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Fahey, Frank J. – 1971
A project that obtained secondary data images on all nonpublic schools, secular and sectarian, in the United States is described. Original data were gathered for five in-depth case studies. This project was limited to an analysis of nonpublic schools through grade 12; it included several subdivisions. Studies on nonpublic schools were conducted in…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Case Studies, Catholic Schools, Catholics
Thomson, Lillian – 1971
To ascertain how one-parent families see their problems and how the community and government help them find solutions, interviews were held with 113 heads of one-parent families in Nova Scotia, Quebec, Ontario, and Vancouver, and 44 consultations were held with representatives of departments and organizations that serve one-parent families.…
Descriptors: Adult Counseling, Citations (References), Community Services, Data Analysis
Educational Coordinates Northwest, Salem, OR. – 1971
An independent evaluation report (May 1971) by Educational Coordinates Northwest, this document examines the Oregon Small Schools Program (a Title III project of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act). Three major areas were considered: the extent to which member schools implemented methodological and organizational changes, the established…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Educational Innovation, Elementary Schools, Experimental Schools
Abedor, Allan J. – 1972
The purpose of this research was to develop and field test a new flowchart model prescribing specific operations for tryout and revision of prototype multi-media self-instructional treatments. The methods and results of the following four phases of the study are described: (1) design of a MK I flowchart model based on a review of the literature;…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Autoinstructional Aids, Control Groups, Criterion Referenced Tests
Ministry of Education and Social Welfare, New Delhi (India). – 1971
A program of functional literacy, as an integral part of the program of Farmers' Training and Functional Literacy, is presented. Its objectives are: (1) to increase the attainment and use of literacy skills, and (2) to bring about the socio-economic change on the individual with particular emphasis on changes in agricultural production. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agricultural Production, Attitude Change, Control Groups
Peterson, Kenneth D.; Peterson, Catherine A. – Corwin Press, 2005
Effective teacher evaluation is at the core of improving the quality and value of education and principals bear the responsibility of implementing a teacher evaluation program that helps develop highly qualified teachers and promotes high academic standards. In this easy-to-use handbook, the authors offer a fresh, innovative look into teacher…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Principals, Teacher Evaluation, Teacher Effectiveness

Ewens, David – 2003
This document is intended to assist individuals responsible for managing staff development in adult and community learning (ACL) in the United Kingdom. The guide presents step-by-step advice for designing and implementing an approach based on the belief that staff development should do the following things: (1) relate holistically to the…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Education, Adult Educators, Case Studies
Education Trust, Washington, DC. – 2003
This report presents 10 suggestions for what the U.S. Department of Education can do to help schools raise achievement for all students and close the achievement gap by increasing teacher quality: (1) make improving teacher quality job one; (2) insist on good data; (3) ensure that states make an immediate priority of fixing the indefensible…
Descriptors: Accountability, Data Collection, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
D'Amico, Ronald; Martinez, Alexandria; Salzman, Jeffrey; Wagner, Robin – 2001
In March 2000, thirteen grants were awarded as part of the Individual Training Account/Eligible Training Provider (ITA/ETP) Demonstration. In summer and fall of 2000, the grant recipients' activities were subjected to an interim evaluation. Site visits were made to each grantee to determine what ITA policies and practices were being formulated,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Case Studies, Coordination, Counselor Client Relationship
Henry, Stephan A. – 1995
The School District Data Book (SDDB) of the National Center for Education Statistics contains data on over 15,000 local education agencies (LEAs) that make it possible to compare data aggregated at district, county, state, and national levels on hundreds of variables. The SDDB was used to examine differences between the Topeka (Kansas) public…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Children, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection
Yakimowski, Mary E. – 1995
The School District Data Book (SDDB) is an information resource from the National Center of Education Statistics that contains social, economic, and administrative data for each of the 15,274 public school districts (local education agencies, or LEAs) in the United States. This paper addresses the information and capabilities of the SDDB that can…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Databases
Mansfield, Bob, Ed. – 2000
This is the third publication in the European Training Foundation's (ETF's) series of manuals designed to support development of vocational education and training (VET) standards. This volume looks at ways in which VET standards are linked to labor market demands and how relevant VET standards are to the needs of employment in a market economy.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Developed Nations
Alamprese, Judith A.; Tao, Fumiyo – 2001
The National Center for Family Literacy (FCFL) began the Family Independence Initiative (FII) to address the needs of welfare recipients and their families for literacy services. During the FII's development phase in 1997-1998, NCFL funded five family literacy program grantees to develop models of work-focused family literacy services. To satisfy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Career Awareness, Coordination
Nilsen, Sigurd R. – 2001
The General Accounting Office (GAO) reviewed the performance measurement system of the Department of Labor's (DOL's) Veterans Employment and Training Service (VETS), which administers programs and activities designed to help veterans obtain employment and training assistance. The GAO review focused on the following items: VETS' proposed…
Descriptors: Accountability, Comparative Analysis, Data Collection, Employment Services
Pittman, Karen; Wilson-Ahlstrom, Alicia; Yohalem, Nicole – Forum for Youth Investment, 2003
While significant progress has occurred over the past several years regarding the expansion of the quantity and quality of after-school opportunities, the ambitious idea of "after-school for all" remains a distant goal. In this commentary, we push beyond some of the numbers to take a close look at questions related to access and equity,…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Barriers, Rural Areas, Urban Areas