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Download full textOffice of Inspector General, US Department of Education, 2020
The audit objective for this report was to determine whether the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PA Education) and selected Pennsylvania local educational agencies have sufficient internal controls to ensure that individualized education programs (IEP) are developed in accordance with Federal and State requirements for children with…
Descriptors: State Departments of Education, Virtual Schools, Charter Schools, Accountability
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Direct linkHornbeck, Dustin; Malin, Joel – Educational Policy, 2019
Contemporary education reform movements in the United States have emphasized accountability for student performance. Policy actors serving within the executive branch have arguably gained power in part to provide this accountability function. The present study, in which Ohio and Pennsylvania serve as state case contexts, examines the changing…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Educational Policy, State Departments of Education, Accountability
Blank, Rolf K. – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2010
The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) is working to respond to increased interest in the use of growth models for school accountability. Growth models are based on tracking change in individual student achievement scores over multiple years. While growth models have been used for decades in academic research and program evaluation, a…
Descriptors: State Government, State Departments of Education, Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Public Instruction, Harrisburg. – 1966
PRESENTED ARE GUIDELINES FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS FUNDED IN THE PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOLS UNDER TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT. SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSED ARE GUIDELINES FOR THE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES TO USE IN REPORTING THE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS AND EVALUATION TECHNIQUES USED IN THE EVALUATIONS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs
Cotrell, Calvin J. – 1988
In response to a mutual need for better communication between the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Bureau of Vocational and Adult Education (BVAE) and four universities in Pennsylvania operating vocational education professional personnel development centers, an accountability system was designed through a cooperative effort with center…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Programs, Cooperative Planning, Cooperative Programs
Dusewicz, Russell A. – 1984
Objectives of this assessment of Pennsylvania's vocational programs for the handicapped were to describe and evaluate the programs' impact and explore the local capability for offering vocational program services to the handicapped. Study methodology was guided by 23 evaluation questions representing five major study components: problems and…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agency Cooperation, Disabilities, Educational Research
Arnold, Walter M. – 1969
The Pennsylvania Vocational Education Study was planned primarily as a pragmatic overview and analysis of vocational, technical, and continuing education for the years 1964-1968, with a goal of determining its achievements, deficiencies, and direction in the light of priority needs. Recommendations and conclusions were derived from data relating…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Economic Progress, Educational Administration, Employment Patterns
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. Bureau of Instructional Support Services. – 1978
Following an introduction and a definition of career education, Pennsylvania's state plan for career education is presented in six chapters. Pennsylvania's need for career education is presented in chapter I, which also includes a career education status survey and a summary of needs. Chapter II lists the state's career education accomplishments…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Objectives
Kershner, Keith M. – 1984
As mandated by the Vocational Education Act of 1976, an evaluation was made of Pennsylvania's vocational guidance program for the 1979-80 through 1981-82 fiscal years. The study objectives were to describe the funded projects, evaluate their impact, and explore local capacity development. The study was guided by evaluation questions in five areas:…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Education, Career Exploration, Career Guidance
