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Direct linkDoorey, Nancy A. – Educational Leadership, 2013
A short 27 months ago, two groups of U.S. states were each awarded more than $175 million to design, develop, and pilot test a new generation of assessments (U.S. Department of Education, 2010). These new tests will replace assessments in English language arts and mathematics that are currently in use within state and federal accountability…
Descriptors: Accountability, Consortia, Elementary Secondary Education, Academic Standards
Download full textOffice of Postsecondary Education, US Department of Education, 2012
The American Overseas Research Centers Program provides grants to overseas research centers that are consortia of U.S. institutions of higher education to enable the centers to promote postgraduate research, exchanges, and area studies. Eligible applicants are those consortia of U.S. institutions of higher education centers that: (1) Receive more…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Higher Education, Area Studies, Nonprofit Organizations
Linquanti, Robert; Cook, H. Gary – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2013
States participating in the four federally-funded assessment consortia are required to establish a "common definition of English Learner." This includes the two Race to the Top academic assessment consortia and the two Enhanced Assessment Grant English language proficiency (ELP) assessment consortia. This paper provides guidance that…
Descriptors: English Language Learners, Definitions, Consortia, Educational Legislation
Office of Postsecondary Education, US Department of Education, 2012
The Institute for International Public Policy program provides a single grant to assist a consortia of institutions of higher education in establishing an institute designed to increase the representation of minorities in international service, including private international voluntary organizations and the Foreign Service of the United States. A…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Higher Education, Minority Groups, Minority Group Students
McIntosh, Shelby – Center on Education Policy, 2011
Since 2002, the Center on Education Policy (CEP) has collected and reported data on state policies that require students to pass a state assessment in order to receive a high school diploma. The state policies associated with these assessments, also known as high school exit exams, have undergone a number of changes over the past ten years. For…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alignment (Education), Career Development, Careers
Peer reviewedZeller, Nancy – Review of Higher Education, 1995
Describes the current status of postsecondary distance education (DE) in the United States and Canada, focusing on ways in which DE can be used to further local or national policy goals. Presents four examples of DE policies and programs, each representing a different focus (laissez-faire, consortium, coordinating board, and comprehensive). (MDM)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comprehensive Programs, Consortia, Cooperative Programs
Lasonen, Johanna; Frantz, Nevin R., Jr. – 1994
The national policies on preparing youth for the work force in the United States and Finland were compared through a retrospective review of past policy decisions. Qualitative data were gathered by analyzing key policy documents and by conducting focus group interviews with reform stakeholders within three Finnish experimental school divisions and…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Consortia, Education Work Relationship, Educational Legislation
