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Download full textHill, Eve; Shaewitz, Dahlia; Queener, Jessica – Institute for Educational Leadership, 2020
Disability-diversity on college campuses is no longer optional--it is an expectation. Students entering college today have grown up with the ADA and they have witnessed inclusion and mainstreaming of students with disabilities their entire lives. The most powerful barriers to full inclusion include stigmas about students with disabilities,…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Students with Disabilities, College Students, Barriers
Bassiri, Dina – ACT, Inc., 2016
One outcome of the implementation of No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and its call for better accountability in public schools across the nation has been the use of student assessment data in measuring schools' effectiveness. In general, inferences about schools' effectiveness depend on the type of statistical model used to link student assessment…
Descriptors: Value Added Models, High Schools, School Effectiveness, High School Graduates
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2019
The "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006" ("Perkins IV") requires states to report to the Department of Education each year on their progress in achieving their adjusted performance levels--negotiated with and approved by the Department--on the core indicators of performance (core indicators) described in…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Vocational Education, Federal Legislation, Accountability
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2018
The "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006" ("Perkins IV") requires states to report to the Department of Education each year on their progress in achieving their adjusted performance levels--negotiated with and approved by the Department--on the core indicators of performance (core indicators) described in…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Vocational Education, Federal Legislation, Accountability
Martin, Carmel; Sargrad, Scott; Batel, Samantha – Center for American Progress, 2016
One of the most enduring and contentious debates in education circles concerns the best way to hold schools and districts accountable for improving outcomes for students and closing achievement gaps. Lawmakers, teachers, district administrators, parents, and other stakeholders--all with strong and differing opinions--have wrestled for decades with…
Descriptors: State Standards, Accountability, Language Arts, Mathematics Instruction
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2016
The "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006" ("Perkins IV") requires states to report to the Department of Education each year on their progress in achieving their adjusted performance levels--negotiated with and approved by the Department--on the core indicators of performance (core indicators) described in…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Vocational Education, Federal Legislation, Accountability
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2016
The "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006" ("Perkins IV") requires states to report to the Department of Education each year on their progress in achieving their adjusted performance levels--negotiated with and approved by the Department--on the core indicators of performance (core indicators) described in…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Vocational Education, Federal Legislation, Accountability
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2015
The "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006" ("Perkins IV") requires states to report to the Department of Education each year on their progress in achieving their adjusted performance levels--negotiated with and approved by the Department--on the core indicators of performance (core indicators) described in…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Vocational Education, Federal Legislation, Accountability
Direct linkMercer, Charmaine – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2013
When President George W. Bush signed the No Child Left Behind Act into law in 2002, the U.S. national high school graduation rate was 72.6 percent. Today, the national high school graduation rate has reached an all-time high of 81 percent and the number of low-graduation-rate high schools has declined considerably. While this progress is notable,…
Descriptors: Federal Aid, Student Financial Aid, Finance Reform, Access to Education
Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2014
The "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006" ("Perkins IV") requires states to report to the Department of Education each year on their progress in achieving their adjusted performance levels--negotiated with and approved by the Department--on the core indicators of performance (core indicators) described in…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Vocational Education, Federal Legislation, Accountability
Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2014
The "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins IV)" continues a longstanding federal investment in career and technical education (CTE) through grants to states and subgrants to local entities such as local education agencies (LEAs) and institutions of higher education (IHEs). As the fourth reauthorization of a…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Grants
Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2013
The "Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006 (Perkins IV)" reinforces a longstanding federal commitment to supporting career and technical education (CTE). Although federal contributions account for only a fraction of total state and local spending on CTE, federal policy has had, and continues to have, a large…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Grants
Office of Vocational and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2008
The "Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998" (commonly referred to as "Perkins," "Perkins III," or "the Act" and referred to hereafter as Perkins III) requires, in Sec. 113(c)(3)(C), that the secretary provide the appropriate committees of Congress copies of annual reports received by…
Descriptors: Credentials, Student Participation, Program Effectiveness, School Holding Power
Office of Vocational and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2008
The "Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 19981" (commonly referred to as "Perkins," "Perkins III," or "the Act" and referred to hereafter as "Perkins III") requires, in Sec. 113(c)(3)(C), that the secretary provide the appropriate committees of Congress copies of annual…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Technical Education, Federal Legislation, Vocational Education
