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Download full textHawkinson, Laura E.; Quick, Heather E.; Muenchow, Susan; Anthony, Jennifer; Weinberg, Emily; Holod, Aleksandra; Parrish, Deborah; Meakin, John; Lee, Dong Hoon; Tarrant, Kate; Cannon, Jill S.; Zellman, Gail L.; Karoly, Lynn A. – American Institutes for Research, 2015
The first step in the Validity and Reliability Study summarizes the history and purpose of California's quality rating and improvement system (QRIS), reviews findings from other QRIS evaluation studies, and describes the approach to validating the system in California. The majority of this report focuses on providing context for the California…
Descriptors: Competition, Early Childhood Education, Achievement Rating, State Standards
Wang, Jianjun – Online Submission, 2012
Kern County Children and Families Commission (First 5 Kern) is funded by the Proposition 10 ballot initiative to support services for children prenatal to age five in California. The state revenue comes from an extra 50-cent tax on tobacco products, and is distributed according to the proportion of live births in each county. Following a…
Descriptors: Outcome Measures, Advisory Committees, Counties, Program Evaluation
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Direct linkWinkler, Carol K.; Fortner, C. Kevin; Baugh-Harris, Sara – Forum on Public Policy Online, 2013
Every year 1.3 million U.S. high school students drop out of school with one quarter of female students failing to graduate on time. Female dropouts are more likely to be unemployed, to earn less when they are employed, to become pregnant before the age of 20, to become obese, to smoke, and to drink more heavily than their male counterparts. This…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Womens Education, Womens Studies, Disadvantaged Environment
CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1), 2012
The Federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Title II: Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) provides funding for states and territories to provide instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL), Adult Basic Education (ABE), and Adult Secondary Education (ASE) to adults in need of these literacy services. California State Budget Act…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Outcome Measures, Program Effectiveness, Adult Basic Education
Herman, Joan L.; Wang, Jia; Rickles, Jordan; Hsu, Vivian; Monroe, Scott; Leon, Seth; Straubhaar, Rolf – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2012
With funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, CRESST conducted a multi-year evaluation of a major school reform project at Alain Leroy Locke High School, historically one of California's lowest performing secondary schools. Beginning in 2007, Locke High School transitioned into a set of smaller, Green Dot Charter High Schools,…
Descriptors: Quasiexperimental Design, Academic Achievement, Grade 9, Control Groups
Toby, Megan; Ma, Boya; Lai, Garrett; Lin, Li; Jaciw, Andrew – Empirical Education Inc., 2012
In spring 2010, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) began planning a pilot of an application for the Apple iPad, "HMH Fuse: Algebra 1," which was then in development. The application was to be piloted in four California school districts during the 2010-2011 school year. HMH contracted with Empirical Education Inc. to conduct a one-year…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Statistical Analysis, Inservice Teacher Education, Outcome Measures
CASAS - Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (NJ1), 2011
The Federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA), Title II: Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA) provide funding for states and territories to provide instruction in English as a Second Language (ESL), Adult Basic Education (ABE), and Adult Secondary Education (ASE) to adults in need of these literacy services. California State Budget Act…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Outcome Measures, Program Effectiveness, Adult Basic Education
