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Deeds, Carinne; DePaoli, Jennifer – American Youth Policy Forum, 2017
Discussion of alternative education is growing across the country as states and districts look for ways to better serve students whose needs are not met in traditional high school settings. Alternative settings, however, vary greatly in how they operate, whom they aim to enroll, and the methods they use to educate students. The variation of…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Accountability, Nontraditional Education
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Crosson, Pat; Orcutt, Bonnie – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2014
This article describes efforts in Massachusetts and the Multi-State Collaborative to Advance Learning Outcomes Assessment (MSC) to develop a statewide system for learning outcomes assessment that does not rely on standardized testing and that is designed to transcend the traditional tensions and boundaries between campus-based formative and…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Higher Education, Formative Evaluation, Accountability
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Carbone, Elena T.; Ware, Susan – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2017
Research is clear: Employers want college graduates who can communicate clearly, think analytically, and interact respectfully. Targeted educational experiences have measurably improved these capacities. To better prepare undergraduates, the University of Massachusetts Amherst developed the Community-Engaged Research Program, a pilot program…
Descriptors: College Graduates, Undergraduate Students, Career Readiness, Educational Research
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Levent, Nina; Reich, Christine – Journal of Museum Education, 2013
This article discusses an audience-informed professional development model that combines audience research focus groups and staff training that includes interaction and direct feedback from visitors, in this case, visitors with low vision. There are two critical components to this model: one is that museums' programming decisions are informed by…
Descriptors: Museums, Professional Development, Audience Analysis, Focus Groups
Thomson, David L. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This mixed methods study explored whether teachers who have experienced the new Massachusetts evaluation system as a member of three pilot or early adopter districts perceive it as a valuable process. The Race to the Top federal grant process required states to redesign evaluation systems that fostered effective teaching and included student…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Evaluation, Pilot Projects, Federal Legislation
Schwartz, Renee S.; Gess-Newsome, Julie – Science Educator, 2008
The authors report an empirical pilot study of current models of elementary science instruction that utilize science specialists, and make a call for the participation of schools and districts that use a specialist model to assist in collecting the descriptive data needed to create the foundation for future research on the use and impact of…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Models, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction
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Klopfer, Eric; Scheintaub, Hal; Huang, Wendy; Wendel, Daniel; Roque, Ricarose – E-Learning, 2009
StarLogo The Next Generation (TNG) enables secondary school students and teachers to model decentralized systems through agent-based programming. TNG's inclusion of a three-dimensional graphical environment provides the capacity to create games and simulation models with a first-person perspective. The authors theorize that student learning of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Creative Thinking, Secondary School Students, Pilot Projects
Tobin, Robert I.; And Others – 1977
A study was conducted to evaluate the Boston Public Schools Career Exploration Project. The project model contained assumptions regarding need for a significant amount of funding, a teacher training program, phased implementation with a concentration of effort in pilot schools, substantial amounts of materials, creation of positions of leadership,…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Case Studies, Cooperative Programs