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Download full textMazzeo, Christopher – 2000
The enactment and early implementation of remedial education policy reform was examined in Massachusetts and Oklahoma. The study also addressed the question of why "stakes for students" is an increasingly attractive option in elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education reform. In these states, as in others, the high levels of…
Descriptors: College Students, Educational History, Educational Policy, Higher Education
Kirst, Michael W.; Mazzeo, Christopher – Phi Delta Kappan, 1996
The California Learning Assessment System (CLAS) was developed in 1991 to align the state's testing system to curriculum content and improve measurement of student, school, and district performance. CLAS was discontinued because of tension between political and technical factors, key stakeholders' divergent priorities and goals, and virulent…
Descriptors: Conservatism, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Politics of Education
Kirst, Michael W.; Mazzeo, Christopher – 1996
California was a pioneer in new forms of student assessment through a system entitled the "California Learning Assessment System" (CLAS). For different reasons, several interest groups objected to the CLAS, which has been discontinued. The history of the CLAS program sheds light on the future of testing policy in California and perhaps…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Assessment, Educational History, Educational Innovation
Mazzeo, Christopher; Roberts, Brandon; Spence, Chistopher; Strawn, Julie – Workforce Strategy Center, 2006
This report focuses on six areas in which policymakers can take action to enhance outcomes for students along the educational pipeline and thus increase the supply of knowledge workers. These areas include: (1) Promoting access to education and training and improving the alignment of adult and workforce education systems and postsecondary…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Educational Planning, Postsecondary Education, Organizational Development
Alssid, Julian L.; Gruber, David; Mazzeo, Christopher – 2000
As entitlements for students, "Average Daily Attendance" funding (ADA), Title I and Pell Grants can provide a stable funding base to support college bridge programs targeted to at-risk students and dropouts. In most states, school districts can re-enroll out-of-school students and draw additional ADA money from the state. College bridge…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Articulation (Education), College Bound Students, College School Cooperation
Ganzglass, Evelyn; Simon, Martin; Mazzeo, Christopher; Conklin, Kristin – 2002
State governors have an immense stake in building a workforce training and education system capable of producing the skilled workers needed to secure the country's economic future. In doing so, states must face the following challenges: (1) many state workforce systems do not reflect market needs; (2) public education is falling short in preparing…
Descriptors: Accountability, Agency Cooperation, Articulation (Education), Career Development
