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Download full textWardlow, George; And Others – 1992
A project developed and tested an Institutional Effectiveness Assessment Guide (IEAG) that incorporated themes and factors identified by Wardlow et al. (1992) as contributing to excellence. An interpretive design was used to enable researchers to gain input and consensus from participants of exemplary institutions regarding the institutional-level…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Development, Effective Schools Research, Evaluation Methods
Office of Vocational and Adult Education (ED), Washington, DC. – 1992
This document suggests the following eight model indicators of quality in adult education programs: (1) learners demonstrate progress toward attainment of basic skills and competencies that support their educational needs; (2) learners advance in the program or complete program requirements that allow them to continue their education or training;…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Educational Indicators
Gee, Elsie W. – 1983
The design and implementation of a two-year project on research utilization in elementary teacher education (RUETE) integrates: (1) the application of research on effective instruction; (2) the utilization of processes of adult learning in a systematic manner; and (3) the development of teacher education academies. The first of the study's two…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Elementary School Teachers, Higher Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Behling, Herman E., Jr. – 1981
Focusing on 67 studies written since 1970, this report reviews the literature on the topic of school effectiveness to discover those characteristics most in evidence in effective schools and classrooms. Research on effective schools has concentrated on such topics as school climate, the role of leadership, students' preschool experiences, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Classroom Research, Educational Environment, Educational Improvement
Popwell, Emma Pace – 1987
The study explored whether combinations of child care arrangements and sociodemographic characteristics were associated with kindergarten readiness, similar to the common effects for formal preschool intervention programs. The profile of preschool nonattenders was compared to kindergarten students within the same school who attended formal…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Caregivers, Comparative Analysis, Day Care Centers
Tan, David L. – 1990
The study sought to identify clusters of variables potentially linked to departmental excellence in institutions of higher education, and to determine whether these clusters and combinations thereof could be used to generate rankings of programs which would be consistent with those based on reputation. It studied the interrelationship of…
Descriptors: Departments, Educational Assessment, Educational Quality, Evaluation Methods
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Program Evaluation and Methodology Div. – 1990
The study examined early tuition-guarantee programs for disadvantaged students to determine their characteristics, key issues, and effectiveness. The study found four different types of programs: (1) sponsorship programs in which one individual or organization provides intensive academic help, mentoring, and other services to a small, broad-based…
Descriptors: College Programs, Disadvantaged, Donors, Higher Education
Haberaecker, Heather J. – 1990
A framework is presented for developing and utilizing interinstitutional comparisons of nonacademic units in the program review process using Northeastern Illinois University of Chicago, Illinois, as an example. The framework is drawn from a review of the literature on organizational effectiveness and the various dimensions of management…
Descriptors: College Programs, Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Higher Education
Stone, James C. – 1985
This study provides an evaluation of the quality of immersion instruction in English as a second language in the Mele-Maat School, an English-medium, British-administered Polynesian school in Vanuatu, an independent South Pacific nation. The study consisted of one year of baseline data gathering and a second year for replication using standardized…
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Educational Strategies, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Frank, Austin – 1984
Student Affirmative Action (SAA) outreach programs to increase the participation of underrepresented minorities and the economically disadvantaged in higher education in California started with little or no coordination and scant thought of evaluation. For a variety of reasons, which include how they were planned, how they are staffed and…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Preparation, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
Griffin, Gary A.; And Others – 1982
The Classroom Management Improvement Study (CMIS) was designed to investigate a complex staff development effort in order to provide a clear explication of the treatment in the event that either researchers or practitioners desired to replicate the intervention. The treatment was directed toward introducing effective classroom management…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Faculty Development, Inservice Teacher Education
Utah State Univ., Logan. Early Intervention Research Inst. – 1986
The report describes activities conducted during a 12-month baseline period preceding a series of longitudinal studies of the costs and effects of various types of early intervention with handicapped children conducted by the Early Intervention Research Institute at Utah State University. A systems theory perspective forms the theoretical base for…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection, Disabilities, Educational Research
Utah State Univ., Logan. Early Intervention Research Inst. – 1987
The report describes second-year project activities of the Early Intervention Research Institute (EIRI) at Utah State University, relating to a 5-year project to conduct 16 longitudinal studies of the effects and costs of alternative types of early intervention with handicapped children. Six of the studies are to investigate effects of varying the…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Data Collection, Disabilities, Educational Research
Natriello, Gary; And Others – 1988
This report develops a topology of approaches to high school dropout prevention, and uses it to examine and review the effectiveness of existing programs, and to identify major gaps in current practice and research. Research on dropouts was reviewed to identify the kinds of students who drop out and their reasons for dropping out. Based on this…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Pena, Deagelia M.; Hill, Florence – 1984
This paper presents some of the results of a survey of participants in the Detroit Public Schools Management Academy's Required Management Seminars and includes suggestions for full-scale evaluation of a program such as this, which ultimately seeks to improve achievement. Questionnaires were sent to 400 participants, most of whom were principals…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education
