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Peer reviewedBarham, Frank E. – NASSP Bulletin, 1986
Questions the current push to improve education through legislation of higher standards in education. In Virginia the school boards association distributes a handbook of policies and resolutions to state legislators and asks that schools delinquent in standards be placed in receivership rather than impose educational reforms from above that are…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Educational Change, Educational Quality, Elementary Secondary Education
Direct linkGreer, Hal – New Directions for Evaluation, 2006
In 1999, the staff of the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission (JLARC) of the Virginia General Assembly (the state legislature) completed a review of the Virginia Board of Medicine that found problems with the process used to regulate physicians and recommended major changes to a system that had remained relatively unchanged for almost…
Descriptors: Evaluators, Legislators, Physicians, Political Influences
Olson, Lynn – Education Week, 2005
This article discusses legislative efforts to seek flexibility and to coax changes in the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. Even before U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings had been confirmed in her job on Inauguration Day, a few states had begun testing her pledge to work with them in carrying out the No Child Left Behind Act in a…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Testing, Legislators, Hearings
Peer reviewedJohnson, Paul L. – Evaluation Practice, 1992
Interviews with state legislators from Wisconsin (D. Bezruki), Massachusetts (T. P. Kennedy), and Virginia (P. Leone) illustrate the roles that evaluation is playing in the current state budget crisis. The influence of evaluation data appears largely specific to individual programs rather than systematically applied to the budgeting process. (SLD)
Descriptors: Budgeting, Decision Making, Evaluation Utilization, Interviews
Peer reviewedRoberson, Stewart D.; And Others – ERS Spectrum, 1992
To determine the effect on legislative decision making of five selected influences questionnaires were sent to members of the Virginia General Assembly (139 in 1986, and 140 in 1988). A response rate of more than 50 percent was achieved. On 22 of the 26 education-related bills studied, personal feelings were the most important influence. (seven…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Educational Improvement, Educational Legislation, Educational Policy
Peer reviewedAshworth, Phyllis C.; Vogler, Daniel E. – Community/Junior College Quarterly of Research and Practice, 1990
Members of the Virginia senate and Virginia community college presidents were asked to indicate their level of agreement with the importance of state funding for 31 potential community college activities. Reports a high level of agreement and congruence between the two groups. (DMM)
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Presidents, College Role, Community Colleges
Peer reviewedAshworth, Phyllis C.; Vogler, Daniel E. – Community Services Catalyst, 1991
Describes a study comparing the perceptions of Virginia state senators and community college presidents regarding the importance of state funding of 31 activities. Senators and presidents agreed on 13 goal areas as important recipients of state funding, including the provision of associate degree programs, entry-level vocational training, and…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, College Presidents, College Role, Community Colleges
