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Office of Inspector General, US Department of Education, 2025
This statutory report presents the activities and accomplishments of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Inspector General (OIG) from October 1, 2024, through March 31, 2025. The audits, investigations, and related work highlighted in this report are products of OIG's mission to identify and stop fraud, waste, and abuse; and promote…
Descriptors: Public Agencies, Departments, Inspection, Audits (Verification)
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Marisa Lally – Journal of Studies in International Education, 2024
This article combines archival research and critical discourse analysis to examine 33 evaluation and report documents that evaluate the effectiveness of the Fulbright Program from 1958-2023. Specifically, the study employs argumentation analysis to understand the underlying ideological strategies used to discursively construct the Fulbright…
Descriptors: International Relations, Political Attitudes, Intellectual Disciplines, Educational History
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Carison, Elaine; Bitterman, Amy; Zhang, Xiaodong; Lee, Hyunshik; Gutmann, Babette; Wills, Kerri; Sinclair, Beth – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2015
This report is the second from the congressionally-mandated evaluation of the Regional Educational Laboratory (REL) program authorized by the Education Sciences Reform Act (P.L. 107-279). For this report, 8 (out of 24) impact study reports produced by the RELs under their 2006-2011 contracts and published by IES were rated by expert panels for…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Program Evaluation, Educational Research, Technical Assistance
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Silverberg, David A.; Dowdell, John J.; Sikula, John P. – Journal of Correctional Education, 2008
School Performance Reports, sometimes referred to as School Report Cards, are an increasingly effective and popular method for collecting program data in Correctional Education. This Overview presents the results of a study examining the current applications of Correctional Education School Report Cards. After inquiring with Offices of…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Adult Education, Program Effectiveness, Reports
Cahalan, Margaret; Goodwin, David – Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education, 2014
In January 2009, in the last week of the Bush Administration, the U.S. Department of Education (ED), upon orders from the departing political appointee staff, published the final report in a long running National Evaluation of Upward Bound (UB). The study was conducted by the contractor, Mathematica Policy Research. After more than a year in…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, College Readiness, Access to Education, Data Analysis
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1975
The overall effectiveness of the Title I program is questionable, according to this report to Congress. Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act authorizes federal financial assistance for programs designed to meet the special educational needs of educationally deprived children living in areas with high concentrations of children…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Program Effectiveness
USA Today, 1978
This article summarizes the design and findings of the four-year Rand Corporation study of four federal programs designed to promote change in local schools: ESEA Title III, Right to Read, the Vocational Education Act, and ESEA Title VII Bilingual Projects. (SJL)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Educational Change, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Ashby, Cornelia M. – Government Accountability Office, 2007
The Reading First program was designed to help students in kindergarten through third grade develop stronger reading skills. This report examines the implementation of the Reading First program, including: (1) changes that have occurred to reading instruction; (2) criteria states have used to award sub-grants to districts, and the difficulties, if…
Descriptors: Reading Instruction, Reading Programs, Reading Skills, Compliance (Legal)
Exotech Systems, Inc., Falls Church, VA. – 1974
Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I migrant programs focus on identifying and meeting the needs of migrant children through remedial instruction, health, nutrition and psychological services, cultural development, and prevocational training and counseling. Evaluating the impact of Title I programs for migrant children, the study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advisory Committees, Bilingual Education, Community Involvement