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Dodge, Kenneth A.; Bai, Yu; Ladd, Helen F.; Muschkin, Clara G. – Child Development, 2017
North Carolina's Smart Start and More at Four (MAF) early childhood programs were evaluated through the end of elementary school (age 11) by estimating the impact of state funding allocations to programs in each of 100 counties across 13 consecutive years on outcomes for all children in each county-year group (n = 1,004,571; 49% female; 61%…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Outcomes of Education, Elementary School Students
Holdzkom, David; And Others – 1989
Educators in North Carolina, recognizing a need to develop a more objective, performance-based teacher evaluation system, determined that evaluation of teachers should have both formative and summative outcomes and should focus on improvement of teacher skills. The Teacher Performance Appraisal System (TPAS), a companion to the North Carolina…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Research, Evaluators, Longitudinal Studies
Viles, N. E., Sr. – Office of Education, US Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, 1956
School insurance programs often present major problems in school administration. School insurance of various types is one means of preventing or limiting financial loss from property damage or the claims of individuals for injury or damage payments. In varying degrees the States have delegated to certain local administrative school units and/or…
Descriptors: Injuries, School Administration, Public Schools, Costs
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Land, Kenneth C.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1990
An evaluation of a North Carolina supervision program for juvenile offenders--the Intensive Protective Supervision Project--is presented. The program involves extensive and proactive contact between the court counselor, offender, and offender's family. Statistical and field-based evaluation suggest that the project is successful in preventing…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Delinquency Prevention, Demonstration Programs, Field Studies
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Ribisl, Kurt M.; Steckler, Allan; Linnan, Laura; Patterson, Carol C.; Pevzner, Eric S.; Markatos, Elizabeth; Goldstein, Adam O.; McGloin, Tim; Peterson, Arlana Bobo – Health Education & Behavior, 2004
This article describes the North Carolina Youth Empowerment Study (NCYES), a 3-year participatory evaluation of youth programs addressing tobacco use prevention. The study goals of NCYES were to (1) convene an advisory board comprised of lay youths and adults in a participatory research process, (2) document the characteristics of youth programs…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Youth Programs, Advisory Committees, Smoking
Gourley, Frank A., Jr. – 1987
A study identified the essential educational topics and the level of proficiency perceived to be required in these topics for selected two-year engineering technology programs in North Carolina. The four curricula studied were mechanical engineering technology, mechanical drafting and design technology, manufacturing engineering technology, and…
Descriptors: Competence, Content Analysis, Curriculum, Educational Research