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Ferguson, Daniel – Child Care & Early Education Research Connections, 2016
Many states with preschool programs, as well as other interested organizations and individuals, have undertaken research and evaluation efforts to improve their understanding of state preschool program implementation, results, and impacts. A 2004 review by Gilliam and Zigler examined state efforts to evaluate preschool programs from 1997 to 2003.…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Preschool Evaluation, Educational Policy, Educational Research
Hite, Jenny – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2014
Recent studies indicate that persistent achievement gaps among children begin as early as 18 months, years before most publicly funded prekindergarten programs offer enrollment. Early childhood development necessitates more than access to pre-K at age four. Proper brain development requires adequate nutrition, access to quality healthcare, and…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Preschool Education, Preschool Evaluation, Early Childhood Education
Mills, Gladys H. – 1980
Focusing on state-mandated minimum competency testing programs, this annotated bibliography cites 200 items selected from more than 700. The Resource Catalog is intended for state education policy makers and therefore includes resource and study guides; legislative and board action; conference speeches, reports and proceedings; curriculum guides,…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. National Center for Research in Vocational Education. – 1981
The first of a series of productivity primers examining the interrelationship among vocational education, productivity, and economic development, this volume contains selections from a national conference on the role of vocational education in economic development and productivity that was held in Columbus, Ohio from June 24 through June 26, 1981.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Economic Development, Educational Needs, Educational Policy
Sayler, Micheal – 1994
This guide for parents of gifted children in Texas is intended to provide general information and sources of additional help. Section 1 examines the meaning of being gifted and talented and provides the Texas definition of giftedness, lists of characteristics and concomitant problems of gifted and talented children, and a discussion of the highly…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Child Rearing, Definitions, Educational Legislation
Office of Career Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1974
The resource guide for career education opens with discussions of the need for career education and a general introduction to the field. One-third of the guide is a State-by-State survey of career education efforts which contains each State's definition of career education, developmental activities, places to look at, publications, and the name…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Bibliographies, Career Education, Career Guidance
Davis, Sheldon Emmor – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1919
This study includes consideration of periodicals for the promotion of public school education, those which deal with the history or scientific study of education, or the technique of schoolroom work, improvement of teachers and general school news. The principal source of information, fully indicated in the bibliography, has been the periodicals…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational History, Periodicals, Public Schools