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South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Div. of Public Accountability. – 1986
This assessment of the second year of the South Carolina Education Improvement Act of 1984 presents an analysis of information in six areas important to improving education. This trend information can be used to determine whether proposed benefits of the act are being realized. The first chapter reviews trends in student test scores and other…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement
O'Reilly, Robert; Farland, Parnell – 1974
A model for educational supervisors which attempts to link management theory to learning is demonstrated. With teachers today having greater autonomy in selecting appropriate content and methods, supervisors should focus on two tasks: they should become more involved with teachers in selecting goals and become more adept in monitoring the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Achievement Tests, Administration
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1975
The 1975 Summer Skills Center program in the District of Columbia public schools consisted of elementary centers serving students in grades 3-8 and secondary centers serving students in grades 9-12. It called for instructional groupings containing students of several grade and age levels. Teachers were to be activity coordinators for…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age Grade Placement, Art, Classroom Observation Techniques
Poglinco, Susan M.; Bach, Amy J.; Hovde, Kate; Rosenblum, Sheila; Saunders, Marisa; Supovitz, Jonathan A. – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2003
In this report, the Consortium for Policy Research in Education (CPRE) explores the role of coaching in first-year (Cohort 4) America's Choice schools in grades K-8 as it relates to the implementation of readers and writers workshops, referred throughout this report as the literacy workshops. The authors describe the America's Choice coaching…
Descriptors: Workshops, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Program Descriptions
Melchior, Alan – 1998
This document reports on the conduct and findings of a 3-year evaluation of the 1995-96 school year of the Learn and Serve America School and Community-Based Programs, which were initiated to support school and community-based efforts to involve school-aged youth in community service. Well-designed, school-based service-learning programs have a…
Descriptors: Citizenship Education, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Benefits
Eurydice, 2004
The national contributions contained in this paper and on the Eurydice website formed the basis for the comparative study on the integration at school of immigrant children in Europe. Each contribution has exactly the same structure with four main sections entitled as follows: (1) National definitions and demographic context of immigration; (2)…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Pilot Projects, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
Eurydice, 2004
The national contributions contained in this paper and on the Eurydice website formed the basis for the comparative study on the integration at school of immigrant children in Europe. Each contribution has exactly the same structure with four main sections entitled as follows: (1) National definitions and demographic context of immigration; (2)…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Pilot Projects, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
Watts, A. G.; Law, Bill; Killeen, John; Kidd, Jennifer M.; Hawthorn, Ruth – 1996
This book contains 21 papers on the theory, context, provision, practice, and development of career counseling and guidance in Great Britain. The following papers are included: "Preface" (Tony Watts et al.); "The Social Context of Guidance" (John Killeen); "Career Theory" (John Killeen); "A Career-Learning…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Counseling, Career Development, Career Education
Delta Pi Epsilon Society, Little Rock, AR. – 1994
Selected papers are as follows: "Are Office Support Personnel Aware of the Ergonomical Issues Associated with Computer Keyboarding?" (Evans); "Background and Characteristics of Japanese Students Who Enroll in an American Two-Year Information Processing Program Taught in Japan" (Morgan, Wiggs); "Business Education's (BE)…
Descriptors: Business Administration, Business Education, Business Education Teachers, Comparative Analysis
Boughan, Karl – 1996
The Office of Student Support Services (SSS) at Prince George's Community College (PGCC) is an academic support program for at-risk students. Created for low-income and first-generation students and those with physical and learning disabilities, the program provides specialized study tools, tutorial assistance, and social and emotional support.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, American Indians, Asian Americans
Milne, Ann M., Ed. – 1998
This document contains six studies that were commissioned for the National Assessment of Vocational Education. "Introduction" (Ann M. Milne) provides an overview of the reforms of the 1980s. "The Impact of Educational Reform on Vocational Education" (Marion Asche, Donald E. Elson, Ann Echols, Arthur Williams) examines primary…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Articulation (Education), Curriculum Development, Educational Change
Cranton, Patricia – 2000
This book integrates what is known about how adults learn and the principles of instructional design into a practical, yet theoretically based guide for planning instruction. The following are among the specific topics discussed: (1) the theoretical framework of instructional design in adult education (lifelong and experiential learning;…
Descriptors: Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students
Stevens, David W. – 2001
The passage of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998 (Perkins III) and the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) marked a new era in the performance accountability partnership among the states, the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). Evaluation of vocational education…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Data Collection, Definitions
McConnell, Sheena – 1999
The value of the output and services produced by students while enrolled in the Job Corps was estimated by analyzing data from a sample of 2 projects from each of 23 Job Corps centers. The projects were subjected to in-depth analysis based on independent-estimate and relative-productivity approaches. The following were among the key findings: (1)…
Descriptors: Career Education, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth
Eurydice, 2004
The national contributions contained in this paper and on the Eurydice website formed the basis for the comparative study on the integration at school of immigrant children in Europe. Each contribution has exactly the same structure with four main sections entitled as follows: (1) National definitions and demographic context of immigration; (2)…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Pilot Projects, Foreign Countries, Educational Change
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