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DiPerna, Paul – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2015
The purpose of this annual survey developed and reported by the Friedman Foundation and our partner, Braun Research, Inc., is to measure public opinion on, and in some cases awareness or knowledge of, a range of K-12 education topics and reforms. We report response levels, differences ("margins"), and intensities for the country and a…
Descriptors: School Choice, Common Core State Standards, Standardized Tests, Public Opinion
DiPerna, Paul – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2014
The "Schooling in America Survey" is an annual project, commissioned by the Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice and conducted by Braun Research, Inc. (BRI). The purpose of the project is to measure public opinion--and in some cases awareness or knowledge--on a range of K-12 education topics and reforms. The author and his…
Descriptors: School Choice, Common Core State Standards, Standardized Tests, Public Opinion
Thomas B. Fordham Foundation, 2009
As a charter school sponsor (authorizer), the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation submits an accountability report to the Ohio Department of Education at the end of November each year. The report includes profiles of each Fordham-sponsored school, as well as graphics comparing the achievement data of its schools, their home districts, and statewide…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Philanthropic Foundations, School Support, Accountability
Tanenbaum, Courtney; Boyle, Andrea; Soga, Kay; Le Floch, Kerstin Carlson; Golden, Laura; Petroccia, Megan; Toplitz, Michele; Taylor, James; O'Day, Jennifer – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2012
The federal government has had a long-standing commitment to ensuring access of English Learner (EL) students to a meaningful education. As early as 1968, the "Elementary and Secondary Education Act" ("ESEA") contained provisions for supporting the education of EL students and in its 1974 landmark decision, "Lau v.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Academic Achievement, Second Language Learning
DiPerna, Paul – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2009
This statistically representative survey of 1,203 likely Virginia voters illustrates public opinion on a wide range of K-12 education issues. The underlying purpose of the Friedman Foundation's state surveys is to measure voter knowledge and attitudes toward public institutions and policies, innovative ideas, and the state's K-12 education system.…
Descriptors: Interviews, Charter Schools, Private Schools, Elementary Secondary Education
Office of Vocational and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2007
The state-administered grant program authorized under the "Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA)", enacted as Title II of the "Workforce Investment Act (WIA)" of 1998, is the major source of federal support for adult basic education and literacy education programs. When "AEFLA" was authorized in 1998,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Federal Government, Annual Reports
Chubb, John E.; Moe, Terry M. – 1992
In an analysis of school reform in Great Britain, this book shows how the landmark Education Reform Act of 1988 (ERA) imposed a radically new framework on British education. This framework is built on the same types of reforms that American activists have been proposing for years: school-based management (SBM), choice, and accountability.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
Timar, Thomas B. – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE (NJ1), 2004
This paper examines changes in California's school finance system over the past 35 years. It focuses specifically on the growth of categorical program funding. The study assesses the nature and magnitude of changes, the causes of those changes, the significance of those changes for the capacity of schools to provide high quality educational…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Public Education, Financial Support, State Aid
Public Agenda Foundation, New York, NY. – 2003
This document presents the complete findings, full wordings, complete responses, and sample sizes from a series of surveys conduced from 1998 through 2002. The surveys covered a variety of topics about public education, including student achievement, academic standards, standardized testing, accountability, curriculum, safety and discipline,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Attitude Measures, Basic Skills