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Conger, Anthony J.; And Others – 1976
A review of the literature on the validity and reliability of survey data is presented prior to an analysis of the reliability of selected questions in the Second Followup Questionnaire of the National Longitudinal Study of the High School Class of 1972 (NLS). The reliability study includes an evaluation of test-retest reliability as a function of…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Demography
Lee, Arthur M. – 1976
This is the first part of a two-part fifth volume in a series of annual reports on the status of vocational education in the United States. It primarily reports the developments that have taken place each year in the numbers and characteristics of students enrolled, programs, costs, and results. (The entire study, initiated by Congress in 1971, is…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annual Reports, Cooperative Programs, Data Analysis
Setzler, Hubert H., Jr.; And Others – 1979
The methodologies employed in the communication/language objectives-based system (C/LOBS), which supports the front-end analysis efforts of the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center, are examined. The C/LOBS project, which is described in 13 volumes and an executive summary, functions as a subsystem of the instructional systems…
Descriptors: Communicative Competence (Languages), Computer Oriented Programs, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Horst, Donald P.; Tallmadge, G. Kasten – 1976
The orientation of this report is that of identifying educational projects which can be considered clearly exemplary. The largest section consists of a 22-step procedure for validating the effectiveness of educational projects using existing evaluation data. It is not intended as a guide for conducting evaluations but rather for interpreting data…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Control Groups
Going the Distance: Are There Common Factors in High Performance Distance Learning? Research Report.
Hawksley, Rosemary; Owen, Jane – 2002
Common factors among high-performing distance learning (DL) programs were examined through case studies at 9 further education colleges and 2 nonsector organizations in the United Kingdom and a backup survey of a sample of 50 distance learners at 5 of the colleges. The study methodology incorporated numerous principles of process benchmarking. The…
Descriptors: Benchmarking, Case Studies, Data Collection, Delivery Systems
Condelli, Larry; Castillo, Laura; Seburn, Mary; Deveaux, Jon – 2002
This guide for improving the quality of National Reporting System for Adult Education (NRS) data through improved data collection and training is intended for local providers and state administrators. Chapter 1 explains the guide's purpose, contents, and use and defines the following components of data quality: objectivity; integrity;…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Audits (Verification), Compliance (Legal)
Billett, Stephen; McKavanagh, Charlie; Beven, Fred; Angus, Lawrence; Seddon, Terri; Gough, John; Hayes, Sharon; Robertson, Ian – 1999
A 1998 study conducted by researchers from the Centre For Learning and Work Research at Griffith Univ. and The Studies of Work, Education and Training, at Monash Univ. sought to evaluate the contributions of competency-based training (CBT) and assessment to Australian vocational education and training. "Introduction" (Stephen Billet,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Change Strategies, Competence, Competency Based Education
Zwiers, Michael L.; Morrissette, Patrick J. – 1999
Interviews comprise the majority of professionals' interactions with children. In order to conduct effective interviews, professionals must possess effective communication skills, as well as knowledge of growth and development issues, data collection, and analysis. Though this is an important area of study, there has yet to be a book that…
Descriptors: Adults, Aggression, Child Abuse, Child Custody
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This November 26, 2004 issue of "Chronicle for Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "A Question of Degrees" (Contreras, Alan); (2) "Democratize the…
Descriptors: Academic Degrees, Higher Education, Democracy, Textbooks
Blanton, Roy E.; Harmon, Hobart L. – Rural Educator, 2005
Schools in 47 high-poverty school districts located mostly along the Atlantic Coast of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia may have a head start on new requirements of the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001, thanks to a $6 million grant from the National Science Foundation. Begun in April 2000, the five-year Coastal Rural Systemic…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Poverty, Federal Legislation, Disadvantaged Youth
Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (NJ1), 2008
There is a strong and growing argument for higher educational attainment in the United States. The jobs that are expected to support the economy in the coming years will depend on a skilled workforce that is able to learn and adapt quickly to new challenges. However, demographic patterns demonstrate that relying on the traditional K-16 pipeline to…
Descriptors: Educational Development, Distance Education, State Action, Educational Attainment
Gregory, Vikki – 1990
Midlife and older women are at an economic disadvantage relative to their male counterparts and younger women. Older women should be served by the nation's employment, training, and vocational programs. Interviews with participants and operators of employment and training programs identified six program components needed to serve older women: (1)…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Counseling, Change Strategies, Cooperative Programs
Burton, Grace; And Others – 1992
The 1989 document, "Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics," provides a vision and a framework for revising and strengthening the K-12 mathematics curriculum in North American schools and for evaluating both the mathematics curriculum and students' progress. This book, one in a series designed to interpret and…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Curriculum Enrichment, Data Collection, Discovery Learning
Dickens, Ben H. – 1983
This paper outlines a model identification procedure for vocational educators to use in determining new and emerging occupations. Reviewed first are major available works dealing with identifying and planning for new and emerging occupations. Detailed discussions are provided of the various components of the model. The first phase of the model to…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Demand Occupations
Guilford Technical Community Coll., Jamestown, NC. – 1985
This combination procedures manual and annotated bibliography is intended to assist faculty and staff at community colleges in North Carolina in developing centralized job placement and development services. The first section describes the project to establish centralized employment services at Guilford Technical Community College during which the…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Education, Centralization, Community Colleges