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Getting the Evidence for Evidence-Based Initiatives: How the Midwest States Use Data Systems to Improve Education Processes and Outcomes. Issues & Answers. REL 2007-No. 016
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McDonald, Sarah-Kathryn; Andal, Jolynne; Brown, Kevin; Schneider, Barbara – Regional Educational Laboratory Midwest, 2007
Educational improvement through data-based decision-making using high-quality data is a longstanding goal of policymakers and practitioners, and ensuring the quality of the evidence available to inform such decisions is a key part of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The evidence-based education that such initiatives promote involves the…
Descriptors: Educational Resources, Information Needs, Information Systems, Politics of Education
The Needs Assessment of Implementing NTIS into the VTAE System. Final Report.
Rust, Leland – 1978
A study investigated the competencies required to use the National Technical Information Service (NTIS) and the perceived need for its use for curriculum and instructional improvement in the Wisconsin Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education (VTAE) system. A representative sample (N=249) of VTAE instructors and staff was selected for the survey…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Adult Education, Curriculum Development, Feasibility Studies
The Options Handbook; Communicating with Prospective Students About Postsecondary Educational Options. Summary and Recommendations.
Carlson, Mary S., Ed.; And Others – 1976
A study conducted by 19 student researchers under a grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, concluded that very little information is designed to aid students to make a choice for their future. Three separate publications resulted, called the "Options Handbooks." Material from these handbooks is synthesized…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Costs, Counseling Services, Decision Making