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Evaluating Inclusive Educational Practices for Students with Severe Disabilities Using the Program Quality Measurement Tool
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Cushing, Lisa S.; Carter, Erik W.; Clark, Nitasha; Wallis, Terry; Kennedy, Craig H. – Journal of Special Education, 2009
Recent legislative and school reform efforts require schools to evaluate and improve educational practices for students with severe disabilities. The authors developed the "Program Quality Measurement Tool" (PQMT) to enable administrators and educators to evaluate the educational programming provided to students with severe disabilities against…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Validity, Severe Disabilities, Educational Practices
Administration of Maintenance and Operations in California School Districts: A Handbook for School Administrators and Governing Boards.
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California State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1986
This handbook provides information that administrators of maintenance and operations in California schools can use in systematically planning and scheduling school facility support services. The first unit, chapter 1, is designed to help members of school district governing boards establish board policies, regulations, and procedures. Topics…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Building Operation, Custodian Training, Design Requirements
Maintenance Survey Report for Public School Buildings.
Maryland State Interagency Committee on School Construction, Baltimore. – 1995
Proper maintenance is necessary for all public school facilities. In Maryland, both the Board of Public Works and the Interagency Committee on Public School Construction (IAC) work to improve public school maintenance. Since 1980 the IAC has conducted a survey of selected Maryland schools to assess the quality of local maintenance programs in 106…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation, Public Agencies
D.C. Public School System--Status Update. Hearing before the Subcommittee on Judiciary and Education of the Committee on the District of Columbia. House of Representatives, One Hundred First Congress, Second Session.
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Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on the District of Columbia. – 1990
This hearing was held to update the Subcommittee on Judiciary and Education of the House Committee on the District of Columbia on the present status and overall condition of the District of Columbia public school system. Witnesses invited to testify included Nate Bush, president, District of Columbia Board of Education; Andrew E. Jenkins, III,…
Descriptors: Education Work Relationship, Educational Assessment, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Finance
Innovation Without Renovation in the Elementary School.
Morton, Richard J.; Morton, Jane – 1974
This book discusses possible approaches to initiating innovative educational programs and open education within the physical limitations of a traditional elementary school building. The authors stress their view that innovative education is more a product of innovative teachers and administrators than of building design. The book is aimed…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Community Involvement, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Innovation
Results of the 2004 DesignShare POE Program: Students and Teachers Tell Us what They Really Think
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Lackney, Jeffery A. – DesignShare (NJ1), 2004
DesignShare/School Construction News (DS/SCN) Jurists have often critically reflected on their desire to know more about how teachers and students really experience so-called innovative award-winning schools. Through the DesignShare Post-Occupancy Evaluation Program, the intention is to give voice to the individuals whose lives are directly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Facilities Design, Program Evaluation, Awards