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Gozali-Lee, Edith – Wilder Research, 2021
Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS) is an integrated system of high quality, standards-based instruction and interventions that are matched to students' academic, social-emotional, and behavioral needs. The framework relies on strong core instruction and layered tiers of supports for all needs of the whole child, with a focus on equity and…
Descriptors: Positive Behavior Supports, Program Implementation, Public Schools, Educational Finance
Ausburn, Jerry Paul – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This descriptive study of the twenty regional Education Service Centers in Texas is an exploratory analysis of programs and services that promote school improvement. Data collected from each service center website enabled the researcher to determine which programs and services are available to school districts and also allowed the researcher to…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Academic Achievement, School Districts, Educational Change
Gerry, Gail; Corcoran, Tom – Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2011
In the fall of 2009, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation funded a three-year project proposed by the International Baccalaureate (IB) to demonstrate the feasibility of increasing the participation of minority students and students in poverty in its Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Diploma Programme (DP) in selected school districts in the…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Program Effectiveness, Minority Group Students, Public Schools
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
Edwards, Joanna; Smith, Karen; Marr, Linda; Chadwick, Kristine – AEL, 2004
The Model IV Intervention is one of four models that provide technical assistance to Virginia school divisions and that are now being tested by VDOE under the PA+SS project. The Model IV Intervention differs from Models I, II, and III because it is directed from the school division central office, includes a central office school improvement…
Descriptors: Specialists, Cooperative Planning, Academic Achievement, Accreditation (Institutions)
McBeath, Marcia – 1982
This report describes the results of an evaluation of Title IV programs carried out between 1979 and 1982 in the District of Columbia Public Schools. Evaluation activities included: examination of proposals, project evaluations, and administrative budgets; construction and distribution of questionnaires to State Educational Agency (SEA)…
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Needs Assessment
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1981
The District Facilitator Project (DFP) was designed to help public and private schools in the District of Columbia to improve their programs by linking them with exemplary projects that have proven successful in districts around the country. The DFP provides coordination and technical assistance services for implementing the selected program in a…
Descriptors: Competency Based Education, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Improvement Programs
Clements, Barbara S.; And Others – 1990
A project is described that helps states provide more comparable, complete, and timely educational information for the annual Common Core of Data (CCD) to be used for policy-making decisions. The Education Data Improvement Project (EDIP), funded by the National Center for Education Statistics, began in the fall of 1985. In the first phase/year,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Educational Assessment
RMC Research Corp., Arlington, VA. – 1971
Phase II of the Emergency School Assistance Program (ESAP), a federal program designed to aid local education agencies in bringing about racial desegregation of their public school systems is discussed. This phase is an intensive study of 20 selected ESAP districts, which identifies and documents ESAP activities that have successfully aided the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Educational Change
American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC. – 1984
The role and activities of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities' (AASCU) Task Force on Excellence are identified. Functions of the Task Force are to assist AASCU members in: (1) evaluating and improving teacher preparation programs; (2) reviewing and evaluating recommendations contained in recent studies dealing with…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Agency Role, College School Cooperation, Educational Change
Clark, Gail – 2000
These Comprehensive School Reform Demonstration (CSRD) state action plans were initially developed in 1998 for the central regional states, which include Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. They detail the states' specific technical assistance needs, as well as the services to be provided by Mid-Continent…
Descriptors: Community Action, Demonstration Programs, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education
Underwood, Karen; Brunner, Anita – 1993
Data on limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in Idaho's public schools and programs that serve this population are presented. Information was drawn from program applications and reports submitted to the state, site visits, and written LEP program assessments. The first part of the report summarizes data of LEP students and programs, including…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Data Collection, Elementary Education, Elementary Schools
Underwood, Karen; Brunner, Anita – 1991
Highlights of a state survey of educational programs to assist limited-English-proficient (LEP) students in Idaho's elementary and secondary schools are reported. An introductory section describes the legislative background and history of the survey and the methods used to gather data on programs and students. These methods include questionnaires,…
Descriptors: Access to Education, American Indians, Bilingual Education, Compliance (Legal)
Nicholson, Ronald; And Others – 1983
Between 1970 and 1976, with continued funding and personnel support from the Agency for International Development (AID), Paraguay instituted major rural educational reforms encompassing curriculum revision, teacher training and retraining, training of administrators and supervisors, new school construction, and provision of teaching materials and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Administrative Change, Change Strategies, Community Control