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Greenan, James P. – 1984
A project provided teachers and other school personnel with a set of practical instruments for assessing students' generalizable mathematics skills in the secondary vocational training programs in Illinois. The major accomplishments of the project were advisory committee identification and selection; population and sample identification and…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Generalization, Mathematics Achievement, Mathematics Skills
Brennan, Mervin M.; Redding, Kenneth R. – 1985
A Teacher Survey was developed for administration to Illinois teachers whose students take the Illinois Inventory of Educational Progress (IIEP). The IIEP are the achievement tests of the state assessment program. The purposes of the Teacher Survey range from determination of a test's curricular validity to investigations of teachers' abilities to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Data Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Predictive Validity
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Vocational Instructional Materials Lab. – 1997
This assessment packet contains all materials to assess a student's competency in personal development. The purpose of the tests at the state level is to demonstrate achievement in knowledge associated with work and family life competencies. Used by the classroom teacher, the results can indicate a program's strengths and weaknesses and serve as a…
Descriptors: Competence, Consumer Education, Family Involvement, Family Life
Miller, Diane L. – 2001
This document presents findings from interviews conducted to obtain information on changes that have occurred in state Special Education Advisory Panels (SEAPs) since the passage of the 1997 amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). The interviews investigated general organizational changes, SEAP involvement in the…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Liu, Kristin K.; Anderson, Michael E.; Swierzbin, Bonnie; Thurlow, Martha L. – 1999
This report shares the initial Phase 1 results from a quantitative and qualitative study examining the feasibility and desirability of offering Minnesota students with limited English proficiency (LEP) a reading test with bilingual test items and answer choices. In considering the use of a native language translation accommodation to the Minnesota…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Bilingual Students, Educational Assessment, Language Minorities
Brosseau, Gayle – 1995
This report provides data on the goals and outcomes of a consortium established in 1994 by public and private safety agencies and community colleges in California. The opening sections describe the formation of the consortium, indicating that its main goals are to reduce duplication of public safety course offerings at adjacent locations; create…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Consortia, Educational Cooperation, Educational Legislation
Layzell, Daniel T.; Caruthers, J. Kent – 1995
This paper reviews the concept of performance funding (PF) in governmental and higher education budgeting at the state level, reports the results of a recent national study of state-level PF for higher education, and assesses the likelihood that PF will become a permanent fixture in most states' approaches to budgeting for higher education. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrators, Budgeting, Educational Attitudes
Luehr, Ruth Ellen; Hoxie, Ann – 1995
The goal of Minnesota's Early Childhood Screening (ECS) program is to identify normal aspects of a child's health and development while sorting out potential problems that need further evaluation. In addition, all parents are linked to resources in the school and community to enhance their child's development and their own parenting skills. This…
Descriptors: Child Health, Early Intervention, Individual Development, Parent Education
Bond, Linda Ann; And Others – 1995
This document tabulates extensive and detailed information about the assessment programs of each state. It is the third edition of the database and remains the single best source for information about the student assessments that states conduct. The database is compiled from a survey completed by state directors of assessment. The first section of…
Descriptors: Databases, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Exit Examinations
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1993
A product evaluation of the Saginaw, Michigan School District's state-funded prekindergarten program for at-risk 4-year-olds (Michigan Early Childhood Education Preschool, or MECEP) was conducted in 1992-93. The Piaget-based program, which served approximately 279 children at 8 elementary schools, involves 7 component areas: cognitive,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Emotional Development, High Risk Students
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1994
A product evaluation of the Saginaw, Michigan School District's state-funded prekindergarten program for at-risk 4-year-olds (Michigan Early Childhood Education Preschool, or MECEP) was conducted in 1993-94. The Piaget-based program, which served approximately 280 children at 9 elementary schools, involves 7 component areas: cognitive,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Emotional Development, High Risk Students
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1995
A product evaluation of the Saginaw, Michigan School District's state-funded prekindergarten program for at-risk 4-year-olds (Michigan School Readiness Program, formerly Michigan Early Childhood Education Preschool, or MECEP) was conducted in 1994-95. The Piaget-based program, which served approximately 302 children at 9 elementary schools,…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Emotional Development, High Risk Students
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Hardee Center for Women in Higher Education. – 1995
This report presents an evaluation of the Educational Leadership Enhancement Grant Program, (ELEGP), established in 1992 by the Florida legislature to support projects designed to strengthen the professional preparation of women and minorities for leadership positions in public higher education institutions in the state. During 1993-94 six…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Educational Administration, Females, Grants
National Education Association, Washington, DC. – 1993
In the Teacher-to-Teacher series of the National Education Association's Professional Library, teachers speak directly to other teachers about school restructuring issues. This volume covers issues in student assessment, focusing on student portfolios and their uses in reflecting student processes, collaboration, and literacy. Various portfolios…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Illinois Literacy Resource Development Center, Rantoul. – 1992
As a follow-up to phase 1 in reports 1-2, this report presents the second and third phases of a project which examined changes in seven Illinois family literacy programs, assisted the sites in implementing evaluation systems, and tested the usefulness of an evaluation framework. In phase 2, structured and conversational interviews and site…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Family Literacy
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