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Objectives, Information Dissemination, Program Evaluation
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Drawbaugh, Charles C. – Journal of the American Association of Teacher Educators in Agriculture, 1975
Descriptors: Agribusiness, Data Collection, Employers, Environmental Influences
Pasqua, Tom – College Press Review, 1974
Presents the results of a California survey designed to determine what courses junior college journalism teachers consider essential to the curriculum. (RB)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Faculty, Higher Education, Journalism
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