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Direct linkRussell, Christina A., Ed.; Newhouse, Corey, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2021
"Measure, Use, Improve! Data Use in Out-of-School Time" shares the experience and wisdom from a broad cross-section of out-of-school time professionals, ranging from internal evaluators, to funders, to researchers, to policy advocates. Key themes of the volume include building support for learning and evaluation within out-of-school time…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Capacity Building, Evaluators, Educational Quality
Miller-Adams, Michelle – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2009
What if every high school graduate of a given school district could go to college for free--not just those with good grades or financial need, but all of them? And what if this promise was guaranteed for decades? What kind of transformation might ensue, not just in the lives of the students themselves but in the communities that surround them?…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Equal Education, Time Perspective, Educational Opportunities
Cook, Constance, Ed.; Kaplan, Matthew, Ed. – Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2011
Written by the director and staff of the first, and one of the largest, teaching centers in American higher education--the University of Michigan's Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT)--this book offers a unique perspective on the strategies for making a teaching center integral to an institution's educational mission. It presents a…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Graduate Students, Research Universities, Consultants
Grant, S. G., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2006
Measuring History complements the cases presented in Wise Social Studies Practices (Yeager & Davis, 2005). Yeager and Davis highlight the rich and ambitious teaching that can occur in the broad context of state-level testing. In this book, the chapter authors and I bring the particular state history tests more to the fore and examine how…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, High Stakes Tests, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change
Download full textBerkowitz, Monroe; Burton, John F., Jr. – 1987
This document, current through 1986, contains four parts. Part I presents a conceptual framework used to view disability among the working age population; the rudiments and objectives of workers' compensation programs; and an explanation of the criteria of adequacy, equity, and efficiency as used in the report. Part II presents a study of 10…
Descriptors: Adults, Cost Effectiveness, Disabilities, Eligibility
House, Ernest; And Others – 1974
Accountability currently is an important concept throughout education. Michigan has assumed leadership among the States in exploring and applying accountability procedures. The purpose of this report is to examine the quality and implications of that leadership. Specifically, the authors' purpose is to assess the Michigan Accountability System…
Descriptors: Accountability, Citizen Participation, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Zeller, William J., Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2008
Residence life programs play a key role in recruiting students, helping them make a successful transition to a new institution, and in retaining them, whether students are enrolling for the first time, transferring from another institution, or entering graduate school. Chapters in this book address theories of learning and development, new…
Descriptors: College Housing, Dormitories, Student Adjustment, College Freshmen
Peterson, Paul E., Ed.; Campbell, David E., Ed. – 2001
This book presents 15 papers on charters, vouchers, and public education: (1) "Introduction: A New Direction in Public Education?" (Paul E. Peterson and David E. Campbell); (2) "Charter Schools: Taking Stock" (Chester E. Finn, Jr, Bruno V. Manno, and Gregg Vanourek); (3) "School Choice in Michigan" (Michael Mintrom…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, Competition, Democratic Values, Educational Vouchers
Hamilton, Gayle; Freedman, Stephen; et al. – 2001
The 5-year impacts of mandatory welfare-to-work programs on welfare recipients and their children were examined by using a rigorous research design called a social experiment to examine 11 welfare-to-work programs in 6 states (California, Georgia, Michigan, Ohio, Oklahoma, and Oregon). Four employment-focused and seven education-focused programs…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Care, Client Characteristics (Human Services), Comparative Analysis
Coats, William D. – 1974
Accountability as a concept refers to little more than "common sense" management wherein outcomes of various programs and practices are measured, and this information is used as feedback for making appropriate changes and recording progress. The core of the Kalamazoo accountability model is the development of a management information…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Guides, Behavioral Objectives, Board Administrator Relationship
