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Brian Freeman; Supriya Tamang; Jesse Wood; Liz M. B. Yadav – Grantee Submission, 2023
The Intercultural Development Research Association (IDRA) was awarded an Education Innovation and Research (EIR) Early Phase grant from the U.S. Department of Education in 2017 to develop, implement, and test a promising program to improve student achievement and educational progress for high-need students: Reenergizing Leadership to Achieve…
Descriptors: Grants, Educational Innovation, Academic Achievement, Program Development
Beddie, Francesca; Hargreaves, Jo; Atkinson, Georgina – National Centre for Vocational Education Research (NCVER), 2017
At the request of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Industry Skills Council (ISC), and the Skills Senior Officials Network (SSON), a National Training Product Reform Group, comprising representatives from all of the jurisdictions, considered the longer-term reform of training products. This exercise, conducted during 2016, aimed to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Industry, Educational Change
Gold, Eva; Good, Deborah; Robertson-Kraft, Claire; Callahan, M. Kate – Research for Action, 2011
In April 2009, Superintendent Arlene Ackerman announced her reform plan for the School District of Philadelphia (the District)--"Imagine 2014". Among other major initiatives, "Imagine 2014" laid the groundwork for Philadelphia's Renaissance Schools Initiative. The Renaissance Initiative, set to enter its second year in 2011-12,…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Outcomes of Education
Blomberg, Thomas – 2002
The purpose of this report is to provide the Florida legislature with information required by Florida statutes regarding educational services in the Department of Juvenile Justice Programs. This section requires the Department of Education and Department of Juvenile Justice to report annually the progress toward developing effective educational…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Educational Quality, Financial Support, Juvenile Justice
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Education, Raleigh. – 1997
In North Carolina, work force development education (WDE) begins in grade 6 with exploratory courses and leads to specialized classroom instruction in grades 11 and 12. Since 1992-1993, North Carolina's WDE programs have been evaluated with respect to eight long-range performance standards. Only in the case of standard 1 (all students will have…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation, Educational Objectives, Educational Trends
Bruininks, Robert H., Ed.; And Others – 1988
This benefit-cost evaluation project provides a comprehensive analysis of a school district special education program. The project addressed the need for information on ways to evaluate special education programs and to make programmatic decisions based on evaluation information. Project activities focused on the following four interrelated areas:…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Data Collection, Disabilities, Dropouts
Illinois Community Coll. Board, Springfield. – 1999
As part of their ongoing accountability and program improvement initiatives, Illinois colleges annually conduct a survey of occupational program graduates. This report provides statewide information from graduates of selected occupational programs regarding the effectiveness of their community college experiences. Data for the report were obtained…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Colleges, Educational Assessment, Educational Quality
Coker, Charles C.; Menz, Fredrick E.; Johnson, Laura A.; McAlees, Daniel C. – 1997
This final report discusses the findings of a project that investigated research on the use of educational strategies with students with serious emotional disturbances (SED) for the purpose of communicating to teachers and parents which techniques were effective in serving minority youth with SED. The project reviewed 250 documents to synthesize…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Black Youth, Community Benefits, Dropout Prevention
Australian National Training Authority, Brisbane. – 1998
The state of vocational education and training (VET) in Australia in 1997 was evaluated by collecting data on the following key performance measures: participation and achievement in VET; employer views on VET; student outcomes from VET; VET's benefits for particular client groups (females, people from rural and remote areas, indigenous…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annual Reports, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Alberta Learning, Edmonton. – 2000
Alberta Learning was created in May 1999 to enhance the focus of the government of Alberta, Canada, on lifelong learning and equipping all Albertans with the information and skills needed to live and work in the information age. During its first year of operation, Alberta Learning focused on its core businesses of basic learning, adult learning,…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Apprenticeships, Basic Skills, Cooperative Planning