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Download full textSykes, Gary; Bell, Courtney; Shukla, Bhavya – ETS Center for Research on Human Capital and Education, 2020
This is the second in a series of policy notes and related publications exploring prospects for developing indicators of teaching quality. The first examined federal databases that include information about teachers, demonstrating that almost none of the measures in these datasets provides indication of teaching quality. This policy note takes the…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Educational Quality, Equal Education, Educational Indicators
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Direct linkUnrau, Yvonne A. – Reclaiming Children and Youth, 2011
More than 32,000 young people in the United States exit the foster care system in a typical year by aging out to independence (Child Welfare Information Gateway, 2011). Despite available financial support for post-secondary education through the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999, only 20% of college-qualified foster youth attend college and…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Young Adults, Foster Care, Developmental Studies Programs
Miller-Adams, Michelle – W. E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research, 2010
The Kalamazoo Promise, announced in 2005, is an innovative college-scholarship program available to every graduate of the Kalamazoo (Michigan) Public Schools. Programs such as the Kalamazoo Promise, which is being emulated in cities across the United States, open new avenues for the acquisition of human capital regardless of income level or…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance, Academic Achievement
Alliance for Excellent Education, 2009
Graduation rates are a fundamental indicator of whether or not the nation's public school system is doing what it is intended to do: enroll, engage, and educate youth to be productive members of society. Since almost 90 percent of the fastest-growing and highest-paying jobs require some postsecondary education, having a high school diploma and the…
Descriptors: Graduation Rate, Dropouts, Graduation, Academic Achievement
