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Direct linkBalog, Scott E.; Search, Sally P. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2006
This chapter describes how Tallahassee Community College used CCSSE data as part of its overall student-retention program, consisting of faculty workshops, analysis of state accountability data, and conscious incorporation of best practices. The resulting Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) meets accreditation requirements and strengthens the college's…
Descriptors: Strategic Planning, Community Colleges, Surveys, Educational Quality
Download full textCrawford, Elizabeth; Torgesen, Joseph – Florida Center for Reading Research, 2007
One of the most critical needs in Florida's "Reading First" schools is to improve the effectiveness of interventions for struggling readers. For example, during the 2005-2006 school year, only 17% of first grade students who began the year at some level of risk for reading difficulties finished the year with grade level skills on the…
Descriptors: Reading Research, Emergent Literacy, Grade 3, Grade 2
Miller, Gloria I.; Jaciw, Andrew; Vu, Minh-Thien – Empirical Education Inc., 2007
This research project consists of a randomized experiment in St. Petersburg Catholic Schools. The question being addressed by the research is whether "Scott Foresman Science" is as effective as the current curricula being used in the participating campuses of the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Petersburg. The research focuses on 3rd, 4th,…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Control Groups, Educational Change, Educational Research
Florida State Univ., Tallahassee. Center for Needs Assessment and Planning. – 1995
As part of its dropout prevention efforts, the state of Florida offers currently enrolled high school students the opportunity to earn a General Educational Development (GED) certificate. This new graduation option for at-risk students makes frequent use of computer-assisted instruction, operates a counseling component, integrates vocational…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Dropout Research, Dropouts
Toliver, Mary A. – 1994
A program was developed and implemented to help identify, give direction to, and build self-confidence in children who lack emergent reading skills on entering first grade. Objectives were for 80% of the 18 students at a Florida elementary school to recognize the basic concepts about print, and that two or more cueing systems be used to decode or…
Descriptors: Decoding (Reading), Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy, Grade 1
Griffith, Priscilla L.; Klesius, Janell P. – 1990
A study examined the relationship between reading instruction and the development of decoding and spelling skills and the writing fluency of children with varying levels of phonemic awareness. First grade children from two classrooms in a rural Florida school district who began school high and low in phonemic awareness received either whole…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Basal Reading, Decoding (Reading), Grade 1
Vavrek, Bernard, Ed.; Pratt, Mary Lou, Ed. – 1986
The 10 papers presented in this report examine various aspects of rural bookmobile projects in the United States. The objectives of this first bookmobile conference were to offer (1) encouragement to bookmobile workers; (2) information for improving their services; (3) new data for subjective analysis of services; and (4) assistance in developing…
Descriptors: Bookmobiles, Library Planning, Library Research, Library Services
Beck, Paul Allen – 1982
A comparison of public opinion about state and national political issues focuses on the degree of constraint expressed by individuals. Constraint is the individual's tendency to coherently cluster issues. It is manifested when, for example, one favors tax cuts and decreased spending; lack of constraint is illustrated when an individual…
Descriptors: Cluster Grouping, Cognitive Ability, Federal Government, Political Attitudes
Becker, William J.; Cole, Jacquelyn M. – 1980
The purpose of this study was to determine which activities conducted in Florida secondary schools may have contributed to the reduction of sex stereotyping in selected vocational programs. Twenty-one secondary schools that appeared to have been the most succesful in achieving nontraditional enrollments and the 21 schools in the state reflecting…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Research, Equal Education, Females
DREVDAHL, JOHN E. – 1961
THE BACKGROUNDS, MOTIVATIONS, AND PERSONALITIES OF THREE GROUPS WERE INVESTIGATED TO DETERMINE THE SOURCE AND TYPE OF EDUCATIONAL, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS THAT ARE CONDUCIVE TO CREATIVE PRODUCTIVITY. A SAMPLE OF 30 PSYCHOLOGISTS WAS SELECTED AND, AFTER SOME INVESTIGATION, WAS DIVIDED INTO THE FOLLOWING GROUPS--(1) CREATIVE, (2)…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Creative Development, Creativity Research, Educational Background
Augenstein, Mildred B. – 1974
The purpose of this study was to develop and apply an instrumented procedure for deciding the relative importance of a tentative set of professional competencies proposed for middle school teachers of English. The results of this rating procedure were intended to demonstrate one way in which the broader educational community could be involved in…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Competency Based Teacher Education, Doctoral Dissertations, Educational Research
Guidelines for Placement Services, Follow-Up Studies, Dropout Studies in Florida Community Colleges.
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. Div. of Community Junior Colleges. – 1974
Regulations of the Florida State Board of Education require that each community college district board of trustees provide placement services and maintain followup studies. This document provides the guidelines for these activities. Each college shall designate an officer who shall be responsible for providing placement services and for…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Research, Dropouts, Educational Objectives
Christian, Floyd T. – 1970
A plan for educational assessment is presented which focuses upon three interdependent aspects of a management control system: input, process, and output. Input encompasses the provision, allocation, and assignment of resources, both human and material; process concerns the application and utilization of these resources in ways that will produce…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making, Educational Assessment
Using School Choice: Analyzing How Parents Access Educational Freedom. School Choice Issues in Depth
Forster, Greg – Milton & Rose D. Friedman Foundation, 2005
This report provides a summary of the process parents must go through to participate in each of the nation's school choice programs, identifying problem areas in some programs. For the first time in one place, this report collects data on participation in each of the programs in current and previous years. Data are given for the number of students…
Descriptors: Tax Credits, Eligibility, School Choice, Scholarships
Jerry, Laura J.; Ballator, Nada – 1999
In 1998 for the first time, the NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress) administered a writing assessment at the state level. This report describes the writing achievement of Florida eighth-grade students and compares their overall performance to students in the Southeast region of the United States and the nation (using data from the…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Grade 8, Junior High Schools, National Competency Tests
