Descriptor
Source
| Online Submission | 1 |
Author
Publication Type
| Numerical/Quantitative Data | 7 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 7 |
| Reports - Research | 5 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
Education Level
| Adult Basic Education | 1 |
| Adult Education | 1 |
| Elementary Education | 1 |
Audience
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Comprehensive Employment and… | 1 |
| Higher Education Act Title III | 1 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Richards, Donald M. – 1980
The purpose of this paper was to report on the system of school finance in the province of Alberta. The first part of the paper consists of an outline of the legal framework in the Canadian constitution, a descriptlon of the current school finance plan, and a summary of a 1979 study of the plan. The bulk of the document concerns a survey of 94…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Grants
Download full textPerry, Bob; Howard, Peter – 2002
"Counting On" is a systemic mathematics program that targets low achieving students in the final year of government elementary and the first year of government secondary schools through the professional development of their teachers. During 2000, "Counting On" was implemented in 40 secondary schools, involving more than 600…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, At Risk Persons, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Miller-Whitehead, Marie – 2001
This paper examines Alabama's State Education Report Card for the year 2000. It identifies predictors for student academic achievement at both the district and school levels for 128 public school systems and 1,272 public schools. Separate analyses were conducted for 61 city and 67 county school systems. The variables included number of students,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annual Reports, Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment
Bender, Carl M.; Petty, Gregory C. – 1980
This document contains one of two reports presented at the Governor's National Forum on Youth Employment, May 22-23, 1980. Focusing on Missouri Youth and the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA), this report is divided into five sections. Section 1 presents a geo-economic profile of Missouri by the following regions: (1) the St. Louis…
Descriptors: Economic Status, Employment Opportunities, Employment Programs, Employment Statistics
Gottfredson, Gary D.; Gottfredson, Denise C. – 1997
The Survey of School-Based Gang Prevention and Intervention Programs is a study of approaches used by schools to reduce or prevent gang involvement among schools. Principals in a probability sample of 1,287 schools were asked what they were doing in their schools to prevent problem behavior or to promote a safe and orderly school environment.…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention
Blodgett-McDeavitt, Cynthia; Dirkx, John M. – Online Submission, 1995
While transfer of information to practice is a goal of professional development programs for educators, the gap between learning of new information and application to practice continues to be problematic. Synthesizing theoretical viewpoints of innovation adoption and diffusion theory, normative re-education strategies, self-efficacy theory and…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Self Efficacy, Adult Basic Education, Teacher Education Programs
Moye, Alfred L. – 1979
Title III of the Higher Education Act of 1965, Strengthening Developing Institutions, is discussed in this presentation to the House Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education. The history of the Title from its inception is traced. Designed to strengthen the academic quality of financially weak institutions, Title III is viewed as a reflection of the…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Developing Institutions, Educational Economics, Eligibility
