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Montclair State Coll., Upper Montclair, NJ. Life Skills Center. – 1987
A study was conducted to produce a graphic representation of (1) the factors that motivate single parents and homemakers in New Jersey toward upward mobility and higher paying jobs and (2) the barriers that these individuals face. Data were collected from 26 sites through 3 mail surveys--demographic data collection form which yielded 101…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Displaced Homemakers, Females
Pohl, Susan E. – 1990
A research project used a Cornell University library search, online computer catalogs, the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) database back to 1967, government publications, and Dissertation Abstracts International for the Social Sciences for the past 30 years to investigate the Federal Government's role in working to solve adult…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Educational Improvement, Educational Trends
Download full textAdvanced Technology, Inc., Indianapolis, IN. – 1990
This document comprises information and various forms that can be used by schools to conduct an annual local review of their Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Chapter 1 School Program and identify programs needing improvement. The following materials are included: (1) a summary of requirements for a local annual review; (2) an outline of…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Douglass, Rebecca S. – 1990
A national network of six regional curriculum centers and at least 40 state-level curriculum materials centers are designed to identify and provide job training materials. These centers are supported with funds from federal and state legislation for vocational and technical education. The extent to which services of these centers are currently…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cooperative Programs, Curriculum Development, Education Service Centers
Saginaw Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation Services. – 1990
Implemented in September 1989, the Parents and Children Together project was intended to engage approximately 30 adult basic education (ABE) students in schooling to improve their skills as learners and, at the same time, involve them in the learning activities of their preschool children. A process and product evaluation was carried out on the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Intergenerational Programs, Outcomes of Education
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Div. of Compensatory Education. – 1989
This guidebook was developed to assist local school districts in Kentucky with the implementation of the program improvement section of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act, Chapter 1. The emphases of the reauthorization of Chapter 1 are accountability and program effectiveness. Each local district must now identify Chapter 1 schools…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Compliance (Legal), Educational Change
Kingsley, Christopher – 1989
This guide addresses many of the most common questions about case management asked by employment and training administrators and practitioners. Its table of contents is organized in a question-and-answer format. The content of the guide flows directly from program administrators, practitioners, case managers, and others in the field, gathered at…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, At Risk Persons, Caseworker Approach, Caseworkers
German, Katherine L.; Rajasekhara, Koosappa – 1990
For twenty years, the DACUM (Developing a Curriculum) model has been used for the design of occupational programs at the secondary and postsecondary levels as well as the design of training programs for business and industry. Over the past five years, the Maryland DACUM Resource Center project has disseminated the DACUM model among the community…
Descriptors: Business Education, Community Colleges, Curriculum Design, Curriculum Development
McCaslin, N. L. – 1990
To help vocational education administrators and practitioners, this paper presents a framework for vocational education program evaluation. Evaluation is defined as the act of rendering judgments to determine a program's value; two major types are formative and summative. Vocational education evaluation should take a broader and more comprehensive…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Collection, Educational Change, Evaluation Criteria
North Carolina Univ., Chapel Hill. Board of Governors. – 1986
Section one of this report on the status of teacher education in North Carolina summarizes recommendations of the Task Force on the Preparation of Teachers involving: (1) reform of teacher education programs; (2) quality assurance program improvement; (3) teacher certification and program approval; (4) continuing professional…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Higher Education, Preservice Teacher Education, Program Improvement
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House. – 1986
This report describes the provisions of the Veterans' Education Amendments of 1986 (H.R. 3747), which would amend chapter 30 of title 38, United States Code, to provide for educational assistance for apprenticeship or other on-the-job training under the All-Volunteer Force Educational Assistance Program. The first part of the report contains the…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs, Hearings
Douglass, Rebecca S.; Maxfield, Randi A. – 1987
A panel of bilingual specialists met in Alexandria, Virginia, in November 1986 to review curriculum packages developed by projects supported by the U.S. Department of Education's (USDE) Bilingual Vocational Training (BVT) grants. The USDE was interested in assessing the quality of curriculum development in current BVT projects, determining the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Curriculum Development, Educational Needs
Grambling State Univ., LA. Coll. of Education. – 1986
The purpose of the Teacher Education Improvement Project at Grambling State University (Louisiana) was to document the change processes and products the institution used to improve performance of prospective teachers. The intent was to validate the effectiveness of planned programs of change in five areas: student assessment; faculty development;…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Higher Education
Rosenbaum, Allan; Zirkin, Barbara G. – 1985
A study evaluated the various aspects of the Maryland Job Service, including the services it provides, coordination between the service and related agencies, the degree to which services provided are congruent with and driven by federal mandates, and employers' and applicants' perceptions of the service. Job services available in other states were…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Change Strategies, Employee Attitudes, Employer Attitudes
Commission on California State Government Organization and Economy, Sacramento. – 1987
Concerned because California now annually administers an estimated $5.9 billion in funding for children's services programs, the Little Hoover Commission initiated a study on the state's provision for children's services. This report, on Phase I of the study, identifies the extent of the problem in 23 findings and provides a plan of action in 15…
Descriptors: Background, Catalogs, Child Abuse, Child Neglect
