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Nelson, Kristi A.; Nicholas, Mark C. – Association for Institutional Research, 2012
The President of the University of Cincinnati charged the Academic Coordinating Committee (ACC), a universitywide governance body, to conduct a comprehensive review of degree programs by designing a process with multiple outcomes: building an academically stronger university; ensuring consistency with the institution's capacity and academic…
Descriptors: Program Improvement, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness, Academic Degrees
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Assessment Update, 2013
This issue of "Assessment Update" presents the following articles: (1) Origins of the WASC Assessment Leadership Academy; (2) Editor's Notes: Parallel Paths to Progress in Assessment in Europe and the United States; (3) The Impact of the First Three Years of the WASC Assessment Leadership Academy; (4) Restructuring the Writing Program at…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Educational Trends, Educational Practices, Educational History
Harris, Erin – Harvard Family Research Project, 2008
Harvard Family Research Project's Out-of-School Time (OST) Program Research and Evaluation Database and Bibliography provide accessible and timely information about research and evaluations involving OST programs and initiatives. This Research Update explores key themes emerging from 13 recent reports added to the OST Research and Evaluation…
Descriptors: Program Improvement, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness, Databases
Granger, Robert C. – Society for Research in Child Development, 2008
No Child Left Behind (NCLB), with its emphasis on standards-based accountability, has put educators under considerable pressure to improve student academic outcomes. Much of the funding for after-school programs comes from education budgets and is administered by state and local education agencies. Consequently, after-school programs are often…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Finance, Politics of Education, Academic Achievement
Forum for Youth Investment, 2008
This commentary highlights the work of the Collaborative for Building After-School Systems (CBASS), a collaborative of mature, city and county-wide nonprofit OST intermediaries, to develop and adopt common youth-, program- and system-level measures that are easy and cost-effective for local systems to implement. By agreeing to adopt and publicly…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Program Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Productivity
Little, Priscilla M. D., Ed. – Harvard Family Research Project, 2004
This issue of "The Evaluation Exchange" focuses on out-of-school time (OST). Several authors provide insights into how they, and others, are tackling measurement issues, from using technology and data systems to collect information and track progress, to applying lessons learned from developing early childhood quality measures. Other authors…
Descriptors: After School Education, After School Programs, Program Improvement, Early Childhood Education