This report provides Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) and Direct Loan Program official cohort default rates for all schools with 30 or more borrowers or official average cohort default rates for schools with under 30 borrowers. All schools in this report have fiscal year (FY) 1993, 1994, and 1995 default rates of 25 percent or higher. The…

This report provides Federal Family Education Loan (FFEL) official cohort default rates for fiscal years 1993, 1994, and 1995 for all schools, regardless of their program participation status. The default rates for each school are categorized by state and in descending order of default rate, and the data is also included for type of loan program…

This guide is intended to provide the student loan industry with information on how cohort default rates are calculated for originating lenders, current lenders, and guaranty agencies participating in the Federal Family Education Loan Program. The guide notes that fiscal year 1995 data will be calculated based on data reported to the National…

Information that Congress and various agencies can use to plan, implement, and evaluate programs supported by more than 30 agencies is provided. This statement focuses on the amount and complexity of federal support for education and addresses the challenge of obtaining more and better information. Research indicates that six programs--Child…

The purpose of this guide is to provide educators in Region V (the Southeast) and in Arkansas in particular with a reference to the network of federally-funded technical assistance providers. It addresses questions about technical assistance: its primary functions, principles and service delivery strategies, circumstances appropriate to technical…

A study was conducted of the use of outcome measurement by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and states to determine whether JOBS (Job Opportunities and Basic Skills) program participants are finding employment and leaving welfare. In order to assess the progress that HHS has made in establishing outcome indicators and goals,…

The federal government's key summer nutrition programs for low-income children are the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) and the National School Lunch Program (NSLP). Administered by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), the SFSP is an entitlement program funding public and private non-profit organizations to serve nutritious meals…

This report focuses on secondary schools and a variety of youth projects in eight countries--Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Norway, United Kingdom--so as to provide a better understanding of what motivates youth to learn. The text is based on reports prepared by experts appointed by each participating country, in addition to…

This directory contains brief descriptions and contact information for organizations, agencies, and publications related to rural education. Mindful of the wide variety of issues impacting rural schools and related information needs, the directory includes national associations, research and training centers, health organizations, publishers,…

Project CLASS (Chinese Language Achievement through Sequential Study), a federally-funded program, introduced the study of Chinese language and culture at Queen Ka'ahumanu Elementary School (Hawaii), forming the foundation of an instructional program to be continued through middle and high school, to meet state foreign language standards. It was…

This evaluation of Vermont's 5-year LSTA (Library Services and Technology Act) plan begins with an overall report of results in achieving goals and objectives. This section offers an overview of Vermont's geography, population, and history and use of library services. Results are then described for each of the plan's seven goals and related…

This publication describes the 62 projects that received 5-year Technology Innovation Challenge Grants beginning in 1995, 1996, and 1997, with reviews of the projects occurring in late 1999 and early 2000. Part 1 of the report describes the Technology Innovation Challenge Grant (TICG) program and its importance. Part 2 contains the project…

This mandated report to Congress describes the background and purposes of a national study of Head Start impact, the progress of the study, current activities to conduct a field test and prepare for the main study, and the projected timeline for study completion. The report notes that in 2000, a contract was awarded to determine on a national…

The federal Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) program provides incentives for high-poverty schools to pursue reform. In fiscal years 1998-99, $120 million, or 83 percent of total CSRD funds, was made available to states to target Title I schools serving disadvantaged students. Of the 1,748 schools participating in CSRD, over 85…

This paper has two main purposes: (1) to test the central thesis of systemic reform; and (2) to derive lessons about strengths and weaknesses of reform strategies used in policy and practice. It does this by a secondary analysis of case studies of nine Statewide Systemic Initiatives (SSIs) funded by the National Science Foundation. The case…