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Oliver, Barbara, Ed. – 1975
During the 1974-75 school year, the North Carolina migrant program's priorities were program continuity; regular school term and summer programs for interstate and intrastate migrant children; staff development activities; Migrant Student Record Transfer System; migrant education program support team; and mobile vocational instructional program.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, Interstate Programs, Migrant Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Research. – 1974
One of a series dealing with reading, mathematics, language arts, social studies, science, cultural arts, health, and physical education, this report on reading is designed to help North Carolina teachers in planning instructional programs for public school students and to inform the general public of students' educational needs and attainments.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Needs, Evaluation, Grade 3
Ahlschwede, Margrethe P. – 1970
Conducted in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, this study investigated whether low income Negro homemakers would be more receptive to an information bulletin that reflects their way of life than to a bulletin that did not. Subjects (16 in the first phase and 29 in the second phase of the bulletin pretest) marked the booklet ("Moving to the…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Bibliographies, Blacks, Bulletins
Somers, Gerald G.; And Others – 1967
The major objective of this study was to examine the experience of four projects in Baltimore, Boston, Milwaukee, and Buncombe County, North Carolina in counseling and placing in jobs older hard-core unemployed workers. Originally the programs were designed to train the hard-core unemployed over 50 years of age. Generally the emphasis was changed…
Descriptors: Counseling, Demonstration Programs, Evaluation, Job Placement
Mintrop, Heinrich; Trujillo, Tina – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2005
This paper explores what lessons can be learned from the experiences of states that instituted NCLB-like accountability systems prior to 2001 (here called first-generation accountability systems). It looks at the experiences of three smaller states (Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina), four larger ones (California, Florida, New York, Texas), and…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Compliance (Legal), State Officials, Federal Legislation
Clotfelter, Charles; Glennie, Elizabeth; Ladd, Helen; Vigdor, Jacob – Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University (NJ1), 2005
As in other states, many North Carolina schools face the challenge of hiring and retaining high quality teachers. Recruiting and retaining qualified teachers in math, science and special education is particularly difficult, especially for the schools serving disproportionate shares of disadvantaged or low-performing students. In 2001, North…
Descriptors: Teacher Persistence, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Incentives
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Instructional Services. – 2002
In North Carolina schools, the grade 10 writing assessment will be given once a year in the spring semester to all 10th-grade students. This change from an English II End-of-Course Test to a grade-specific test emphasizes the need for writing across the curriculum. This document is designed to illustrate correlation between high school courses and…
Descriptors: Correlation, Course Objectives, Grade 10, High Schools
Horsch, Karen – 1998
Interest is growing in planning and implementing new systems of holding child and family services accountable for results. The Results-Based Accountability (RBA) Project at the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) has supported and built upon recent state efforts to develop these new accountability systems for child and family services. The RBA…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Program Descriptions, Program Design
Mead, Cheryl L. – Electronic Learning, 1983
The Media Evaluation Services program of the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction now includes inservice education for computer-using educators, the opportunity to preview software, and advisory lists of computer courseware. Other new computer related services being developed are described, and guidelines for cataloging courseware are…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Computer Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
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Shontz, Marilyn L. – Reference Librarian, 1994
Describes a study of secondary school library media specialists that was conducted to investigate the potential use of reference transaction measures. The use of the Reference Transaction Module is explained which used three different output measures: Transaction Analysis, Reference Completion Rate, and Transactions per Student. (LRW)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Learning Resources Centers, Library Services, Library Surveys
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Riner, Phillip S. – Journal of Research and Development in Education, 1991
Study tested the validity of a high inference principal-administered rating scale, the North Carolina Teacher Performance Appraisal Instrument. Researchers examined the relationship of its ratings to student achievement, nonachievement student variables, and teacher variables. Results indicate principals can become valid raters of teacher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Performance Factors, Principals
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Rife, John; And Others – Journal of Family Social Work, 1996
Describes the results from a family-based case management demonstration program which served families in North Carolina during the period of 1990 to 1993. The model from the program was based on the family investment initiative strategy developed by the George Washington University Center for Policy Studies. Implications of the results for social…
Descriptors: Counseling, Economically Disadvantaged, Evaluation, Family (Sociological Unit)
Gaines, Gale F., Comp. – Southern Regional Education Board (SREB), 2009
"The 2009 Legislative Briefing" is a topical summary of actions during the 2009 legislative sessions that affect education in the 16 SREB states. Topics include: state budgets and the economy; tax and revenue; teacher and faculty pay raises; retirement systems; issues affecting teachers and education leaders; health and safety;…
Descriptors: State Legislation, Educational Finance, Budgets, Budgeting
Tafoya, Dennis W.; Combs, Boyd G. – 1978
Built around a 1977 needs assessment which sampled 65% of the county Indian population, the Robeson County Title IV-A Compensatory Indian Education Project was structured into four categories of objectives: (1) Student Classroom Performance to increase academic performance; (2) Program Management and Maintenance to involve parents, educators and…
Descriptors: American Indian Studies, American Indians, Compensatory Education, Counseling Services
Maxwell, Kelly; Bryant, Donna; Adkins, Amee; McCadden, Brian; Noblit, George – 1994
Smart Start is North Carolina's partnership between state government and local leaders, service providers, and families to better serve children under 6 years of age and their families. A formative evaluation of the Smart Start process, to inform the current state-level decision-making processes for future Smart Start efforts, was devised from a…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Early Childhood Education, Family Programs, Health Services
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