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Horan, Carolyn B.; Lambert, Vicki – 1994
This report recounts the establishment of the Utah Career Ladder Program, reviews findings from prior evaluations of the program, and describes in detail the 1993 evaluation authorized by the Utah State Legislature. The report also covers questions about the impact of the program in general. Chapter 1 provides a history of the Utah Career Ladder…
Descriptors: Beginning Teachers, Career Ladders, Elementary School Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Center for Instructional Development and Services. – 1991
This program guide identifies primary considerations in the organization, operation, and evaluation of a patient care assistant program. An occupational description and program content are presented. A curriculum framework specifies the exact course title, course number, levels of instruction, major course content, laboratory activities, special…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Attendants, Behavioral Objectives, Competency Based Education
National Occupational Information Coordinating Committee (DOL/ETA), Washington, DC. – 1992
This document consists of all 14 NOICC fact sheets issued to date, as follows: (1) "NOICC and the NOICC/SOICC Network; (2) "Occupational Information Systems"; (3) "Career Information Delivery Systems"; (4) "National Crosswalk Service Center"; (5) "NOICC Training Support Center"; (6) "Civilian…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Education, Career Guidance, Career Information Systems
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. Div. of Vocational and Career Education. – 1990
This operational policies manual is for adult programs developed by the Home Economics Education Service, Division of Vocational and Career Education, Ohio Department of Education, and is designed for administrators, teachers, and others responsible for adult vocational home economics programs. The first part of the guide consists of a historical…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Daily Living Skills, Displaced Homemakers
Merkel-Keller, Claudia – 1987
In preparation for the mandatory administration of the New Jersey High School Proficiency Test (HSPT) that was to begin with ninth graders in 1986, a pilot program was conducted with ninth graders who had done poorly on the HSPT during its second, nonmandatory administration in 1985. Approximately 125 students were selected (25 in each of five…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Employment Programs
Wilson, James L. – 1986
This report describes how successful statewide programs of educational standards and assessment are established and briefly discusses causes of program failure. Four key stages characterize effective program establishment: (1) planning, (2) development, (3) implementation, and (4) monitoring. Planning involves interaction among all parties, for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Responsibility, Board of Education Role, Cooperative Planning
Texas Education Agency, Austin. – 1988
The statewide overview of Texas bilingual and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) programs for limited-English-speaking public school students reports results of a survey concerning program and student characteristics and successful instructional practices. Data for bilingual and ESL programs are considered separately. Student characteristics…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Research, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Lincoln Intermediate Unit No. l2, New Oxford, PA. – 1985
The main objectives of this project were to conduct a writing contest for adult basic education/high school equivalency/English as a Second Language (ABE/GED/ESL) and basic literacy students and to publish an anthology of selected prose (fiction and non-fiction) and poetry entries by those students. Secondary objectives were to promote a greater…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Cooperative Programs, Creative Writing
DuVall, Charles R.; And Others – 1980
A study examined the educational benefits and costs of the adult general education/basic education mobile van project designed to provide access to adult basic education and general education programs for citizens of Indiana. An evaluation team interviewed all available persons (including Indiana Office of Occupational Development directors;…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrator Attitudes, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education
National Advisory Council on Vocational Education, Washington, DC. – 1979
One- to four-page summaries are presented of fifty-seven of the 1978 annual reports of the State Advisory Councils of Vocational Education. Most of the reports, which are arranged alphabetically by state, address the effectiveness of vocational education programs, services, and activities in meeting the objectives as set forth in the state plan…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adult Vocational Education, Advisory Committees, Annual Reports
New Jersey State Interdepartmental Committee on Lifetime Disability, Trenton. – 1966
Recommendations to combat mental retardation in New Jersey are made in the following areas: coordination; research; prevention, detection, and treatment; clinical, social, recreation, and religious services; residential care; education; vocational rehabilitation; law; manpower and training; and public awareness. Additional information is given…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Community Programs, Cooperative Planning, Counseling
Decker, Paul T.; Olsen, Robert B.; Freeman, Lance; Klepinger, Daniel H. – 2000
In order to measure their effectiveness in promoting rapid re-employment and shorter spells during which claimants are entitled to collect unemployment insurance (UI), the U.S. Department of Labor tested these three assistance strategies in the District of Columbia (8,071 claimants selected during June 1995-June 1996) and Florida (12,042 claimants…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Comparative Analysis, Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs
Glik, Deborah; Halpert-Schilt, Elena – 2001
As part of a series of reports designed to support the implementation of Proposition 10: The California Children and Families Act and to provide comprehensive and authoritative information on critical issues concerning young children and families in California, this report focuses on the role of public education and outreach and provides…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Budgeting, Change Strategies, Child Care
Westat, Inc., Rockville, MD. – 2002
This report presents an evaluation of family preservation programs in Kentucky, New Jersey, and Tennessee, and a county program in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania. Key goals of these programs were reducing foster care placement, maintaining child safety, and improving family functioning. The statewide programs employed the Homebuilders program…
Descriptors: Caregiver Child Relationship, Child Behavior, Child Welfare, Children
Scrivener, Susan; Hendra, Richard; Redcross, Cindy; Bloom, Dan; Michalopoulos, Charles; Walter, Johanna – 2002
An evaluation was conducted of Vermont's Welfare Restructuring Project (WRP), one of the earliest statewide welfare reform programs designed to increase work and reduce reliance on welfare. To assess the difference WRP made, parents applying for or receiving cash assistance in Vermont from July 1994 to December 1996 were assigned randomly to one…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cost Effectiveness, Economically Disadvantaged, Eligibility
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