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Denton, Jon; Davis, Trina; Strader, Arlen; Durbin, Brooke – 2003
Over the past four legislative sessions, the Texas State Legislature enacted laws that have accelerated the integration of technology into public education. The significant effort to build technology infrastructure in Texas is evident through the thousands of public school awards provided by the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund (TIF) Board,…
Descriptors: Access to Computers, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Needs, Educational Resources
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. Literacy and Continuing Education Branch. – 1996
This document is intended to assist individuals responsible for completing the annual development plan required of all community-based adult literacy programs seeking funding from Manitoba's (Canada) Literacy and Continuing Education Branch. A sample development plan is presented to illustrate the initiative, reflection, and planning needed to…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Annual Reports
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Leibowitz, Sue L.; Chates, Alan I. – 1995
In 1991, the Worcester (Massachusetts) Public Schools received a grant to provide services to maintain the early benefits attained by Head Start children. One part of the program is advancement of a developmentally appropriate curriculum. A study was undertaken to examine the effects of investing substantial resources in classrooms in four schools…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Community Programs, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Goertz, Margaret E. – 1982
The project described in this paper was designed to test specific ways of improving the dissemination of school finance information in two big city school districts (St. Louis and Kansas City, Missouri), in order to enable them to compete more effectively for State aid. Part I presents the political and fiscal environment in which Kansas City and…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Services, Fiscal Capacity
Smyer, Roxane; Baenen, Nancy – 1989
This report itemizes the Austin (Texas) Independent School District's (AISD) expenditures of federal funds for 1988-89 that were designed to supplement the school district's efforts directed at drug and alcohol abuse education and prevention. Some funding was used to determine the extent of the drug problem in the district, what curriculum and…
Descriptors: Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Education, Counselor Training, Drug Abuse
Alkin, Marvin; And Others – 1984
After outlining the 1984 activities and results of the Center for the Study of Evaluation's (CSE's) Evaluation Productivity Project, this monograph presents three reports. The first, "The Administrator's Role in Evaluation Use," by James Burry, Marvin C. Alkin, and Joan A. Ruskus, describes the factors influencing an evaluation's use…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Administrator Role, Cost Effectiveness, Cost Estimates
California Univ., Los Angeles. Center for the Study of Evaluation. – 1980
A leader's guide for conducting a workshop on managing bilingual program evaluations is presented as part of the Bilingual Evaluation Technical Assistance (BETA) project. After examining how to organize the workshop, the following aids are presented: a preworkshop preparation checklist, a sample room arrangement diagram, a workshop time schedule,…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Budgeting, Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education
Eckenrod, James S. – 1981
Resources necessary to maintain a valid information dissemination system for the Teacher Corps are identified in this report. Emphasis is placed upon practical cost-effective mechanisms that may be employed in extending educational improvements developed by the Corps. Previous studies have indicated that most Teacher Corps projects will need…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Delivery Systems, Financial Support, Information Dissemination
Krauth, Barbara, Ed. – 1980
Proceedings of a workshop on program review in postsecondary education and a report of a program review study are presented. The workshop was designed to acquaint participants with the changing academic planning environment, to provide a better understanding of the purposes of program review, and to exchange ideas for improving procedures. Its…
Descriptors: College Planning, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Assessment, Geographic Regions
Drewes, Donald W.; And Others – 1980
This guide for implementing the Vocational Education for Special Populations (ESP) Planning System is designed to assist states in modifying their planning procedures to be more responsive to the needs of special populations. Chapter 1 briefly describes the historical evolution of the concern for those with special needs and the emergence of…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Educational Planning, Exceptional Persons
Coulson, John E.; And Others – 1975
This report summarizes the national implementation and impact of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) Basic and Pilot Programs during the l973-74 school year-the first year of their operation in school districts across the nation. Sections deal with evaluation sample selection; district, community, and school characteristics; student and family…
Descriptors: Bias, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Education Turnkey Systems, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1975
This summary of the 1973-74 Michigan Cost-Effectiveness Study describes the results of an exploratory inquiry into compensatory education reading programs in forty-eight Michigan schools. The study is said to have as its purpose the development and implementation of evaluation techniques to determine what educational practices bring about changes…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Costs
California State Legislature, Sacramento. Office of the Legislative Analyst. – 1975
A centralized evaluation unit within the California State Department of Education is responsible for evaluating programs administered by the state. Focusing on these educational program evaluations, the principal objectives of this study were to: (1) Describe the major components of the current program evaluation system; (2) Examine the planning…
Descriptors: Administration, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Assessment, Educational Legislation
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1973
The HEW Audit Agency has reviewed the progress being made by State educational agencies (SEAs) in assuring that local educational agencies (LEAs) are designing and implementing projects to meet the special educational needs of educationally deprived children, as called for under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Needs, Educational Resources
Sie, Maureen A. – 1973
This program, funded by the State of Michigan, was designed to provide compensatory education in basic reading and arithmetic skills for elementary school children with serious deficiencies in these areas. The composite achievement scores of the 1970-71 Michigan Educational Assessment Program were used to establish eligible school districts.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Compensatory Education, Educational Finance
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