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Download full textRuhland, Sheila K.; Timms, Delia M. – 2001
This guide is designed to assist state and local consortia with their evaluation of Tech Prep education programs and with their reporting of Tech Prep program and student outcomes data to meet the accountability requirements of the Perkins Act of 1998. Intended for Tech Prep stakeholders in secondary schools and two-year colleges, the guide also…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Compliance (Legal), Data Analysis
Pandiani, John A.; Simon, Monica M.; Banks, Steven M. – 2002
This paper reports on an ongoing effort of the Vermont Mental Health Performance Indicator Project (PIP) to examine the relevance and utility of standardized test scores for evaluating community mental health programs. This analysis is of test scores from Vermont's first four years of statewide testing. The study is examining anonymous…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Delinquency, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education
Denton, Jon; Davis, Trina; Strader, Arlen; Durbin, Brooke – 2003
Over the past four legislative sessions, the Texas State Legislature enacted laws that have accelerated the integration of technology into public education. The significant effort to build technology infrastructure in Texas is evident through the thousands of public school awards provided by the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund (TIF) Board,…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Needs, Educational Resources
Severing, Eckart; Stahl, Thomas – 1996
Nine European Community Member States (Belgium, Germany, France, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg, Portugal, Spain, and United Kingdom) conducted national studies that involved case studies of quality assurance in continuing education. Analysis of findings indicated that many firms regarded continuing training as a central instrument for achieving…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Continuing Education, Developed Nations, Educational Quality
Weglarz, Shirley G. – 2002
A survey of faculty at Johnson County Community College (JCCC) in Kansas was conducted to determine the current effectiveness and future needs of the JCCC Writing Center. Surveys were delivered to all full- and part-time instructors. The response rate was 18%, with approximately 31% of full-time faculty and 12% of part-time faculty returning…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, College Outcomes Assessment, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment
Gill, Brian P.; Dembosky, Jacob W.; Caulkins, Jonathan P. – 2002
The Early Childhood Initiative (ECI) was an ambitious effort launched in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1996 to provide high-quality early care and education services to at-risk children, on a county-wide scale and under the direction of local neighborhood agencies. Four years after its launch, ECI was providing substantial social and educational…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Care, Community Programs, Cost Effectiveness
North Carolina Partnership for Children, Raleigh. – 2002
Smart Start is North Carolina's model early childhood initiative to help all North Carolina children enter school healthy and prepared for success. Serving all 100 counties in the state, Smart Start's services include child care subsidies and health and family support services. This report describes the program, focusing on its impact on the…
Descriptors: Child Care, Child Health, Community Benefits, Early Intervention
Office for Standards in Education, London (England). – 2002
The implementation of the National Literacy Strategy (NLS) began in English primary schools at the start of the autumn term, 1998. It was intended to bring about "a dramatic improvement in literacy standards," so that, by 2002, 80% of all 11 year olds should reach level 4 in English at the end of Key Stage 2 national curriculum tests.…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education, English Instruction
Office for Standards in Education, London (England). – 2000
The implementation of the National Literacy Strategy (NLS) began in English primary schools at the start of the autumn term, 1998. It was intended to bring about "a dramatic improvement in literacy standards," so that, by 2002, 80% of all 11 year olds should reach level 4 in English at the end of Key Stage 2 national curriculum tests.…
Descriptors: British National Curriculum, Curriculum Development, English Instruction, Foreign Countries
Wilson, Valerie; Hall, Stuart; Rankin, Nicola; Davidson, Julia; Schad, Dominic – 2003
This report presents the findings of an examination of the costs, benefits, and characteristics of Sitter Services, a program in Scotland offering child care in the child's home to parents working atypical hours or respite care for families of children with developmental disabilities. The study also explored users' and providers' knowledge of the…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Child Care, Child Caregivers, Children
Eliot, Susan – 2003
This report describes the impact of nurse consultant services to child care programs in Colorado on the children, parents, and staff of the centers they serve as part of the Healthy Child Care Colorado (HCCC) initiative. Study participants included 25 child care center directors and 24 nurse consultants, representing large and small centers in…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Child Care, Child Care Centers
Kahn, Bernard – 2002
This document presents an evaluation report and parent handbook of for a federally supported 6-week residential summer program for children and adults with developmental disabilities developed by the Hebrew Academy for Special Children (Brooklyn, New York). It also includes the program's parent handbook. Evaluation focused on three groups of camp…
Descriptors: Adults, Curriculum Design, Developmental Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Utah State Library Div., Salt Lake City. Dept. of Community and Economic Development. – 2002
This document presents the evaluation report for Utah's Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) program for 1998-2002. Part I, "Executive Summary," describes the evaluation study process and summarizes recommendations related to goals in the following areas: (1) basic library technology; (2) enhanced library technology; (3) PIONEER:…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Grants, Information Technology, Library Development
Trident Technical Coll., Charleston, SC. – 2003
This institutional effectiveness (IE) report for Trident Technical College (TTC), South Carolina, describes majors and concentrations, academic advisement, and transfer. The 2001-2002 academic year marked the tenth year of Goal Attainment Scaling (GAS) for the college. GAS is a systematic means of developing an individual yardstick for assessing…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Community Colleges, Educational Indicators, General Education
Association of American Medical Colleges, Washington, DC. – 1999
The purpose of this guide, developed by the Association of American Medical Colleges group on Graduate Research, Education, and Training (GREAT), is to outline a model process by which graduate programs can measure program success and that can be adapted to particular circumstances and priorities. The first sections of the guide examine the…
Descriptors: Biomedicine, Careers, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment
