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Download full textWest Virginia Department of Education, 2020
The State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP), WV GRADUATION 20/20 was implemented during the 2015-2016 academic school year beginning with 69 schools in 36 counties, representing 59% of West Virginia's high schools. During the 2016-2017 academic year the number of high schools grew to 72 and the cohort included 20 middle schools bringing the total…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, State Programs, Improvement Programs, Program Implementation
West Virginia Department of Education, 2019
The State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP), WV GRADUATION 20/20, was implemented during the 2015-2016 academic school year beginning with sixty-nine (69) schools in thirty-six (36) counties representing fifty-nine (59) percent of West Virginia's high schools. During the 2016-2017 academic year the number of high schools has grew to seventy-two…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, State Programs, Improvement Programs, Program Implementation
West Virginia Department of Education, 2018
The State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP), WV GRADUATION 20/20, was implemented during the 2015-2016 academic school year beginning with sixty-nine (69) schools in thirty-six (36) counties representing fifty-nine (59) percent of West Virginia's high schools. During the 2016-2017 academic year the number of high schools has grew to seventy-two…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, State Programs, Improvement Programs, Program Implementation
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Malden. Early Learning Services. – 1988
This document presents a self-assessment instrument for early childhood programs serving 3- and 4-year-olds in Massachusetts. The self-assessment is intended to provide guidance to program personnel, local early childhood advisory council members, and parents as they evaluate their programs and identify areas for improvement. The instrument also…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Preschool Education, Preschool Evaluation, Program Evaluation
Bradley, Valerie J.; And Others – 1988
The report examines implications of applying a functional rather than categorical definition of disabilities to Connecticut's services for the developmentally disabled. Specific objectives included preparation of an overview of services available, an analysis of policy options and system constraints, an analysis of the implications of reorganizing…
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Definitions, Delivery Systems, Developmental Disabilities
Silvanik, Robert A. – 1991
Information was collected about the current status of state literacy and basic skills efforts through a comprehensive survey of state literacy initiatives conducted in the summer of 1990. A total of 390 responses were received from the more than 400 surveys sent to governors' offices, state agencies, and Statewide literacy organizations. Results…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cooperative Programs, Educational Planning
Brown, William L.; Stemmer, Paul M., Jr. – 1990
This paper describes Michigan's strategy for defining and assessing employability skills. A statewide task force, appointed by the Governor, defined an initial list of academic, personal management, and teamwork skills. The skills from this list were more specifically defined for a questionnaire that was mailed to a random sample of over 7,500…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employers, Employment Qualifications, Mail Surveys
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 2000
This addendum was created to reflect the recommendations of the Mathematics Task Force that met in Arizona to make recommendations to the state Board of Education. The Mathematics Task Force recommended that a core curriculum be identified in the Mathematics Proficiency Standards that would be required of all high school students beginning in the…
Descriptors: High School Students, High Schools, Mathematics, Measurement Techniques
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1986
Designed to be used as guidelines in the review process for school library media programs in Maryland, these standards were adopted by the Maryland State Board of Education in an effort to improve, support, and encourage school media programs throughout the state. The statement of purpose for the school library media program is provided, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Resources Centers, Library Facilities, Library Standards
Goulden, Nancy Rost – 1995
The experience of Kansas communication educators in developing speaking and listening assessment has been characterized by unusual cooperation and collaboration among members of the educational community and the professional communication organizations at several different levels. In 1992, the Kansas State Legislature established the Quality…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Educational Cooperation, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
Mauser, A. J.; Cranston-Gingras, A. M. – 1988
A nationwide study was conducted to examine the trend toward or away from noncategorical teacher certification in special education, as well as patterns and limits of existing state certification systems. Responses from both State Directors of Special Education and State Certification Officers were obtained at a rate of 100% and 98% respectively.…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Trends, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Poggio, John P. – 1984
Kansas law requires setting passing scores for the reading and mathematics competency test for 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, and 11th grade students, administered annually since April of 1980. New objective-referenced tests are prepared each year. Both judgmental (Angoff, Ebel, and Nedelsky) methods and empirical (contrasting groups and borderline) methods…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Cutting Scores, Elementary Secondary Education, Minimum Competency Testing
Bell, Camille G.; And Others – 1985
In response to the need to develop reliable methods of evaluating Texas students' achievement of essential competencies, this study was designed to develop multiple-choice test items in food and nutrition in all comprehensive homemaking education courses, the semester course in food and nutrition, and all occupational methods of teaching food and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competence, Disabilities, Multiple Choice Tests
Florida State Postsecondary Education Planning Commission, Tallahassee. – 1990
Among 17 conclusions and recommendations of a study on current policies and procedures related to campus safety at Florida institutions of higher education are the following: (1) there is a need for an expanded definition or additional category of crime for recording incidents involving students, either as victims or perpetrators, that occur in…
Descriptors: Campuses, Crime, Crime Prevention, Higher Education
Kentucky State Dept. of Education, Frankfort. Div. of Program Development. – 1982
The document presents Kentucky Department of Education guidelines for developing programs to meet the needs of gifted students. The educational philosophy states that educational programs for the gifted should be designed so they are significantly different from those provided in the regular classroom. Gifted students are defined as those who have…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Definitions, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted
