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Hughes, James J. – 1970
This report reviews the literature on cost-benefit analysis of retraining and discusses possible approaches to conducting such an analysis. Exemplary programs in Sweden and the United States are described. Despite the existence of externalities which preclude exact calculation of costs and benefits, the report concludes that retraining is…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Cost Effectiveness, Economic Climate, Economic Research
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. – 1972
These hearings on the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs are organized in two parts, the contents of which are as follows. Part I concerns the Summer Lunch Program Funding, with opening statements by two senators, followed by the presentations of other witnesses. The focus of these two parts is on such topics as program needs,…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Childhood Needs, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Abt Associates, Inc., Cambridge, MA. – 1972
This is the fourth of five documents compiled to report on the problem of innovation and change in the context of projects supported by the National Center for the Improvement of Educational Systems (NCIES) and the first in a series of two documents that examine in detail the Career Opportunities Program (COP) and its effects on COP aides,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disadvantaged, Federal Programs, Program Evaluation
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. – 1975
A description and evaluation of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I-funded projects for the state of Arkansas is reported in this document. Fifty-seven percent of the students participating in Title I programs are white, while thirty-four percent are Latin American, American Indian or Oriental. Instructional activities in the Title I…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs
PDF pending restorationBureau of Indian Affairs (Dept. of Interior), Aberdeen, SD. Aberdeen Area Office. – 1976
The final evaluation report on the 37 Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I projects in the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Aberdeen Area, this report presents graphic and tabular descriptions for each of the 37 projects re: (1) Title I expenditures (graphic display of expenditures for reading, math, language, administration, area…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administration, American Indians, Facilities
Hawaii Univ., Honolulu. Social Welfare Development and Research Center. – 1975
Project components of the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I in Hawaii are evaluated in this paper. The project components are the following: Reading resource rooms, tutorial projects, Hiloe reading clinic (preschools), and Alae Operation Live-In. The Peabody Individual Achievement Test is administered to each Title I pupil as a pre…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Crocker, Stephen; And Others – 1976
This report highlights the major findings and recommendations of four Title IV-funded agencies which provide racial desegregation services; the General Assistance Centers, the State Educational Agencies, the Training Agencies, the Training Institutes, and the Local Education Agencies. The study is based on a statistical analysis of responses to…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Black Education, Cooperative Programs, Coordination
Peer reviewedHouse, Ernest R. – Comparative Education Review, 1978
In 1965, Robert Kennedy initiated federal evaluation policy with ESEA. His conception of political accountability was converted into a system of cost benefit analysis, which periodically justified funding curtailments. This systems approach, similar to Taylor's Scientific Management, is inadequate as the sole evaluation tool for federal programs.…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Policy, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedPittman, Joe D.; And Others – Journal of Extension, 1976
Study identifies a variety of staffing patterns used by State Cooperative Extension Services. In view of these varied staffing patterns, a stratified random sample of clientele evaluated extension program effectiveness by rating the extent to which they felt extension was attaining the national objectives appropriate to their program area. (WL)
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Administrative Organization, County Programs, Educational Programs
US Department of the Interior, 2003
In June 2002 the National Leadership Council (NLC) applied the knowledge and understanding gained from its yearlong seminar series on education to create a vision, guiding principles, and program goals to renew the National Park Service's commitment to its education mission. These, along with priority national action items, are presented in this…
Descriptors: Parks, National Organizations, Outreach Programs, Federal Government
Goolsbee, Austan; Guryan, Jonathan – 2002
As part of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the U.S. government began subsidizing Internet and telecommunications access in classrooms and libraries through a tax on long-distance services (the E-Rate Program). This paper analyzes the impact of this program on public schools' technology adoption during 1996-2000, examining data on technology…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Uses in Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government
Research Triangle Inst., Research Triangle Park, NC. Center for Research in Education. – 1997
The purpose of this study was to develop a description of the Gateway Grants Program, providing data on the activities that states and Gateway Grantees have undertaken in response to the Adult Education Act, as amended. Information was gathered through a survey of state officials administering the Gateway program and local directors of Gateway…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Community Education, Federal Programs
Macro International, Inc., Calverton, MD. – 1997
This study examined satisfaction of approximately 2,200 institutions of higher education that participated in the Federal Direct Loan and Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) programs during the 1995-96 academic year. Among major findings were: (1) both Direct Loan and FFEL institutions were satisfied with their programs, although Direct Loan…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, National Surveys
Macro International, Inc., Calverton, MD. – 1997
As part of a 5-year evaluation of the Direct Loan and the Federal Family Education Loan programs, 19 institutions of higher education participating in the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program were visited to examine the diversity of approaches used by schools in planning for and implementing the Direct Loan program. The schools included…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, National Surveys
Macro International, Inc., Calverton, MD. – 1998
This study examined satisfaction of approximately 2,200 institutions of higher education that participated in the Federal Direct Loan and Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) programs during the 1996-97 academic year. Among major findings were: (1) both Direct Loan and FFEL institutions were satisfied with their loan programs, although FFEL…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Government School Relationship, Higher Education, National Surveys
