Action Research on Measuring Literacy Programme Participants' Learning Outcomes (RAMAA) aims to develop, implement and collaborate on the creation of a methodological approach to measure acquired learning and study the various factors that influence its development. This report examines how RAMAA I has been implemented over the past four years in…

This article examines the first regional governance reform in public education, created in the Omaha, Nebraska metropolitan area in 2007. The legislation creating this regional reform, which is called the Learning Community, established a regional governing body, the Learning Community Coordinating Council, consisting of an elected 21-member…

A study of top management education was carried out in a practical training situation to determine attitude change and relationships between training objectives and training evaluation, initial standing and change, and initial standing and background factors. Subjects were 140 people completing one of five management courses. A questionnaire and…

To help provide the best kind of learning environment for migrant children is the intent of this handbook. Historical, economical, and environmental information that is essential to understanding and working effectively with these children is presented. Suggestions for initiating, conducting, and evaluating a summer program are offered, as well as…

The evolution, operation, and evaluation of the State Dissemination Grants Program are described. This collaborative effort between the National Institute of Education (NIE) and the State Education Agencies (SEA's) is the third stage in a program development process begun by NIE in 1970 as one of five elements in a dissemination capacity building…