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Spooner, Bela Shah – National League of Cities Institute for Youth, Education and Families (NJ1), 2011
This executive summary presents the broadest look yet at a growing trend in America's cities: the emergence of city-led efforts to build comprehensive afterschool and out-of-school time (OST) systems that meet the needs of children and youth in their communities. Mayors and other municipal officials who have demonstrated leadership in this area…
Descriptors: Stakeholders, Leadership, After School Programs, Trend Analysis
Maloney, W. Paul; Eckstrom, Charles A.
A study was conducted to develop a monitoring system detailing the employment demands in Bridgeport, Connecticut for graduates of the city's vocational and training programs. The project was divided into two phases and involved the collaborative efforts of the educational, community, and business-industrial sectors of Bridgeport. A checklist based…
Descriptors: Employment Opportunities, Employment Projections, Information Systems, Labor Market
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Behuniak, Peter; Tucker, Charlene – Applied Measurement in Education, 1992
Psychometrically linking a state criterion-referenced test (CRT) and a norm-referenced test (NRT) to yield NRT information through the CRT was studied with samples of 1,500 to 3,000 elementary school students per subject and grade level in Connecticut. A CRT/NRT link can create a focused and coherent assessment system. (SLD)
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education