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Download full textComptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1992
As part of a larger program to identify and analyze federal programs at high risk for waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement, this publication presents an evaluation of the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP), formerly the Guaranteed Student Loan Program. The analysis argues that the program has not been successful in protecting the…
Descriptors: Accountability, Colleges, Federal Programs, Fraud
Eash, Maurice J. – 1992
Design and implementation of a curriculum evaluation plan for the vocational education program (occupational education under the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Act) of a large correctional system are described. An outside evaluator assisted in designing and conducting the first year's evaluation. The 1991-92 curriculum used was…
Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Correctional Rehabilitation, Curriculum Evaluation, Data Collection
Saginaw Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation Services. – 1992
An evaluation was done of compensatory educational programs in reading and mathematics in the Saginaw (Michigan) School District. The elementary Compensatory Education (CE) program is both a push-in format (grades 1 and 2) and a pull-out format (periodically taking students out of regular classrooms) that serves 2,045 students in grades 1 through…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Interviews
Saginaw Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation Services. – 1992
In 1992-93, Saginaw (Michigan) School District bilingual and migrant programs operated as one program at 24 elementary schools, 4 junior high schools, and both high schools. Enrollments were 677 students, primarily Hispanics, in the bilingual program and 585 students in the migrant program, but there was considerable overlap between enrollments.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Food and Nutrition Service (USDA), Washington, DC. – 1993
A 1-year demonstration project was conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) to help remove or reduce barriers to the participation of low-income family day care homes in the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP). FNS funded six grantees to conduct a demonstration of three different strategies.…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Family Day Care
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1993
A study was done to assess implementation of the Chapter 1 program improvement provisions of the Hawkins-Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988. Chapter 1 is the largest federal education program for educationally deprived school children, and the Hawkins-Stafford Act was designed to ensure that individual schools…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Educational Objectives, Educationally Disadvantaged
Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (DHHS), Washington, DC. Head Start Bureau. – 1994
The Comprehensive Child Development Program (CCDP), enacted by Congress in 1988, provides intensive, comprehensive, integrated, and continuous support to preschool children from low-income families to enhance their intellectual, social, and physical development. It also provides needed services to parents and household family members to enhance…
Descriptors: Child Development, Community Programs, Demonstration Programs, Family Programs
Simms, Margaret C. – 1989
Several social objectives influence government sponsorship of employment programs: (1) training for mobility to reduce disruptions caused by change; and (2) increasing skill levels to increase productivity. Evaluation of program effectiveness considers whether the program served its target groups, what activities were provided, and what the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Disadvantaged, Eligibility
George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA. Center for Interactive Educational Technology. – 1989
This report contains the data and results of a study conducted in each of the five Department of Defense Dependents Schools worldwide concerning uses of and attitudes about computers in the classroom. Questionnaires were distributed to 6,850 students in grades 5 to 12 and to 543 computer-based instruction (CBI) project teachers. Highlights of the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Dependents Schools, Federal Programs, Inservice Teacher Education
Advanced Technology, Inc., Indianapolis, IN. – 1990
This document comprises information and various forms that can be used by schools to conduct an annual local review of their Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Chapter 1 School Program and identify programs needing improvement. The following materials are included: (1) a summary of requirements for a local annual review; (2) an outline of…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Laventhol & Horwath, Philadelphia, PA. – 1988
This guide provides assistance in using two primary management tools--the performance standards and performance-based, fixed unit price contracts--to achieve satisfactory results in Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs. The guide is organized in six chapters. Chapter 1 reviews the original purpose of the JTPA and introduces the investment…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Cost Effectiveness, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1990
This report describes the growth of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) education programs and identifies areas needing improvement. The purpose of the extensive survey was to provide information on the program of school human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) education efforts led by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Results revealed that…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Government Role
Morgan, Kathy – 1990
This study examines the involvement of the 3,234 students who graduated from the Columbus (Ohio) Public Schools in 1988 in compensatory education programs funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. Program involvement is categorized as either program service or program treatment based on attendance. A student who…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Doolittle, Fred; Traeger, Linda – 1990
Research on the implementation of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) included a sample of more than 20,000 people in 16 service delivery areas (SDAs). The random assignment model for the study produced estimates of the impact of the overall JTPA program in this sample of SDAs, plus separate impact estimates for individuals recommended for…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Compliance (Legal), Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Private Industry Council of Marin County, San Rafael, CA. – 1981
This guide was prepared by the Marin County Private Industry Council (PIC) to evaluate the nature, operation, and success of various training programs. Programs that can be evaluated with the procedures in this guide range from pre-employment or prevocational preparatory courses to specific employee skill education activities of all kinds that…
Descriptors: Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs, Federal Regulation
