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Baker, Stephen; Spielberger, Julie; Lockaby, Tracey; Guterman, Kai – Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, 2010
Prime Time Palm Beach County, Inc. is an organization dedicated to improving the availability and quality of afterschool programs in the county. During the 2007-2008 program year, Prime Time implemented a county-wide Quality Improvement System (QIS) that included program standards, an assessment process, and on-site technical assistance delivered…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Counties, Total Quality Management, Individual Activities
Gerry, Gail; Corcoran, Tom – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2011
In the fall of 2009, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded a three-year project proposed by the International Baccalaureate (IB) to demonstrate the feasibility of increasing the participation of minority students and students in poverty in its Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Diploma Programme (DP) in selected school districts in the…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Program Effectiveness, Minority Group Students, Public Schools
Spielberger, Julie; Lockaby, Tracey; Mayers, Leifa; Guterman, Kai – Chapin Hall Center for Children, 2009
This is the fourth report of a process evaluation of Palm Beach County Prime Time, Inc., an intermediary organization dedicated to improving the quality of afterschool programs, by Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago. It covers the 2007-2008 program year, which was the inaugural year of Prime Time's formal Quality Improvement System (QIS)…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Program Improvement, After School Programs, Program Effectiveness
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Bureau of Education for Exceptional Students. – 1990
Technical assistance is provided concerning documentation of functional vision loss for Florida students with visual impairments. The functional vision observation should obtain enough information for determination of special service eligibility. The observation is designed to supplement information on the medical eye examination, and is conducted…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Eyes
Lyons, Sandra; Karlstrom, Mikael; Haywood, Thomas – Chapin Hall Center for Children, 2007
The Comprehensive Services Program of Palm Beach County, Florida, was an ambitious and innovative effort to improve the school readiness of low-income children in Palm Beach County by identifying needs early and providing early intervention services to support physical, cognitive, and emotional health and development. Services were delivered to…
Descriptors: Family Programs, Early Intervention, Safety Education, Professional Services