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Download full textEliza Kitchen – International Journal for Students as Partners, 2023
This case study explores a partnership within an events management topic. Students were encouraged to take ownership over the creation and operation of an event held on the university campus. The topic lecturer provided guidance throughout the process and liaised with the students to define the assessment and the marking rubric for the event…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Program Administration, Program Development, Program Design
Direct linkKelly, Steven J.; Esque, Timm J.; Novak, M. Mari; Cermakova, Anna – Performance Improvement, 2012
The performance-driven project management program examined in this article was funded to support a variety of technical assistance efforts designed to strengthen the performance of small and medium enterprises in the Turkish Cypriot community in Cyprus. The customized program combined progressive workshops with hands-on and distance coaching by…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Performance Based Assessment, Program Administration, Management Systems
Ndum, Edwin; Allen, Jeff; Fisher, Teri – ACT, Inc., 2012
We assessed the relationship of level of QualityCore[R] implementation and student achievement in Algebra I. The study is based on 1,291 9th grade students in three large metropolitan school districts who took EXPLORE in the fall and the QualityCore Algebra I end-of-course assessment (EOC) in the spring. During the same period, the students' 41…
Descriptors: Grade 9, Algebra, Core Curriculum, Educational Improvement
Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn; Cha, Paulette; Cuevas, Monica; Grossman, Amanda; Patel, Reshma; Sommo, Colleen – MDRC, 2009
While studies have examined the relationship between financial aid and college access, few have evaluated the relationship between financial aid and academic success. Factors that are associated with financial need, such as being low income, are also associated with a lack of academic success, making it difficult to isolate the effect of…
Descriptors: Financial Needs, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Scholarships
Sears, Sue; Burstein, Nancy; Ashton, Tamarah; Murawski, Wendy – Journal of the National Association for Alternative Certification, 2009
Alternative programs in special education are often developed in response to chronic personnel shortages. At issue, however, is the quality of alternative programs and their graduates. This paper describes the design, implementation and evaluation of a large special education alternative certification program that adheres to both professional…
Descriptors: Alternative Teacher Certification, Academic Standards, Special Education Teachers, Teacher Shortage
Texas Educator Excellence Grant (TEEG) Program: Year One Evaluation Report. Policy Evaluation Report
Springer, Matthew G.; Podgursky, Michael J.; Lewis, Jessica L.; Ehlert, Mark W.; Ghosh-Dastidar, Bonnie; Gronberg, Timothy J.; Hamilton, Laura S.; Jansen, Dennis W.; Lopez, Omar S.; Patterson, Christine H.; Stecher, Brian M.; Taylor, Lori L. – National Center on Performance Incentives, 2008
This report presents findings stemming from the first-year evaluation of the Texas Educator Excellence Grant (TEEG) program, one of several statewide performance incentive programs in Texas. In June 2006, Governor Perry and the 79th Texas Legislature created the Governor's Educator Excellence Award Program, one component of which is the TEEG…
Descriptors: Program Design, Incentives, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement
Springer, Matthew G.; Lewis, Jessica L.; Podgursky, Michael J.; Ehlert, Mark W.; Taylor, Lori L.; Lopez, Omar S.; Peng, Art – National Center on Performance Incentives, 2009
This report presents findings from the second-year evaluation of the Governor's Educator Excellence Grant (GEEG) program. The GEEG program was federally- and state-funded and provided three-year grants to schools to design and implement performance pay plans from the 2005-06 to 2007-08 school years. GEEG was implemented in 99 high poverty, high…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement, Factor Analysis
Peterman, Francine, Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2005
This book presents an argument for, and invites, critical examination of teacher preparation and assessment practices--in light of both the complexity and demands of urban settings and the theories of learning and learning to teach that guide teacher education practices. This dynamic approach distinguishes the authors' stance on urban teacher…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Learning Theories, Urban Teaching, Urban Schools
Texas Educator Excellence Grant (TEEG) Program: Year Two Evaluation Report. Policy Evaluation Report
Springer, Matthew G.; Podgursky, Michael J.; Lewis, Jessica L.; Ehlert, Mark W.; Gronberg, Timothy J.; Hamilton, Laura S.; Jansen, Dennis W.; Lopez, Omar S.; Peng, Art; Stecher, Brian M.; Taylor, Lori L. – National Center on Performance Incentives, 2008
This report presents findings from the second year of a multi-year evaluation of the Texas Educator Excellence Grant (TEEG) program and background information about the design and implementation of the District Awards for Teacher Excellence (DATE) program. The TEEG and DATE programs operating in Texas make up the largest state-funded performance…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness
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This document contains three papers from a symposium on designing effective human resource development (HRD) programs that was conducted as part of a conference on HRD. "Leveraging System Factors for Increased Training Effectiveness" (David Ripley) is a conceptual paper that critiques current training design models and the lack of…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Educational Quality, Evaluation Criteria, Fire Fighters
Spais, George S. – International Electronic Journal for Leadership in Learning, 2005
The major objective of this study is to identify a methodology that will help educators in marketing to efficiently manage the design, impact, and cost of case studies. It is my intention is to examine the impact of case study characteristics in relation to the degree of learner involvement in the learning process. The author proposes that…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Business Administration Education, Case Studies, Educational Methods
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2005
This report presents the findings from the 2004 formative evaluation of the Youth Employment Strategy (YES). It is based on the fieldwork and analysis that was conducted by Consulting and Audit Canada between September 2004 and December 2004. The report is organized in five sections: Section 1 provides background on the YES and on the evaluation…
Descriptors: Youth Employment, Program Design, Program Evaluation, Formative Evaluation
Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, 2004
The "Formative Evaluation of the Canada Student Loans Program" was undertaken to assess issues of program relevance, design and delivery and for the purposes of examining the early impacts of changes made to the program since 1998. The evaluation also reviewed the Performance Measurement Strategy contained in the July 2002 Results-Based…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Foreign Countries, Eligibility, Student Loan Programs
