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New Jersey Department of Education, 2016
On March 22, 2016, the New Jersey Department of Education ("the Department") published a broadcast memo sharing secure district access to 2014-15 median Student Growth Percentile (mSGP) data for all qualifying teachers. These data describe student growth from the last school year, and comprise 10% of qualifying teachers' 2014-15…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Outcome Measures, Teacher Qualifications, Equated Scores
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Rehabilitation Research, Policy, and Education, 2013
To fulfill the goal of having counselors qualified through the Comprehensive System of Personnel Development (CSPD), the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation Services in New Jersey (DVRS-NJ) committed to have selected counselors attend a Master's Degree in Rehabilitation Counseling (MRC) graduate program. This study examines 14 student/counselors…
Descriptors: Vocational Rehabilitation, Counselor Training, Educational Attainment, Outcomes of Treatment
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Thomas, Pauline; Zahorodny, Walter; Peng, Bo; Kim, Soyeon; Jani, Nisha; Halperin, William; Brimacombe, Michael – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
Background: In 2007 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a higher prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in New Jersey, one of the wealthiest states in the United States, than in other surveillance regions. Objective: To examine the association of socioeconomic status (SES) with ASD prevalence. Methods: Information…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Autism, Educational Diagnosis, Disability Identification
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Murray, Louise – Child Welfare, 1981
Explores the perceptions of 74 New Jersey child welfare workers pertaining to independent case reviews of children placed outside the home. Workers' understanding of the law, their methods of dealing with placement review in their practice, their relationship with their local board, and their overall assessment of the advantages and disadvantages…
Descriptors: Case Records, Caseworker Approach, Caseworkers, Child Welfare
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1985
Four aspects of 478 residential care facilities for children and youth in Flordia, Wisconsin, and New Jersey were examined. In addition, GAO looked at records of 539 children to illuminate the issue of how individuals are placed in residential care. Aspects examined were: (1) characteristics of residential facilities; (2) funding sources for these…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Case Records, Children