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Karoly, Lynn A.; Cannon, Jill S.; Gomez, Celia J.; Whitaker, Anamarie A. – RAND Corporation, 2021
As part of its Partnership for Pre-K Improvement (PPI) initiative, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation sponsored the RAND Corporation to study the cost of high-quality pre-K programming. The RAND study included three states--Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington--that were partnering with the foundation under PPI. The objective of the study was to…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Public Education, Costs, Expenditure per Student
National Forum on Education Statistics, 2016
The National Forum on Education Statistics convened the Data Disaggregation of Racial/Ethnic Subgroups Working Group to identify best practices for disaggregating data on racial/ethnic subgroups. This guide is intended to identify some of the overarching benefits and challenges involved in data disaggregation; recommend appropriate practices for…
Descriptors: Race, Ethnic Groups, Best Practices, Data Analysis
Gault, Barbara; Holtzman, Tessa; Reichlin Cruse, Lindsey – Institute for Women's Policy Research, 2020
College students who are parents or caregivers of dependent children make up more than one in five U.S. undergraduates. Colleges need basic information about the experiences and outcomes of the student parents they serve, since these students face distinct challenges, including high rates of economic insecurity and significant time and caregiving…
Descriptors: College Students, Parents, Child Rearing, Student Needs
Osmundson, Ellen; Dai, Yunyun; Herman, Joan – National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing (CRESST), 2011
This efficacy study was designed to examine the traditional FOSS curriculum (Delta Publishing, Full Option Science System/FOSS, magnetism and electricity, structures of life, and water modules, 2005), and the new ASK/FOSS curriculum (magnetism and electricity, structures of life, and water modules, 2005), a revised version of the original FOSS…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Grade 3, Grade 4, Elementary School Science
US Department of Education, 2011
This report presents the deliberations of the Northwest Regional Advisory Committee (NW RAC), one of 10 RACs established under the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2002 to assess the educational needs of the region. The Northwest RAC accepted its charge to identify educational needs and to make recommendations, working collaboratively as…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Needs Assessment, Regional Characteristics, School Demography
Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. – 1982
This handbook provides guidelines to help school districts to assess local conditions and needs relating to multicultural education. Part 1 contains an evaluation checklist outlining information to look for and questions to ask in evaluating a school. The checklist considers: 1) school philosophy, objectives, and educational commitments; 2)…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Check Lists, Community Characteristics, Curriculum Evaluation
Sommers, Paul; Heg, Deena – 2000
A project was conducted to improve the state of Washington's community and technical college system by developing and using an improved occupational forecasting system to assess and respond to education and training needs. First, long-term occupational forecast data from Washington's Employment Security Department were matched with technical and…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Agribusiness, Agricultural Occupations, Auto Mechanics