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Jacqueline M. Nowicki – US Government Accountability Office, 2024
In 2021-2022, Head Start served nearly 790,000 young children, primarily from low-income families. However, the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) estimates that far more children are eligible than can be served due to limited resources, heightening the importance of targeting services effectively. House Report 117-96 includes a…
Descriptors: Poverty, Enrollment Trends, Low Income Students, Social Services
Taliaferro, Wayne; Pham, Duy – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2018
The social, economic, political, historical, and racial context shaping the criminal justice system is complex and extensive. As a result, individuals who have been incarcerated face limited opportunities--particularly for education and training--both during and after incarceration. Historical investments in corrections and policies that…
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Educational Opportunities, Educational Change
Alliance for Excellent Education, 2018
Thirty-six states potentially are ignoring the academic needs of large numbers of African American and Latino students, students from low-income families, English language learners, students with disabilities, and other groups of historically underserved students because the state accountability systems fail to capture these student subgroups.…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Legislation, Disproportionate Representation
Early Learning Challenge Technical Assistance, 2017
This resource was prepared for an Early Learning Challenge (ELC) State in response to a request for information about initiatives to improve the quality of child care and early education provided by family, friends, and neighbors in the 20 RTT-ELC States. This information will be helpful to other States as they consider how to continue to increase…
Descriptors: Child Care Centers, Early Childhood Education, Annual Reports, Family Programs
Gumb, Lindsey – New England Journal of Higher Education, 2020
In the following Q&A, NEBHE's [New England Board of Higher Education's] Fellow for Open Education, Lindsey Gumb, takes the pulse of Open Education in Rhode Island with two key leaders in the field: Dragan Gill, who is a Rhode Island College reference librarian and co-chair of the Rhode Island Open Textbook Initiative, and Daniela Fairchild,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Open Educational Resources, Textbooks, State Legislation
Brown, Chequita S.; Zamani-Gallaher, Eboni M.; Ruedas-Gracia, Nidia; Stewart, Nathaniel – Office of Community College Research and Leadership, 2021
The Postsecondary Pathways for Former Foster Care Youth (PP-FFCY) study is a research project that focuses on the transitions of foster care alumni to and through postsecondary institutions. Through the Office of Community College Research and Leadership (OCCRL), the PP-FFCY project team is conducting a comprehensive needs assessment report that:…
Descriptors: Foster Care, Postsecondary Education, College Students, Vocational Education
Randall, Katie Weaver – Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, 2021
English learners (ELs) are students whose primary language is not English and are eligible for English language development services through the Transitional Bilingual Instruction Program (TBIP). Washington state's TBIP has existed since the passage of Senate Bill 2149 in 1979, and is codified in the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) Chapter…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Transitional Programs, State Programs, English Language Learners
State Educational Technology Directors Association, 2018
This publication highlights how state leaders tackle data interoperability with the emergence of data standards for student information, assessment, digital content, and other educational applications. While states are at various maturity levels for interoperability, each state shares goals for interoperability, the drivers for those goals,…
Descriptors: Data, Information Management, State Government, Private Sector
Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems (DaSy), 2019
The long-term goal of the State Systemic Improvement Plan (SSIP) and other federal and state early intervention and early childhood education initiatives is improved child and family outcomes. States play a critical role in supporting practitioners in the use of evidence-based practices to improve child and family outcomes. When practitioners…
Descriptors: Evidence Based Practice, Early Intervention, Early Childhood Education, Data Collection
Early Learning Challenge Technical Assistance, 2017
This resource was prepared in response to a request for examples of developmental screening activities in Early Learning Challenge (ELC) States. This information will be helpful to States as they consider how to identify and address health, behavioral, and developmental needs of children with high needs. To address this request, ELC TA reviewed…
Descriptors: Screening Tests, Developmental Disabilities, Faculty Development, Staff Development
Friedman-Krauss, Allison H.; Barnett, W. Steven; Hodges, Katherine S.; Garver, Karin A.; Weisenfeld, G. G.; Gardiner, Beth Ann; Jost, Tracy Merriman – National Institute for Early Education Research, 2023
The "State of Preschool 2022" annual report covers the 2021-2022 school year and is NIEER's 20th report tracking preschool enrollment, funding, and policies state-by-state. This report focuses on the recovery since the 2020-2021 school year, where we are compared to before the pandemic, where we've come over the last two decades, and…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, State Policy, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Early Learning Challenge Technical Assistance, 2017
This resource was prepared in response to a request for information about what States with Race to the Top -- Early Learning Challenge (RTT-ELC) grants are doing to support coaching as a professional development strategy. This information will be helpful to other States as they explore ways to support early childhood educators in improving their…
Descriptors: Coaching (Performance), Training Methods, State Programs, Faculty Development
Advocates for Children of New Jersey, 2017
The topic of special education can be confusing and frightening for parents who suspect their child has a disability or has difficulty learning. Parents in this situation want to know how to get help for their child. This guide is intended as a reference for people who have questions about special education for a child. It summarizes the basic…
Descriptors: Special Education, Disabilities, Guides, Student Rights
Center for IDEA Early Childhood Data Systems (DaSy), 2016
The Self-Assessment Comparison (SAC) Tool is for state Part C and Section 619/Preschool programs to use to assess changes in the implementation of one or more components of the ECTA System Framework and/or subcomponenets of the DaSy Data System Framework. It is a companion to the ECTA/DaSy Framework Self-Assessment. Key features of the SAC are…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Educational Legislation, Equal Education, Federal Legislation
Crain, Danielle; Doutre, Sara; Smith, Steve; Thacker, Chris; Long, Terry; Nadkarni, Swati; Snyder, Laura – IDEA Data Center, 2018
The "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act" (IDEA) refers to two types of Coordinated Early Intervening Services (CEIS): voluntary CEIS and comprehensive CEIS. Each scenario describes a local education agency's (LEA's) implementation of voluntary or comprehensive CEIS and how the LEA or state could track the amount LEAs reserved…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Disabilities, Federal Legislation, Equal Education
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