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Download full textAllen Schirm; Nuria Rodrguez-Planas – Mathematica Policy Research, 2004
This report presents the first post-intervention impacts of the Quantum Opportunity Program (QOP) demonstration. From July 1995 through September 2001, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) and the Ford Foundation (Ford) operated a demonstration of QOP designed to help at-risk high-school-age youth graduate from high school and enroll in…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, High School Students, Program Effectiveness, After School Programs
Stanton, Geoff – 2001
This report draws on the first two years' experience, findings, and research of the seven strands of the Raising Quality and Achievement (RQA) Program to draw general conclusions about issues being addressed, progress made, and challenges remaining for colleges in the United Kingdom. It defines quality and achievement, describes the national…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Benchmarking, Demonstration Programs, Educational Assessment
Huff, Sheila M.; And Others – 1980
Focusing on the competency based education movement (CBE), this chapter is one of seven sections of a report that examines the assessment of occupational competence. The chapter begins by reviewing the prominent CBE programs, their institutional objectives, and how competencies are identified and assessed. In particular, the degree to which…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Competence, Competency Based Education
Jackson, Diana – 2002
The project Sharing and Celebrating Exemplary and Promising Programs annually identifies outstanding career and technical education (CTE) programs in secondary and postsecondary settings. The programs were evaluated by using criteria based on programs' quality, educational significance, effectiveness, and replicability. Programs and teachers also…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Demonstration Programs, Educational Practices
Packer, Arnold C.; Brainard, Scott – 2003
Foremost among efforts over the last decade to improve the work-related skills required of all young people to meet the demands of American's workplaces was the Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills Commission (SCANS). Integral to SCANS were its three-part foundation (basic skills, thinking skills, and personal qualities) and these…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education
Stickney, Eric M.; Alamprese, Judith A. – 2001
A process study was conducted between 2000-2001 in order to gauge the progress of 98 Connecticut institutions that received state school-to-career (STC) grants. Progress was measured against national averages. The following were among the findings: (1) grantees made significant progress in implementing fundamental STC components, such as career…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Career Academies, Career Awareness
