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PDF pending restorationWaller, John D.; And Others – 1976
This report presents the results of a study of Regional Education Service Agencies (RESAs) in Appalachia, with particular attention to the Appalachian Regional Commission's (ARC) RESA program and the 22 RESAs that have received ARC assistance. RESAs are organizations established to provide a range of educational services on a regional basis by…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Intermediate Administrative Units, Models, Program Descriptions
PDF pending restorationWaller, John D.; And Others – 1976
This report presents the results of a Rapid Feedback Evaluation focused on 1) policy questions raised by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) concerning its Regional Education Service Agency (RESA) program, and 2) future ARC strategies for evaluating and monitoring RESAs. RESAs are organizations established to provide a range of educational…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Intermediate Administrative Units
Download full textTennessee Univ., Knoxville. Occupational Research and Development Coordinating Unit. – 1976
Volume 1 of the report, covering the period July 1, 1974 to December 31, 1975, describes project goals, phases of operation, procedures followed, and results. Three planning and development districts in Appalachia were involved: Tennessee, North Carolina, and Virginia (encompassing an 18 county area). Three principal project goals were: (1) to…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Information Dissemination, Information Needs, Information Systems
PDF pending restorationTennessee Univ., Knoxville. Occupational Research and Development Coordinating Unit. – 1976
Volume 2 of the report on the development and implementation of a model regional information system for vocational-technical education consists of appendixes to volume 1 and includes the following supportive data and project materials: (1) information sources used by 36 administrators in Appalachian regions of Tennessee, North Carolina, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Data Analysis, Information Sources, Information Systems
Appalachian Regional Commission, Washington, DC. – 1969
After 4 years of operation, the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) presents this 1969 annual report and evaluation of its activities as required by the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965. A brief overview is given of the history of the program, the Federal-state relationship, and strategies for regional development. Appalachia is then…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Economic Development, Education, Federal Programs
Warman, Michele – 1980
Some of the information needed by policy makers faced with deciding whether and where to develop new educational research and development centers is analyzed in this document. The purpose is to provide an assessment of the current relationships among such factors as funding levels, numbers and sizes of centers, sizes of student populations, state…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Demography, Educational Development
Shegog, Bedeliah; And Others – 1972
The document describes the methods, procedures, and results of the evaluation of the Quitman County Project, an adult basic education demonstration program with 147 participants in four learning centers in Mississippi. Data were collected by means of site visits, observation, interviews and standardized achievement tests. In terms of student…
Descriptors: Achievement Rating, Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Adult Education
1974
In order to assess the Adult Competency Training (ACT) Project activities and the development of an Adult Staff Development (ASD) program, designed to train adult educators through State-by-State and region-wide planning and coordination, an external evaluation was conducted by reviewing documents and records and by interviewing 40 persons from…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Competency Based Teacher Education, Consortia
