This study examines how communities participate in schools across diverse contexts in developing countries and the results attributed to community participation. It reviews evaluations of participatory approaches to education in developing countries to answer two basic questions: 1) How do communities participate in school in developing countries?…

This workbook, the third in a series of "Prevention Plus" publications, provides a step-by-step approach to assessing alcohol and other drug prevention programs at the school and community level. Program assessment is presented according to a four-step model: (1) goal and desired outcome identification; (2) process assessment; (3)…

This document on state-level planning for education in Texas by the Texas Education Agency consists of two papers. The first focuses on the long-range plan of the State Board of Education for Texas public school education. The paper summarizes this plan, describes the process by which it was developed, and analyzes the status of its implementation…

A set of strategies is presented which can provide local communities and programs with methods of enhancing their parent education activities. Staff members, realizing that effective parent education programs could not be limited solely to short-term activities and/or providing parents with a variety of materials, made attempts to increase parent…

Description, data, and conclusions are presented for a 3-year career education program designed to assist the Lincoln, Nebraska, community and schools in implementing career education by providing leadership in developing a cooperatively designed plan and by providing management and support services to assist participants (cooperating educational…

Evaluation description, data, and conclusions are presented for the second year of a 3-year career education program designed to assist the community and schools in implementing career education by providing leadership in developing a cooperatively designed plan and by providing management and support services in implementing the plan. The…

A field evaluation of 14 community-based family and intergenerational literacy programs identified the most effective strategies, structures, and approaches to reach and teach the "hardest to reach." Information was collected through 90-minute telephone surveys with program coordinators and/or executive directors. Although different in structural…

A study was conducted to identify, develop, and evaluate alternative strategies which vocational educators could employ with students, teachers, and/or administrators to eliminate and prevent the restrictive influences of sex stereotyping and sex bias on the interests, attitudes, occupational expectations, and training offered to secondary school…

A study was conducted to identify, develop, and evaluate alternative strategies which vocational educators could employ with students, teachers, and/or administrators to eliminate and prevent the restrictive influences of sex stereotyping and sex bias on the interests, attitudes, occupational expectations, and training offered to secondary school…

This document presents seven papers prepared by experts in the field of adult education on the issues related to developing and implementing quality indicators from the perspective of their program areas or organizational affiliations. "Indicators of Program Quality for Adult Basic Education" (Mary Williams) addresses the appropriateness of…