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Laing-Kean, Claudine A. M. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Programs supported by the Carl D. Perkins Act of 2006 are required to operate under the state or national content standards, and are expected to carry out evaluation procedures that address accountability. The Indiana high school course, "Advanced Life Science: Foods" ("ALS: Foods") operates under the auspices of the Perkins…
Descriptors: Expertise, Foods Instruction, Delphi Technique, Food Service
Stanley, Kylie R.; Spradlin, Terry E.; Plucker, Jonathan A. – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2008
Reports consistently demonstrate that the attainment of a high school diploma is not simply of value to the individual student, but that the benefit of a high school diploma is reaped by the graduate's community as well. Most educators readily acknowledge the importance of dropout prevention and the significance of a high school diploma. A…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, High School Students, Graduation Rate, Dropout Prevention
Stanley, Kylie R.; Plucker, Jonathan A. – Center for Evaluation and Education Policy, Indiana University, 2008
In May 2008, the Center for Evaluation & Education Policy (CEEP) issued the Education Policy Brief, "Calculating High School Graduation Rates," which discussed the importance of accurate and reliable high school graduation data, various graduation rate calculation methods, the history behind the use of particular methodologies, and…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Intervention, Graduation Rate, Dropout Prevention
Rogers, George E. – Journal of Industrial Teacher Education, 2005
Project Lead The Way (PLTW) is thought by some to be the nation's premier program in providing high schools and middle schools with pre-engineering curriculum and linkage to college-level engineering and engineering technology programs. This study examined the infusion of the PLTW pre-engineering curriculum into the well-established technology…
Descriptors: Middle Schools, Technological Literacy, Technology Education, High Schools