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Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1983
This document, a transcript of a series of Congressional hearings, considers the reauthorization of the Vocational Rehabilitation Act and the Education of the Handicapped Act. The hearings were designed to assess the effectiveness of existing programs and to seek ways to ensure their continued success in the future. Testimony and prepared reports…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Hearings
Batsche, Catherine; And Others – 1984
This study examined characteristics of programs in which students were enrolled to determine which activities were most effective in dealing with dropouts. The study attempted to validate program components that have previously been associated with retentive capacity. Seventy-six exemplary programs for dropouts were selected to participate in the…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research
Children's Defense Fund, Washington, DC. – 1984
This document presents the findings of a study by the Children's Defense Fund (CDF) on the Chapter 1 program of the Education Consolidation Improvement Act and makes recommendations for Congressional action. Overall, budget cuts and legislative changes have weakened the program's effectiveness and are depriving eligible children of its services.…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1984
In this congressional oversight hearing on the administration of the Job Corps Program, focus is on the success of the Job Corps as well as on areas for program improvement. Testimony includes statements and letters and other material submitted for the record by Representatives in Congress and individuals representing the: RCA Service Company;…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Walberg, Herbert J. – 1984
Analysis of the history of Chapter 1, the Federal program for the education of the disadvantaged, and a review of the research into the program's effectiveness show the inefficiency of Federal influence and funds in local schools. Chapter 1 has done little good for students: it has neither raised the achievement of the educationally deprived and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Disadvantaged, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education
McCormick, Fred C.; McCormick, Eileen R. – 1984
This document provides a detailed overview of all data collection, analysis, and reporting aspects of a third-party, independent evaluation conducted in Illinois to determine the impact of the 214 vocational education Quality Assistance Plans funded in fiscal year 1983. The effectiveness of the Impact Assessment Design as a resource in Quality…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Gades, Robert E. – 1984
A continuing and increasing demand for collegiate business education programs seems to be indicated by employment needs of the business sector. During a time of obvious increased need, enrollments in teacher education are suffering one of their sharpest declines in history. A National Association for Business Teacher Education (NABTE) survey on…
Descriptors: Business, Business Education, Departments, Education Work Relationship
Duckett, Jasmin M. – 1989
The Maryland study of the Career Information Delivery System (CIDS) was conducted to review computerized information delivery systems. The study also sought to assess the Information Network for Occupational Resources (INFORM) system, in terms of user satisfaction. The review process started in September 1988, at which time 320 current INFORM…
Descriptors: Career Education, Delivery Systems, Information Networks, Information Services
Williams, Helen; McBride, Noelene – 1989
This paper reports the opinions of Australian second- and third-year early childhood education students concerning the benefits of a collegial support program designed to assist professional development by improving the quality of practicum supervision. It was expected that as a result of improved supervision, students would experience increased…
Descriptors: College Students, Early Childhood Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Cella, Margot; Gabay, Mary – 1987
This report evaluates the types of data gathered about nursing homes during a survey process by the State of Illinois through its Inspection of Care Review and Quality Incentive Program (QUIP) assessments. The data are compared to other State systems/demonstrations in an effort to choose those indicators which best measure the quality of care in…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Institutionalized Persons, Long Term Care
Saskatchewan Inst. of Applied Science and Technology, Saskatoon. – 1989
In fall 1988, the Board of Directors of the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology (SIAST) created a task force to study the training needs of the mining industry in the province and evaluate SIAST's responsiveness to those needs. After assessing the technological changes taking place in the industry, surveying manpower needs,…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Governance, Mining, Needs Assessment
Dunn, William – 1989
Commencing as a reasonably funded research and development enterprise, the Regional Educational Laboratory Program has become an undercapitalized knowledge transfer operation, an "information utility," responsible for improving schools but constrained by inadequate funds and restrictive policies which confine the labs to working…
Descriptors: Diffusion (Communication), Elementary Secondary Education, Field Studies, Information Dissemination
Romero, Vicki – 1984
A study analyzed data on the nature and scope of vocational education programs in Arizona in order to supply information on the pool of trained workers produced annually by vocational education programs. The study examined data from secondary schools, community colleges, and proprietary schools to gain information about the numbers of people…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Planning
Further Education Unit, London (England). – 1989
Quality circles can be defined as small groups of employees who meet regularly to solve problems and to find ways of improving aspects of their work. Quality circles are based on western ideas, but developed in Japan. Well-established guidelines for quality circles include support from management, clear reasons for the program, support of unions,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Colleges, Continuing Education, Outcomes of Education
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, DC. – 1988
The Research About Teacher Education (RATE) project is an ongoing data collection effort to establish a reliable data base about teacher education. Thirty schools were randomly selected from institutions offering bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees for a total of 90 institutions. Following a long-term plan for rotating targeted respondents,…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Foundations of Education, Higher Education, Institutional Characteristics
