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Download full textKadlec, 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
Peer reviewedBredeson, 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
Direct linkMoye, 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
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
EdSource, 2007
This convenient spiral-bound volume contains the latest data on school finance as well as information on students, teachers, and California's accountability system. The 37-card 2007 edition provides fingertip access to the latest information about California's education system. They are separated into sections that cover related topics. Each…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Accountability, Resource Materials, Information Sources
Howlett, James; Huff, Brad – Phi Delta Kappan, 2007
The push to prepare all students for college has resulted in the near disappearance of high school industrial arts courses. This trend is exemplified by California high schools' adherence to the University of California and California State University systems' prescribed courses, called the "A to G" requirements, which students must take…
Descriptors: Industrial Arts, High School Graduates, College Entrance Examinations, Transitional Programs
Burch, Patricia; Steinberg, Matthew; Donovan, Joseph – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2007
The supplemental educational services (SES) provision of No Child Left Behind introduces a federally mandated after-school tutoring intervention in schools that fail to make adequate yearly progress. This article examines market dynamics in relationship to the law's goals of expanding access to and improving the quality of after-school…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Benchmarking
Warren, John Robert; Kulick, Rachael B. – Social Forces, 2007
We present five frameworks for explaining which U.S. states adopted high school exit examination policies at particular points in time. The frameworks correspond to issues of academic achievement, education spending, economic conditions, racial/ethnic heterogeneity and policy diffusion. Using event history techniques we find that states with…
Descriptors: Exit Examinations, State Surveys, High Schools, Economic Factors
Edgar, Debra L.; Rosa-Lugo, Linda I. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 2007
Purpose: The primary focus of this study was to elicit the perspectives of speech-language pathologists (SLPs) regarding features of the work environment that contribute to and/or hinder recruitment and retention in the public school setting. Method: A questionnaire was distributed to SLPs employed in 10 school districts in Central Florida…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Work Environment, Recruitment, Speech Language Pathology
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
