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Holloway, Mary A. – School Library Journal, 1988
Details planning and implementation of a two-year project by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction to demonstrate online circulation procedures at two pilot sites--an elementary and a high school media center. Benefits of an automated circulation program are discussed, and recommendations for similar sites are offered. (MES)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Learning Resources Centers, Library Automation
Research and Service Inst., Inc., Brentwood, TN. – 1988
In 1988, the Joint Legislative Commission on Governmental Operations commissioned an outside evaluation of the School Career Development Pilot Program initiated in 1985. The evaluator's major responsibilities were to assess the operation of the 15 pilot programs, and to make recommendations about the future of the Career Development Program (CDP).…
Descriptors: Career Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Pilot Projects, Principals
Download full textNorth Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Research. – 1977
The Primary Reading Program was initiated in 117 classrooms in 40 North Carolina schools, to improve the reading achievement of the primary school students. The same number of control classrooms were also selected for comparison. Features of the program included increased funding for instructional materials; use of volunteers and teacher aides for…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Instructional Improvement, Pilot Projects, Primary Education
Franklin, Jennie A. Johnson – 1996
The SchoolTech initiative, a state-funded pilot project, was designed to empower teachers to develop innovative approaches to academic and extracurricular activities using technology. Elementary and secondary schools (n=10) in North Carolina were provided with hardware and software that had the capability of accessing Internet resources. Teachers…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Cooperative Planning
Peer reviewedStacey, Dennis C.; And Others – Journal of Personnel Evaluation in Education, 1989
The North Carolina Teacher Performance Appraisal System (TPAS) and a pilot career development program were studied via a survey of 1,998 teachers and 338 evaluators. Overall reaction to the TPAS and its evaluation instrument was positive, with teachers agreeing that the procedures for formative and summative evaluations are feasible. (SLD)
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
Brown, W. J., Jr.; Trivett, B. Clark – 1977
Concern over reports that North Carolina elementary school students performed below the national norms in reading achievement led to the establishment of a pilot program to improve reading skills in grades one through three. The Primary Reading Program was initiated in 117 classrooms in 40 schools throughout the state; 117 control classrooms from…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Instructional Improvement
