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Download full textSmith, Sheila; Robbins, Taylor; Schneider, Will; Kreader, J. Lee; Ong, Christine – National Center for Children in Poverty, 2012
Quality Rating Improvement Systems (QRISs) commonly offer on-site technical assistance (TA) and coaching to help early care and education settings achieve quality improvements and a higher QRIS rating. In surveys of administrators overseeing statewide QRISs, almost all states reported the use of on-site TA and coaching in both center-based and…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Educational Quality, Rating Scales, Educational Improvement
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This paper presents a profile of Pennsylvania's Keystone STARS prepared as part of the Child Care Quality Rating System (QRS) Assessment Study. The profile consists of several sections and their corresponding descriptions including: (1) Program Information; (2) Rating Details; (3) Quality Indicators for Center-Based Programs; (4) Indicators for…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Profiles, Child Care, Quality Control
Patrick, Edward; And Others – 1982
Considerations in the design and implementation of the technical assistance (TA) system for supporting Pennsylvania's statewide school improvement initiative are analyzed. After a brief introduction, the authors describe the key features of the initiative, called Long-Range Planning for School Improvement (LRPSI). They briefly review recent…
Descriptors: Charts, Educational Improvement, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Research for Better Schools, Inc., Philadelphia, PA. – 1985
This document comprises the final report of the Regional Exchange project, through which Research for Better Schools (RBS) has provided research-based information, technical assistance, and training services to the states of Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, to assist state educational leaders in developing and implementing…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning
Firestone, William A.; Wilson, Bruce L. – 1982
Focusing on the promotion of reform and knowledge use in school districts, this paper reports on data from a study investigating assistance and enforcement strategies adopted by three types of regional educational service agencies. Assistance in this context means provision of legal or program knowledge needed to operate successful programs.…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Diffusion, Education Service Centers, Educational Change
Winsand, Jean – 1982
This document gathers together nine papers prepared in conjunction with a series of four seminars, held from January through May 1982, on the Role of Technical Assistance in the Long Range Plan for School Improvement. The seminars included participants from higher education, intermediate units, and public school superintendents. The following…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Consultants
Temkin, Sanford – 1981
Research for Better Schools, Inc., has been working with local education agencies (LEAs), intermediate service agencies (ISAs), and state education agencies (SEAs) to bring about career education impact in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. Their strategy includes three essential elements: assist LEAs in planning and implementing career…
Descriptors: Career Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Planning, Incentives
Alamprese, Judith A.; Stickney, Eric M. – 1999
Project Educational Quality in Adult Literacy (EQuAL) was initiated to improve the quality of adult basic and literacy education (ABLE) services provided to adult learners in Pennsylvania. Project EQuAL's objectives were as follows: (1) set performance standards to facilitate delivery of quality ABLE programs to adult learners; (2) institute a…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Adult Literacy, Coordination
Butler, Johnny – 2002
In 2000 and 2001, the Team Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board (Team PA WIB) and its partners worked jointly to address Pennsylvania's workforce needs and respond to the need of its customers through new initiatives, new partnerships, and new strategies. The Team PA WIB and its partners continued implementation of the state's vision to create…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Learning, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation
