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Jones, Dennis P. – National Center for Higher Education Management Systems, 2016
This is the third paper on the topic of outcomes-based funding written by Dennis Jones for Complete College America. The first paper, "Performance Funding: From Idea to Action" (ED535356), proposed a set of design and implementation principles to help states develop and implement their own outcomes-based funding models. The second paper,…
Descriptors: Financial Support, Funding Formulas, Program Effectiveness, Models
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Hansen, Joanna K.; Gable, Sara – Young Children, 2007
Research tells us that specialized training and education of teachers is one of the strongest predictors of child care quality. In the late 1960s, however, most states did not require preservice training or higher education for teachers in early childhood programs or family child care homes. At that time, Missouri wanted to develop a project that…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Program Design, Career Development, Child Care
Cronin, Roberta; Gragg, Frances; Schultz, Dana; Eisen, Karla – Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 2006
This bulletin reports results from an evaluation of six sites of the Safe Kids/Safe Streets (SK/SS) program, which applies a comprehensive, collaborative approach to the child maltreatment field. The bulletin provides insights into collaboration building, systems reform, service options, and other strategies. Among the findings were that the SK/SS…
Descriptors: Program Design, Data Collection, Child Abuse, Agency Cooperation
Atteberry, Jim W.; Tacker, Allen B. – 1978
This final report of a research project to design and develop a master plan for vocational education in Missouri's correctional institutions is divided into five sections. Section 1 contains a rationale for the project and a summary of the literature regarding the role of vocational education in American penal institutions. A number of problem…
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Demography, Educational Improvement
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Missouri State Dept. of Health, Jefferson City. – 1995
This report contains recommendations for providing for the health needs of all school-age children in Missouri through health services in the public schools that are designed to detect problems, reduce absenteeism, and reduce the failure or dropout rate. An implementation plan described in opening sections includes five components: (1)…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Attendance, Child Health, Clinical Diagnosis
Associated Educational Consultants, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA. – 1982
This comprehensive admissions model is designed to assist school personnel on both the secondary and postsecondary levels in the State of Missouri with the admission and selection of students for vocational programs. Presented in flow chart form with an accompanying outline to describe its various steps, the model addresses the following stages of…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Admission Criteria, Admission (School), Admissions Counseling
Shahan, Victoria; Arendt, Cynthia K.; Pohl, Deborah – 2000
This handbook is intended to help Missouri school districts develop and implement quality family and consumer sciences programs that will prepare students of all ages to be critical, ethical thinkers and successful family, career, and community leaders. The handbook begins with a bibliography listing 27 resources. The following are among the…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Behavioral Objectives, Classroom Techniques, Competence