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Howard-Barr, Elissa; Moore, Michele Johnson; Weiss, Josie A.; Jobli, Edessa – American Journal of Sexuality Education, 2011
As part of a community plan to implement abstinence-based sexuality education, this study assessed opinions toward sexuality education among residents. Respondents (N = 1,090) were selected by random digit dialing. The survey, adopted from previous national studies, assessed attitudes towards sexuality education. Chi-square tests of significance…
Descriptors: Sex Education, Community Change, Sexuality, Public Opinion
Mihaly, Kata; McCaffery, Daniel; Sass, Tim R.; Lockwood, J. R. – National Center for Analysis of Longitudinal Data in Education Research, 2012
In this paper we consider the challenges involved in evaluating teacher preparation programs when controlling for school contextual bias. Including school fixed effects in the achievement models used to estimate preparation program effects controls for school environment by relying on differences among student outcomes within the same schools to…
Descriptors: Teacher Certification, Educational Environment, Preservice Teacher Education, Educational Quality
Peterson, Gary W.; And Others – 1983
A project was conducted to develop an assessment instrument for use in identifying welfare recipients who are potentially employable and to evaluate the effectiveness of Florida's three existing pilot employment assistance planning programs (termed PAPAs after the Public Assistance Productivity Act). Data on the employment status of 98 individuals…
Descriptors: Client Characteristics (Human Services), Cost Effectiveness, Employment Level, Employment Potential