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Miller-Whitehead, Marie – TVEE Monitor, 2002
The purpose of this study was to examine the state level, district level, and school level education accountability data that were made available on selected State Department of Education Web sites in 2000-2001. The issues of interest were: (1) differences in reported indicators on the education report cards produced in Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Content Analysis, Educational Indicators
Download full textRoach, Virginia; Halvorsen, Ann; Zeph, Lucille; Giugno, Matthew; Caruso, Michael – CISP Issue Brief, 1997
This policy brief examines issues associated with accurately collecting and reporting placement data for students with disabilities. It notes that existing federal reporting requirements under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and traditional state data systems may actually impede the collection of accurate data regarding the…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Data Collection, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Sharman, Phil, Ed. – Child Support Report, 1999
This document comprises the 12 issues for 1999 of the "Child Support Report," which explores problems related to child support enforcement, reports on federal and state government child support enforcement initiatives, and summarizes research related to child support. Editorials and information on events and conferences of interest and…
Descriptors: Child Support, Child Welfare, Children, Divorce
Peer reviewedMcEwen, Nelly, Ed. – Canadian Journal of Education, 1995
Five articles in this special issue present the approaches to accountability found in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, and Newfoundland, provinces that represent 85% of all Canadian elementary and secondary school students. The articles are then discussed by representatives of four national Canadian educational associations. (SLD)
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Indicators, Educational Research
Cizek, Gregory J. – Fordham Report, 1998
This booklet provides parents, teachers, administrators, and policymakers with information about achievement testing which is relevant to their needs. The first section presents an overview of the current market for standardized achievement tests and provides key definitions, distinctions between ability and achievement testing, comparisons of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Elementary Secondary Education
Sharman, Phil, Ed. – Child Support Report, 1998
This document is comprised of the 12 monthly issues of the 1998 "Child Support Report," which explores problems related to child support enforcement, reports on federal and state government child support enforcement initiatives, and summarizes research related to child support. Editorials and information on events and conferences of…
Descriptors: Child Support, Child Welfare, Children, Computer Assisted Instruction
Parent, Kathleen D., Ed. – Centennial State Libraries, 1998
This document consists of 12 consecutive issues of the monthly "Centennial State Libraries" newsletter, of the Colorado Department of Education, State Library and Adult Education Office. The issues cover the year 1998. Each issue of the newsletter--except the August issue which is an Annual Report--includes some or all of the following…
Descriptors: Authors, Elementary Secondary Education, Libraries, Library Development
The Journal of State Government, 1990
All nine articles in this periodical issue focus on the theme of the war against illegal drug use, approaching the topic from a variety of perspectives. The articles are: "The Drug War: Meeting the Challenge" (Stanley E. Morris); "Ways to Fight Drug Abuse" (Bruce A. Feldman); "Treatment Key to Fighting Drugs" (Stan…
Descriptors: Current Events, Drug Abuse, Federal Government, Government (Administrative Body)
Update on Gifted Education, 1992
This theme issue covers "High School Programming" and approaches to meeting the needs of gifted high school students in Texas. The first article is "Thematic Interdisciplinary Curricula for Secondary Gifted Students in English and Social Studies" (Joel E. McIntosh and April W. Meacham). This approach is contrasted with the…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Curriculum Development, Delivery Systems, Dual Enrollment
Stefonek, Tom; And Others – Policy Briefs, 1991
This special double issue focuses on the issue of alternative assessment and its place in educational reform. "Alternative Assessment: A National Perspective" (T. Stefonek) emphasizes that the fundamental purposes of new assessment methods are grounded in educational goals, meaningful outcomes, and curricular and instructional programs…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Interwest Applied Research, Inc., Portland, OR. – 1984
The Alaska Statewide Assessment Test is administered to fourth and eighth graders every two years in reading and mathematics. Assessment Report 7 describes how the assessment process works, analyzing results, test content, results for 1983, and statewide average scores. A question-answer format is used to discuss the following: (1) Was students'…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Grade 4, Grade 8
Grasso, John T. – 1979
One of a series of sixteen knowledge transformation papers, this paper represents a comprehensive study of the nature and types of impact evaluation available to vocational administrators, researchers, and evaluation experts. After explaining the concepts of the CIPP (context, input, process, product) model, of summative evaluation and the value…
Descriptors: Definitions, Educational Research, Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Zito, Michael, Ed. – Bridges, 1999
This document is comprised of the two issues in volume 4 of "Bridges," a publication produced by the California Head Start-State Collaboration Office to detail the activities of the educational partnership and to provide relevant information to programs participating in the partnership. The spring 1999 issue focuses on the service system…
Descriptors: Child Health, Cooperation, Disabilities, Health Insurance
Brown, Rebecca – Issue Notes, 2000
This issue of WIN (Welfare Information Network) Issue Notes focuses on helping low-income mothers with criminal records achieve self-sufficiency. Section 1 offers background. Section 2 answers these policy questions: why states might want to focus on serving low-income mothers with criminal records; how states can encourage employers to hire…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Custody, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Research Connections in Special Education, 2000
This newsletter issue reviews the research and literature on issues and best practices in programs to facilitate the transition of students with disabilities to adult life. First, the definition of transition services under the 1997 Reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is presented and explained. Next, a…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Definitions, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship
