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Download full textVanGetson, Gretchen; Minnema, Jane; Thurlow, Martha – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2004
The purpose of this research study was to illustrate the ways in which out-of-level testing policies have changed over the three years from 2000-2001 to 2003-2004. In 2000-2001, 12 states were using out-of-level tests to measure student progress toward content standard proficiency. A detailed research study conducted at the end of 2000-2001 to…
Descriptors: Instructional Program Divisions, Testing Accommodations, Student Evaluation, Educational Policy
Illinois Community College Board, 2005
This report is an important Illinois Community College System accountability initiative aimed at strengthening college program offerings. Data were obtained from responses to a standardized survey. The information was provided by graduates of selected programs regarding the effectiveness of their college experience and documents program outcomes.…
Descriptors: Geographic Location, College Graduates, Employment Level, College Programs
Whitebook, Marcy; Bellm, Dan; Lee, Yuna; Sakai, Laura – Center for the Study of Child Care Employment, University of California at Berkeley, 2005
This report presents the results of a survey of nearly all (98.5%) of the California institutions of higher education that train adults to teach children under the age of five, including associate, bachelor's, master's and PhD programs. Data is presented on program, student, and faculty characteristics as well as language supports for students and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Child Development, Early Childhood Education, Student Characteristics
Manise, Jennifer; Blank, Rolf K.; Pewett, Cynthia; Potts, Abigail; Williams, Andra – 2002
This report is designed to provide consistent reliable indicators to allow analysis of educational trends in each state over time and to provide high quality data to provide comparable information from state to state. The accessible indicator formats are designed for increased uses by a variety of audiences. The report contains two-page profiles…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Compensatory Education, Demography
Parkland Coll., Champaign, IL. Office of Institutional Research and Evaluation. – 2003
This study presents findings from the 2001-2002 Transfer Program Follow-Up Survey of Parkland College (Illinois) graduates. A total of 423 students from baccalaureate/transfer programs were contacted approximately 6 weeks after graduation. Of those, 253 returned surveys, for a response rate of 59.8%. More than 58% of respondents were female, 81%…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Educational Mobility
Houston Community Coll. System, TX. Office of Institutional Research. – 2002
The Houston Community College System (HCCS) (Texas) is the third largest community college system in the state of Texas. Its five regional colleges offer workforce training programs, academic transfer courses, and continuing education. HCCS is the state-mandated workforce trainer for the city of Houston. More than 22% of the area's adult…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Administrative Organization, Budgets, College Faculty
Scarupa, Harriet J., Ed. – 2002
As federal and state officials consider the reauthorization of the block grants at the center of the 1996 federal welfare reform law, it is critical that they use findings from research regarding the impact of welfare reform to guide their decisions. This special report examines the impact of welfare reform on children and youth, drawing on…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Births to Single Women, Children, Comparative Analysis
Neild, Ruth Curran; Useem, Elizabeth; Travers, Eva F.; Lesnick, Joy – Research for Action, 2003
This report examines the current status of teacher quality in the city and what the School District of Philadelphia is now doing to ensure that all classrooms have highly trained, motivated, and knowledgeable teachers ready to boost the achievement of the district's 188,000 students.The report shows that teacher quality in Philadelphia has not…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Teacher Persistence, Collective Bargaining, Faculty Mobility
Bhagwanji, Yash; Bennett, Tess – 1997
The Great Lakes Resource Access Project (Region V RAP) serves Head Start programs in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The Region V RAP conducts an annual needs assessment to determine the training and technical assistance needs of the Head Start Disability Services Coordinators. A survey for assessing needs for the…
Descriptors: Child Development Centers, Childhood Needs, Disabilities, Emotional Problems
Koehler, Holly – 1997
ExceL grants are a local funding initiative of the Austin Independent School District (Texas) designed to improve student achievement at the elementary level. Schools submit proposals for the 4-year grants, and the amount of the grant is determined based on the number of students not meeting minimum expectations on the Texas Assessment of Academic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Disadvantaged Youth
Department of Education, Washington, DC. – 1998
This report is a compilation of 1997 default rates for institutions participating in the Federal Perkins Loan Program based on the cohort of borrowers who entered repayment status in the 1995-96 reporting period. Data is presented by state and individual institution and includes: (1) number of borrowers who entered repayment status in 1995-96; (2)…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Colleges, Compliance (Legal), Educational Finance
Harris, Ann D. – 1993
The Mid-York Library System (Utica, New York) conducted a project that involved recruitment and public awareness. The project served a community of over 200,000 people, and targeted potential tutors and learners. The goal of the project was to produce and develop a sustained publicity project to promote the services of Literacy Volunteers of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Federal Programs
Illinois State Board of Higher Education, Springfield. – 1995
This report examines undergraduate persistence and time to degree at public universities in Illinois, focusing on the year-to-year persistence of cohorts of freshmen students admitted to 10 universities between 1983 and 1993. It also examines the public university graduating class of 1993-94 and describes the factors influencing time to degree. It…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Age Differences, Bachelors Degrees, College Students
Sattler, Joan L. – 1995
National trends in teacher education are presented, based on 1990 to 1993 data from 497 institutions with teacher education units. Graphs illustrate the number of teacher education institutions by region; changes in enrollment, faculty, resources, and professional development from 1990 to 1993; and changes in each of these areas in each geographic…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Differences, Educational Trends, Enrollment Trends
National Center for the Study of Postsecondary Educational Supports, Honolulu, HI. – 2000
This technical report provides an overview and profile of the provision of educational supports and accommodations to students with disabilities in postsecondary programs across the United States. It is based on an analysis of a national survey conducted by the National Center for the Study of Postsecondary Educational Supports at the University…
Descriptors: Academic Accommodations (Disabilities), Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Career Counseling, Counseling Services
