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Direct linkBush-Mecenas, Susan; Woo, Ashley; Wrabel, Stephani L.; Lee, Sabrina; Kim, Brian – RAND Corporation, 2023
Providing and using technical assistance for capacity building within educational agencies is a complex endeavor. The U.S. Department of Education funds technical assistance centers to support state education agencies (SEAs) and local education agencies (LEAs) in the capacity-building process. Established in 2018, the Center to Improve Social and…
Descriptors: Capacity Building, Technical Assistance, Social Emotional Learning, State Departments of Education
Rogers, Susan J.; Ahmed, Marie; Hamdallah, Myriam; Little, Stacey – American Journal of Evaluation, 2010
Grantees on national projects are often required by their funders to take part in evaluation activities. While the requirement can encourage compliance, grantees can feel overburdened and disempowered with their evaluation experience. Evaluators in a national cross-site evaluation utilized multiple strategies for obtaining buy-in of participating…
Descriptors: Evaluation Needs, Evaluators, Compliance (Legal), Advisory Committees
Download full textTurnbull, Brenda J.; White, Richard N.; Sinclair, Elizabeth; Riley, Derek; Sipe, Cynthia L.; Pistorino, Carol – National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2010
This first of two reports presents early findings from the National Evaluation of the Comprehensive Technical Assistance Centers (Comprehensive Centers), a federally funded program that provides technical assistance to states in connection with the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act of 2001. The law authorizing the Comprehensive Centers, the…
Descriptors: School Districts, Technical Assistance, State Action, Program Implementation
Magill, Kathleen; Reeves, Cynthia; Hallberg, Kelly; Hinojosa, Trisha – Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development, US Department of Education, 2009
The Rural and Low-Income School (RLIS) program is part of the Rural Education Achievement Program (REAP) that was authorized under Title VI, Part B of the "Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965" ("ESEA"), as amended by the "No Child Left Behind Act of 2001" ("NCLB"). The RLIS program provides additional funds…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Rural Schools, Low Income, Program Implementation
Garland, Marshall W.; Christian, Cinda – Online Submission, 2009
This report summarizes evaluation results for AISD's federally-funded Title IV safe and drug-free schools program activities for the 2007-2008 school year.
Descriptors: School Safety, School Districts, Program Evaluation, Federal Programs
Maye, Rose; And Others – 1981
Designed for use in a workshop entitled, "Organizing Information," this handbook provides a kit of materials for monitoring a Title I evaluation and for providing evaluation technical assistance. The handbook is divided into four sections. There are checklists which can be used to gather needed information to monitor programs. Facts and…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Elementary Secondary Education, Needs Assessment, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedTrohanis, Pascal; Jackson, Elouise – Educational Leadership, 1980
Describes a technical assistance approach that offers a systematic framework for planning, conducting, and evaluating in-service training. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Needs Assessment, Program Evaluation
Suarez, Tanya M.; Cox, James O. – 1981
The Technical Assistance Development System--TADS (a project to provide technical assistance to personnel implementing programs for preschool handicapped children and their families) conducted an evaluation of three technical assistance needs assessment strategies during 1979-80. The three strategies were: (1) on-site--conducted by a trained needs…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Needs Assessment
Peer reviewedStevenson, John F.; Florin, Paul; Mills, Dana Scott; Andrade, Marco – Evaluation and Program Planning, 2002
Studied the efforts of a state-funded evaluation support unit in Rhode Island to increase evaluation capacity in 13 community-based organizations through a needs assessment, on-site technical assistance, a workshop series, and selected model projects. Measures of organizational needs, staff confidence, and agency progress are used to document…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Evaluation Methods, Human Services, Needs Assessment
Reeves, Cynthia – 2003
This report describes five state systems of support in low-performing schools. Discussion of each state system includes a description of the accountability system, the process for identifying low-performing schools, funding resources available, the technical assistance provided, the provider of that assistance, and the resources used to support…
Descriptors: Accountability, Elementary Secondary Education, Low Achievement, Needs Assessment
Black, Talbot; And Others – 1981
The paper considers the concept of needs assessment in terms of the activities of TADS (Technical Assistance Development System), a project to provide support services to model demonstration projects and state education agency grantees of the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program. Section 1 defines needs assessment, describes approaches…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
Nebraska Univ., Omaha. Center for Urban Education. – 1977
A shift in the priorities set down in the Teacher Corps' rules increases the amount of time and attention paid to local projects rather than to large programs. Three Teacher Corps task forces convened to study the implications of the new rules and the realities of local project operation. The reports of the task forces are contained in this…
Descriptors: Cooperation, Demonstration Programs, Educational Needs, Evaluation Methods
Black, Talbot; And Others – 1980
The TADS (Technical Assistance Development System) Needs Assessment Manual is designed to guide the comprehensive review of Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP) demonstration projects in identifying technical assistance needs. An introduction reviews the TADS technical assistance model which includes program planning, needs…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Delivery Systems, Demonstration Programs, Disabilities
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1980
The Metropolitan Educational Development and Research Project (MEDARP) Documentation Unit, located in the Office of Educational Evaluation (OEE) at the New York City Board of Education, is funded by the Ford Foundation to document, evaluate and provide technical assistance to the School Improvement and Local School Development Projects; these are…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Data Analysis, Documentation, Elementary Secondary Education
Chadsey-Rusch, Janis, Ed. – 1985
The report, which is part of a series, provides a summary of a 1985 meeting. The meeting was intended to (1) provide an overview of the Secondary Transition Intervention Effectiveness Institute's programs, (2) discuss how participants could be involved in the Institute's programs, and (3) develop a format for networking the results of federally…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Federal Aid, Government Role
