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Diamond, John; O'Donoghue, Rebekah; Alonzo, Erick; Barman, Sukanya – MDRC, 2023
This is the supplement to the report, "Texas Takes on Transfer Grants: Interim Impacts of the Texas Transfer Grant Pilot Program on Student Transfer." The Texas Transfer Grant Pilot Program was created by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to improve the transfer rates of students from two-year to four-year…
Descriptors: Grants, College Transfer Students, Pilot Projects, Two Year College Students
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Bradley, M.C.; Daley, Tamara; Levin, Marjorie; O'Reilly, Fran; Parsad, Amanda; Robertson, Anne; Werner, Alan – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2011
The Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 is the most recent reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), federal legislation specifically focused on the education of children with disabilities. Section 664(b) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act of 2004 requires…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Outcomes of Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Objectives
Idaho State Department of Education, 2004
The Idaho Gifted and Talented Training Grant was established seven years ago by the Legislature to help educators improve the identification of and service to gifted and talented students in five talent areas: intellectual, visual/performing arts, leadership, academic, and creativity. The Gifted and Talented Training Grant is intended to improve…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Identification, Gifted
Moore, Mary T.; Steele, Diane – 1988
This report presents nationally representative data to contrast and compare programs developed under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 with special education programs for mildly handicapped pupils in elementary schools, called for by Part B of the Education of the Handicapped Act. The report describes differences…
Descriptors: Demography, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation, Elementary Education
Magnolia School District 14, AR. – 1979
The document reports accomplishments of the Home and School Services project serving handicapped children (0 to 8 years old) in the Magnolia (AK) School District. Findings of the evaluation are reported in terms of objectives under the following program components: direct and supplementary services for children's services, parent/family…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education
Illinois State Board of Education, Springfield, Dept. of Planning, Research and Evaluation. – 1993
This report provides descriptive data and analyses of information concerning Illinois public school gifted education programs, gathered via the fiscal year 1992 Gifted Education Program Evaluation Report. The report describes the student population, program type and content, staff training, and funding during school year 1991-92. Highlights of the…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnic Groups
McDaid, Janet L. – 1987
The Evaluation Department of San Diego (California) City Schools develops and implements an annual evaluation plan aimed at improving special education programs, as required under California's Master Plan for Special Education. The studies contained in the 1986-87 evaluation are presented in three sections: (1) demographic information about the…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Demography, Demonstration Programs
Buttram, Joan L.; Kershner, Keith M. – 1988
This study examined the management, operation, and effectiveness of special education programs in 33 urban school districts from 1984-85 through 1986-87. Data were collected on special education students, facilities, budgets, pre-referral, referral, placement, exit from special education programs, program evaluation, vocational education, related…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment, Handicap Identification
Jones, Earl; And Others – 1980
Designed to assist California policy and decision makers with planning to meet the future educational needs of limited-English speaking (LES) and non-English speaking (NES) students, this study was undertaken: (1) to describe and analyze the implementation of all areas of the legislatively required services to LES/NES children, and the structures…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Bilingual Education
Jones, Earl; And Others – 1980
Designed to assist California policy and decision makers with planning to meet the future educational needs of limited-English speaking (LES) and non-English speaking (NES) students, this study was undertaken: (1) to describe and analyze the implementation of all areas of the legislatively required services to LES/NES children, and the structures…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Ancillary School Services
Koroloff, Nancy – 1991
This report describes four demonstration projects, funded from July 1989 to December 1990 in Oregon, on early identification and prevention of mental and emotional disorders in children. The intention of the projects was to find ways to identify children at risk of suffering emotional disorders and to intervene early enough to prevent these…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Rearing, Children, Early Childhood Education
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1998
The 20th annual report to Congress on the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is divided into four sections organized around a model which views educational results as products of three sets of factors: the context and environment in which the education is provided, student characteristics, and school programs…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Access to Education, Accountability, Agency Cooperation