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Sun, Hanyu; Newsome, Jocelyn; McNulty, Jennifer; Levin, Kerry; Langetieg, Pat; Schafer, Brenda; Guyton, John – Field Methods, 2020
Over the past few decades, the survey industry has experienced a steady decline in response rates, which has posed numerous challenges for researchers, most notably concerns about nonresponse bias. We present results from three studies conducted in an attempt to increase response rates and reduce nonresponse bias for a U.S. national household…
Descriptors: National Surveys, Response Rates (Questionnaires), Statistical Bias, Mail Surveys
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Chezan, Laura C.; Petcu, Stefania D.; Van Horn, M. Lee – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2018
Background: Examining the data collection practices implemented by postsecondary education programs for students with intellectual and developmental disability represents the first step in documenting student progress, making programmatic data-based decisions, and evaluating the overall program effectiveness in preparing students for competitive…
Descriptors: Postsecondary Education, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Data Collection
Garringer, Michael; McQuillin, Sam; McDaniel, Heather – MENTOR: National Mentoring Partnership, 2017
In 2016, MENTOR and its affiliates led the largest data collection effort in almost 20 years to examine the prevalence and practices of youth mentoring programs across America. The effort had had three major goals: (1) Better understand the structure, services, and challenges of mentoring programs so that MENTOR and its affiliates could provide…
Descriptors: Mentors, Youth Programs, National Surveys, Data Collection
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Sousa, Sonia; Armor, David – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
This paper reviews prior research to assess the effectiveness of Title I in closing the achievement gaps of disadvantaged students vis-à-vis their non-disadvantaged counterparts. A research synthesis approach is adopted to summarize national assessments of Title I conducted between 1966 and 2011. These analyses are supplemented by the authors'…
Descriptors: Evidence, Synthesis, Program Effectiveness, National Surveys
Forster, Greg; Woodworth, James L. – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2012
This study uses descriptive data from the U.S. Department of Education to examine the composition of the private school sector in localities with sizeable school choice programs. If existing school choice programs are attracting educational entrepreneurs and unlocking the potential of new school models, the authors should expect to see significant…
Descriptors: Evidence, Private Schools, School Choice, Educational Change
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Glennie, Elizabeth J.; Dalton, Ben W.; Knapp, Laura G. – Educational Policy, 2015
Using a nationally representative longitudinal data-set, we examine the influence of precollege access programs on high school achievement, college preparation, postsecondary enrollment, and postsecondary persistence. Results do not show much difference in the level of academic preparation between participants and non-participants. However,…
Descriptors: College Preparation, Access to Education, Transitional Programs, Program Effectiveness
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Costrell, Robert M. – Journal of School Choice, 2015
District costs for teachers' health insurance are, on average, higher then employer costs for private-sector professionals. How much of this is attributable to collective bargaining? This article examines the question using data from the National Compensation Survey (NCS) of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the state of Wisconsin. In…
Descriptors: Collective Bargaining, Health Insurance, Teacher Employment Benefits, National Surveys
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Thomas, Hywel; Qiu, Tian – Journal of Workplace Learning, 2012
Purpose: Within the context of policies on developing the workforce of the government health sector in England, this paper aims to investigate participation in work-related continuing education and training (WRCET), its pedagogy and effectiveness. Individual and organizational characteristics associated with effective WRCET are examined.…
Descriptors: Continuing Education, Foreign Countries, Vocational Education, Educational Change
Roberts, John Lathan – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The evaluation of superintendents is one of the most important school board functions as it encapsulates expectations for the superintendent's performance and advancement toward district goals. Current and past literature devote little attention to the processes and outcomes of superintendent evaluations despite an apparent connection between…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Data Analysis, Boards of Education
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Pedder, David; Opfer, V. Darleen; McCormick, Robert; Storey, Anne – Curriculum Journal, 2010
This article introduces the "Schools and Continuing Professional Development State of the Nation" study (SoNS). Discussion of English policy together with an account of the study's aims and research design provide a context for the other articles included in this special issue. A key assumption behind the research, and the prevailing CPD…
Descriptors: Research Design, Qualitative Research, Foreign Countries, Data Analysis
Muller, Eve – Project Forum, 2010
In recent years, an increasing number of states have been moving towards the development and implementation of longitudinal data systems for tracking the progress of individual K-12 students with disabilities across their academic careers up to and including their postsecondary activities. In an effort to avoid duplication of data collection…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Disabilities, Special Education, Longitudinal Studies
Gagel, Charles W. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 2006
The National Association of Industrial and Technical Teacher Educators (NAITTE) will celebrate its 69th birthday this year. In keeping with this progression of years, the products and services of the organization are advancing as well: the "Journal of Industrial Teacher Education (JITE)" will turn 43, the Industrial Teacher Education Directory…
Descriptors: Industrial Education, Teacher Educators, Technical Education, Higher Education
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Abramowitz, Susan; And Others – 1978
This report gives the results of a 1977 survey of secondary school principals by the National Institute of Education, Washington D.C. The purpose of the study was to empirically describe high school organization and programs and how they are affected by federal, state, and district characteristics. The results of the survey counteract many…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Bureaucracy, Charts, Educational Problems
Gilman, Ann; Signatur, Diane – 1978
Summary statistics and questionnaires are presented in this appendix to the Final Report of the National Survey of Head Start Supplementary Training/Child Development Associate (HSST/CDA) Competency Based Training Programs. (HSST/CDA training programs are intended to prepare Head Start classroom staff to meet the competency requirements of the CDA…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Child Caregivers, Competency Based Teacher Education, Demography
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Raffe, David; Howieson, Cathy; Tinklin, Teresa – British Educational Research Journal, 2007
There is a cross-national trend towards unified curriculum and qualifications frameworks in upper secondary education, but such reforms face epistemological, political and institutional barriers and "unification" remains a contested issue in many countries, including England. This article examines the experience of the Scottish Higher…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Change, Interdisciplinary Approach, Unified Studies Curriculum
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