Developed to assist individuals and institutions in the evaluation of staff development programs, this guide reviews strategies to determine desired program outcomes, to include evaluation in ongoing planning, and to implement evaluation results. Following an introductory review of societal and educational trends affecting community colleges, the…

In fiscal year 1989, the Illinois community colleges conducted the first review of the general education component of their baccalaureate/transfer degree programs. This review, to be performed every 5 years, involved an extensive and diverse range of activities, and many colleges had difficulty completing the first review in a year's time. As a…

This compilation of materials represents the major activities of the Washington Center for the Improvement of the Quality of Undergraduate Education between 1985 and 1988. The volume includes: (1) a proposal to the Ford Foundation for funding to promote collaborative projects between two- and four-year colleges related to faculty development,…

A series of eight videoconferences was designed to help educational professionals improve schools by applying knowledge gained from research. During the videoconference programs, which are transmitted by satellite to facilities with receiving capacity, viewers can interact by telephone with the program presenters. Each program covers a specific…

This paper describes the Critical Thinking in the Schools/Teacher Education project at Montclair State College (New Jersey) and two reforms to the undergraduate preservice teacher education program carried out under this project: the development of extensive collaboration between the college and the public schools which provide clinical sites for…

Project Familia was an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title VII funded project that, in the year covered by this evaluation, served 41 special education students of limited English proficiency (LEP) from 5 schools, with the participation of 54 parents and 33 siblings. Participating students received English language enrichment and…

This manual is designed to supply the information needed to enable schools, school districts, county offices of education, trainers of educators, and others to offer the independent study instructional strategy to students at all grade levels through high school. It contains the California state guidelines and legal requirements for independent…

The goal of the New York City Board of Education's State Incentive Grant (SIG) program in District 75/Citywide special education was to improve the knowledge levels and competencies of special education teachers, paraprofessionals, and related service providers by offering a variety of training options for all eligible personnel serving in…

In June 1992, a General Education Task Force was established at George Brown College (GBC) in Ontario, Canada, to develop a philosophy statement on general education (GE), curriculum guidelines, a GE course approval and review process, and an implementation plan regarding GE at the college. This interim report describes the context of and actions…

This project report describes how the Pima County Adult Education's Workplace Education Project provided workplace education at 11 Arizona worksites to 355 workers. The following activities are discussed: 27 class cycles were completed; the average class cycle was 11 weeks; pretests/posttests results indicated educational gains and gains in…

The Council on Library Resources was created to address the problems of libraries and is now committed to the most significant library problem of all, ensuring that library resources are embraced as part of the solution for people who seek to solve their own problems and those of their communities and institutions. In this annual report, the…

This report assesses the quality and effectiveness of the educational services (partnership schools) provided to at-risk students in Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS), Wisconsin. It discusses the major themes emerging from the review of the school-by-school study and the issues that should be considered in the planning and implementation of future…

This study continues prior efforts that were reported by the same authors to examine teacher perceptions of teacher assessment programs for a fourth year, one year after the initial statewide implementation and subsequent suspension by the state legislature, of the teacher assessment and evaluation program in Louisiana. The state initiated,…

An evaluation examined how the Career Skills Enhancement Program identified and met the workplace literacy and basic skill needs of employees of the Santa Clara County (California) Office of Education. Data were collected through surveys, interviews, program records, participant evaluations of workshops, evaluator observations, and skill level…

The Chapter 188 Dropout Prevention Grant Program funds school districts with high percentages of low-income students and school dropouts to enable them to implement dropout prevention initiatives in grades 7 through 12. The emphasis in funding is on long-term school change in school policy, curriculum, governance, scheduling, programming, support…