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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
Miller, Tiffany D.; Hanna, Robert – Center for American Progress, 2014
Race to the Top (RTT) is a first-of-its kind $4.35 billion competitive grant program designed to spur state-level education innovation to boost student achievement, close achievement gaps, and prepare students for college and careers. Originally authorized in 2009 under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, RTT encourages states to develop…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Federal Programs, Federal Aid
Lyttle, LeighAnne – Online Submission, 2011
This literature review seeks to find if the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 has produced more qualified teachers since before its enactment. The impact of the NCLB on student achievement and teacher quality needs have been examined since there have been 10 years after the law was enacted. Only 11% reported that the NCLB highly qualified…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Credentials, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Competencies
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Howell, Embry M.; Yemane, Alshadye – American Journal of Evaluation, 2006
This article provides a critical review of the quality of 12 recent large federal program evaluations. The review focused on elements of the evaluation design, inclusion of evaluation expertise among those who have oversight of the evaluation, and evaluation dissemination. Overall, the process analyses from these evaluations provide good models…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Case Studies, Federal Programs, Program Evaluation
Robinson, Linda; Schneider, Carol; Daytner, Gary; Johanson, Joyce; Hutinger, Patricia – Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood Education, 2009
The Early Childhood Technology Integrated Instructional System 3 (EC-TIIS 3), housed in the Center for Best Practices in Early Childhood (the Center) within the College of Education and Human Services at Western Illinois University (WIU), was funded in 2004 by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) as a…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Young Children, Workshops, Educational Technology
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Meeks, Jane Warren – Reading Horizons, 1982
Concludes that Title I has suffered from a politically bad image that might be due in part to unrealistic expectations. (FL)
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Program Evaluation
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Mosteller, Frederick – Society, 1980
Discusses problems that social scientists face when evaluating social programs, including cost, methodological concerns, and the development and application of new analytical techniques. (GC)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs, Poverty Programs, Program Evaluation
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Pizzini, Edward L. – School Science and Mathematics, 1986
Reviews studies which focused on various aspects of pre-college student science training programs, pointing out that the programs have had impact on such areas as facilitating academic and career opportunities, increasing subject matter competencies, increasing laboratory skills, changing attitudes in a positive direction, and enhancing students'…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Program Effectiveness
Miller, Janet L.; And Others – 1979
Presented are the results of a review and evaluation of the energy curriculum materials produced by the United States Department of Energy (DOE). Major findings of the project were: (1) DOE materials are receiving only limited use because of low teacher awareness of availability; (2) when materials are used, teachers evaluate materials favorably;…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Programs, Energy, Federal Programs
US Department of Education, 2004
The state-administered grant program authorized under the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act (AEFLA), enacted as Title II of the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) of 1998, is the major source of federal support for adult basic and literacy education programs. The purpose of the grant is to provide educational opportunities to adults sixteen and…
Descriptors: Grants, Adult Education, Family Literacy, Educational Opportunities
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O'Keefe, Michael – Studies in Educational Evaluation, 1984
The education evaluation efforts of the federal government are discussed, focusing on the question of their effectiveness in informing the policymaking process. Successful evaluation criteria are outlined. An evaluation must provide useful information to policymakers to be a success. (DWH)
Descriptors: Evaluation Utilization, Evaluators, Federal Government, Federal Legislation
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Cushenbery, Donald C. – Reading Horizons, 1982
Offers a brief outline of the results that have been achieved in Title I reading programs, a discussion of the new role that teachers in all content areas must assume for improving reading skills, and a prediction about the future of Title I reading programs. (FL)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
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Currie, Janet M. – Future of Children, 1997
Suggests four criteria (efficiency, return on investment, incentives, and equity) for evaluating and comparing public programs for poor children, and provides an overview of information available on eight large federal programs using these criteria. Positive effects of some programs are noted, and policy recommendations the evidence supports are…
Descriptors: Children, Criteria, Efficiency, Federal Programs
Martin, Paula H. – 1982
Meta-analysis, meta-evaluation and secondary analysis are methods of summarizing, examining, evaluating or re-analyzing data in research and evaluation efforts. Meta-analysis involves the summarization of research findings to come to some general conclusions regarding effects or outcomes of a given treatment/project/program. Glass's approach…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Cross, Christopher T. – 1979
This document details the changes that have occurred in the 95th Congress with respect to compensatory education and explores the implications of those changes with respect to Federal policy for compensatory education programs. The 93rd Congressional hearings on Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act are reviewed. Also described are…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
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