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Direct linkAnderson, Kimberly; Mira, Mary Elizabeth – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2015
All of the states in this study have recently been involved in school accountability system reform. Since 2011, the states have taken advantage of a federal program to give them flexibility around certain requirements of the "No Child Left Behind Act" of 2001 (NCLB), the most recent reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary…
Descriptors: Accountability, State Policy, State Programs, State Standards
Decuir, Erica – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2014
This latest brief updates education leaders on the key policies the 13 (Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia) Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states plan to implement under federal waivers to No Child Left Behind. It details,…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, State Policy, Geographic Location, Educational Legislation
Download full textEisenhower National Clearinghouse for Mathematics and Science Education, Columbus, OH. – 1995
This document is a comprehensive directory of Federal offices, programs, and facilities for K-12 education in mathematics and science for the Appalachia Region. The purpose of this directory is to assist educators, parents, and students in attaining the National Education Goals, particularly Goal 4: "By the year 2000, U.S. students will be…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Mathematics Education
Mayer, Lynne S., Comp. – 1972
This publication contains abstracts of West Virginia's projects funded under the Vocational Education Amendments of 1968 for the period from January 1, 1971, through June 30, 1972. The abstracts describe projects for disadvantaged students, for handicapped students, for research, and for exemplary programs. Projects in the first group, the largest…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Career Guidance, Developmental Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
MITCHELL-BATEMAN, M.; AND OTHERS – 1966
PROJECT HEAD START (HS), FEDERALLY-SUPPORTED AND OPERATING UNDER FEDERAL REGULATIONS WHICH PERMITTED NO MORE THAN 10 PERCENT OF ENROLLED CHILDREN TO BE FROM FAMILIES WITH INCOMES ABOVE THE PRESCRIBED POVERTY LEVEL, WAS CONDUCTED DURING THE SUMMER OF 1966 IN ALL 55 WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES. IN 7 OF THESE COUNTIES, SUPPLEMENTARY STATE FUNDS WERE…
Descriptors: Action Research, Community Support, Disadvantaged, Early Experience
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (ED), Washington, DC. – 1980
This document is one of a series of reports which describe the experiences of six state agencies that are developing systems to affect the development and implementation of policy in the federal/state program for vocational rehabilitation. The state programs are developing model program evaluation/management information support units. This second…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Citations (References), Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods
Friedlander, Daniel; And Others – 1986
This report presents findings of a three-year evaluation of West Virginia's Community Work Experience Program (CWEP), which requires public service in exchange for welfare payments by able-bodied recipients of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC). Overall findings indicate that the state has succeeded in its principal objective:…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Education, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
West Virginia State Dept. of Education, Charleston. Office of Educational Support Services. – 1989
This proposed plan for the education of homeless children and youth in 1989-1990 is West Virginia's response to Title VII (B) of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of 1987 (the McKinney Act). Section 1 is comprised of the following four parts: (1) an executive summary, describing background, purpose, and impact of the state plan; (2)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Feistritzer, C. Emily; And Others – 1979
This report examines the current status of federal and state involvement in educational personnel development. First, it describes the federal legislative process, and offers a list of members of Congressional committees dealing with education legislation. Next, it analyzes involvement of the U.S. Office of Education and of individual states in…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Somers, Gerald G., Ed. – 1968
Case histories evaluate the effectiveness of recent and current retraining programs for unemployed workers under Federal, state, municipal, and union-management auspices, judging them by their success in placing workers in useful employment in distressed economic areas. Data on various aspects of retraining programs under a wide variety of…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cost Effectiveness, Course Content, Educational Benefits
West Virginia State Council on Vocational Education, Charleston. – 1989
This document reports briefly on the status of vocational education in West Virginia during 1987-88, as reported by the West Virginia State Council on Vocational Education. It summarizes the duties of the council, presents an overview of the number of students enrolled and the number of vocational programs in the state, and commends exemplary…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Compliance (Legal), Coordination, Disabilities
Center on Education Policy, 2009
This year the Center on Education Policy analyzed data on the achievement of different groups of students in two distinct ways. First, it looked at grade 4 test results to determine whether the performance of various groups improved at three achievement levels--basic and above, proficient and above, and advanced. Second, it looked at gaps between…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Low Income, American Indians, African American Students
Peer reviewedMoore, Robert N. – Journal of Dental Education, 1997
Describes four major federal programs supporting the education, recruitment, and professional development of minority dental faculty; the Association of American Medical Colleges' project to support minority health occupations faculty training; and an ongoing West Virginia University faculty affirmative action program. Also offers personal…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Allied Health Occupations Education, Black Teachers, Cultural Pluralism
