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Bloom, Dan; Andes, Mary; Nicholson, Claudia – 1998
This report describes the first 2 years of Connecticut's Jobs First program operation. Chapter 1 describes the following: the policy context; the program's three main features--time limit, earned income disregard, and mandatory "work first" employment services; the evaluation and implementation analysis; and the research sites and target…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Services, Federal Legislation
Houston Independent School District, TX. Dept. of Research and Accountability. – 1997
The purpose of this evaluation is to describe the current level of implementation in the high schools and to document the progress of the 3-year implementation plan of the allocated resources in the Houston Independent School District (Texas). How curriculum changes affected educational programming in the high schools, the characteristics of the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Core Curriculum, Educational Change, Graduation Requirements
Philadelphia School District, PA. Office of Accountability and Assessment. – 1992
This paper describes: the development and implementation of Schoolwide Projects (SWPs) in the School District of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania); evaluation models permitted by Chapter 1 regulation and policy; ways these models were used in Philadelphia and results that were obtained; and approaches that are sensitive to the effects of SWPs. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cohort Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education
Frost, Jacquelyn L.; Beach, Gary L. – 1992
A Total Quality Management team was formed at Oregon State University to improve the quality of student information publications. The team studied the critical process in detail, identified "customers" of student information publications, defined information to be solicited from the customers, interviewed them, and gathered data for…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Administration, Higher Education, Interviews
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1992
First-year outcomes of the 1990-91 Project Achieve in 32 New York City public high schools are presented in this paper. The program aimed to reduce the dropout rate and improve at-risk student performance by expanding proven initiatives and support services for school-based decision-making committees. This report, the first of a two-part study,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Rate
Developmental Studies Center, San Ramon, CA. – 1988
The Child Development Project (CDP) was designed to enhance the development of prosocial characteristics in school children in kindergarten through sixth grade. It was developed and evaluated in a school district (San Ramon) in the San Francisco, California area. The features of the program include: (1) an instructional approach that enhances…
Descriptors: Democratic Values, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Ethical Instruction
Horn, Christy A.; Shell, Duane F. – 1989
The report documents third year activities of the Educational Center for Disabled Students serving college students with a broad range of both physical and learning disabilities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Center goals include improving student academic performance and attitudes through the use of computer technology and academic skills…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education
Baker, Eva; And Others – 1990
To fulfill a mandate of the Tennessee State Legislature, the extent to which the Tennessee Career Ladder System (CLS) is valid for making inferences about the professional competence of teachers was investigated. Evidence of the extent to which the content of the evaluation procedures reflects sound theory, empirical findings, and best practices,…
Descriptors: Career Ladders, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. National Security and International Affairs Div. – 1994
The National and Community Service Act of 1990 (P.L. 101-610), enacted in November 1990, authorized the establishment of a program for minority students to receive financial assistance grants in preparation and exchange for Peace Corps service. Although more than 3 years have passed since the enactment of the authorizing legislation, the…
Descriptors: Colleges, Demonstration Programs, Educational Finance, Eligibility
Kleinert, Harold; And Others – 1993
The Personal Futures Planning Project created a person-centered planning model for developing and implementing individually designed transition services for 30 secondary-age youths with deaf-blindness in Kentucky. Project activities included: providing training and consultation in personal futures planning, providing consultation in planning and…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Deaf Blind, Education Work Relationship, Federal Programs
Mrowicki, Linda; And Others – 1994
A project was conducted to improve the productivity and efficiency of 10 manufacturers by providing workplace literacy instruction to workers lacking basic skills required for their jobs, and to improve the capability of educational programs to meet the basic skill needs of the manufacturing industry by developing an evaluation manual for basic…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Evaluation Methods, Guidelines
Davidson, Mary E.; And Others – 1991
This report reviews the implementation of Project Creating a New Approach to Learning (CANAL), part of a court-mandated desegregation plan in Chicago (Illinois), at the end of its first two years. CANAL's goal was to train the constituent representatives of the public schools to engage in shared decision-making and to develop organizational…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Desegregation Plans, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Problems
L'Anse Creuse Public Schools, Mt. Clemens, MI. – 1991
The monograph describes the co-teaching program in the L'Anse Creuse (Michigan) public schools, implemented at Middle School South, in which regular and special education teachers are paired to provide academic support to mildly impaired middle-school special education students within the regular education classroom. The program currently includes…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Mainstreaming
Burke, Michael A.; Garrard, Susan – 1989
This report summarizes the pilot-year (1988-89) activities of a project in the Green Bay Area (Wisconsin) Public School District which provides educational programming via an ITFS (Instructional Television Fixed Service) system. The goal of the project was to expand opportunities for staff development, staff communication, and resource sharing…
Descriptors: Communications Satellites, Distance Education, Educational Television, Elementary Secondary Education
Russo, Rocco P. – 1982
Congress, using Public Law 94-482 entitled Education Amendments of 1976, instructed the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) to develop, implement, and operate the Vocational Education Data System (VEDS). As mandated by legislation, the primary purpose of VEDS is to provide a national reporting system to generate uniform data from the…
Descriptors: Content Analysis, Data Collection, Decision Making, Educational Legislation
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