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Download full textKeller, Angela; And Others – 1997
This report describes the Home and Community Based Services (HCBS) Waiver to section 1915 (c) of the Federal Social Security Act that was obtained by the New York State Office of Mental Health. The HCBS Waiver affects the services provided to children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances. Three statutory requirements are included in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Cost Effectiveness, Eligibility
National Association of State Directors of Special Education, Alexandria, VA. – 1994
This report reviews the outcomes of a forum convened to examine policy and practice issues surrounding the annual evaluation of effectiveness of programs and services for students with disabilities. At the forum, alternative approaches being used by states to implement program evaluation were discussed, along with issues in gathering…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Lakin, Charlie, Ed.; And Others – IMPACT, 1993
This newsletter feature issue focuses on quality assurance and innovative efforts to enhance service quality for persons with developmental disabilities. Individual articles include: "Redesigning Quality Assurance" (Clarence J. Sundram); "Quality Assurance, Quality Enhancement" (Charlie Lakin et al.); "Challenging…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Community Programs, Developmental Disabilities, Evaluation Methods
Koloski, Judith Ann – 1993
This report reviews legislative and administrative policies surrounding adult basic education, the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills program (JOBS) of the Family Support Act, and the Job Training and Partnership Act (JTPA). Recommendations are made for the development of an effective continuum of literacy services. Section A is a historical…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation
Maxwell, Kelly; Bryant, Donna; Adkins, Amee; McCadden, Brian; Noblit, George – 1994
Smart Start is North Carolina's partnership between state government and local leaders, service providers, and families to better serve children under 6 years of age and their families. A formative evaluation of the Smart Start process, to inform the current state-level decision-making processes for future Smart Start efforts, was devised from a…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Early Childhood Education, Family Programs, Health Services
O'Neill, June – 1990
This evaluation of Massachusett's Employment and Training Choices (ET) program indicates that instead of saving taxpayers money, the program has been costly and has contributed little or nothing to reduce the state's welfare caseload. ET offers welfare recipients a wide variety of employment services, including career planning and job search,…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Day Care, Employment Programs, Job Training
Rutgers, The State Univ., New Brunswick, NJ. Eagleton Inst. of Politics. – 1987
A paper, "Young Children Face the States: Issues and Options for Early Childhood Programs," by W. Norton Grubb, is summarized in this policy brief. A discussion of the decisions that state policy makers must make and descriptions of the historical conflicts that persist within the early childhood movement and the current national status of early…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Policy Formation
Vocational Curriculum Resource Center of Maine, Fairfield. – 1992
This handbook has been compiled for coordinators of cooperative education programs at the secondary level in Maine. The handbook includes in-school classroom instruction relating to specific jobs and the world of work. Introductory material includes the Maine Association for Cooperative Education Constitution, By-Laws, and 1991 officers. The…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs, Employment Potential
Including Students with Disabilities in National and State Data Collection Programs. Brief Report 1.
National Center on Educational Outcomes, Minneapolis, MN. – 1992
This brief report highlights the issues, evidence, and first steps toward including students with disabilities in educational data systems. The report notes that if students with disabilities are excluded from educational data collection systems, policy makers do not have an adequate set of information from which to make policy decisions. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Collection, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Whitsett, Maria D.; And Others – 1992
Findings of a study that evaluated the implementation and effectiveness of 10 state-authorized parent education and involvement pilot programs in Texas are presented in this paper. Data were derived from demographic report forms, 369 parent opinion surveys, student opinion surveys, 105 teacher opinion surveys, cost surveys, and final evaluation…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Attitudes, Parent Education, Parent Participation
Louisiana State Dept. of Education, Baton Rouge. Bureau of Evaluation. – 1994
This report is an interim statistical report, addressing characteristics of the Starting Points Preschool Program in Louisiana, and containing information on children who were enrolled in 1993-94. The Starting Points Preschool Program was initiated in 1992-93 through the United States Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 in order to…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Day Care, Eligibility, Enrollment
Swift, Doug; And Others – 1993
A study was conducted to determine the costs of vocational education programs in excess of, or in addition to, the costs of "regular" education for grades 7-12 in New Mexico. Data were gathered through a literature review, a study of vocational education funding formulas of other states; a review of the data from the New Mexico…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities, Educational Finance, Educational Needs, Equipment
Utah State Univ., Logan. Dept. of Psychology. – 1990
In June 1989, the Utah State Office of Education contracted with the Research and Evaluation Methodology Program at Utah State University to conduct a statewide evaluation of Utah's Productivity Projects Studies Program. This executive summary of the results of the evaluation contains: (1) a description of the program; (2) an overview of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Productivity
Holdzkom, David; And Others – 1989
Educators in North Carolina, recognizing a need to develop a more objective, performance-based teacher evaluation system, determined that evaluation of teachers should have both formative and summative outcomes and should focus on improvement of teacher skills. The Teacher Performance Appraisal System (TPAS), a companion to the North Carolina…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Research, Evaluators, Longitudinal Studies
Children's Action Alliance, Phoenix, AZ. – 1990
This report creates a framework for child welfare reform in Arizona that balances continued improvements in the current system with simultaneous testing of a more fundamentally restructured system. A new service delivery system that integrates the separate child welfare, juvenile justice, and children's mental health systems is recommended.…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Children, Demonstration Programs, Family Programs
