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Mortrude, Judy; Cielinski, Anna – Center for Law and Social Policy, Inc. (CLASP), 2017
In January 2016, the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) commenced an 18-month project to study the implementation of California's Adult Education Block Grant (AEBG) initiative. AEBG's purpose is "to improve coordination and better serve the needs of adult learners within each region." CLASP set out to foster greater understanding…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Block Grants, Educational Finance, Program Implementation
Office of Vocational and Adult Education, US Department of Education, 2012
In his 2012 State of the Union Address, President Obama laid out a blueprint for an economy that is built to last. The President's plan affirms that the strength of the American economy is inextricably linked to the strength of America's education system. Particularly in times of economic challenge, American employers need a workforce that is…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Federal Legislation, Educational Legislation, Educational Change
Hirst, Ben A., Jr. – 1973
This report was intended to provide a basis and rationale for the organization and development of a multi-State consortium to produce catalogs of performance objectives and criterion-referenced measures in occupational education. Information is centered around two elements which are the major concerns: (1) The accountability phenomenon and its…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Competency Based Education, Consortia
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, Atlanta, GA. Commission on Occupational Education Institutions. – 1973
This tentative agreement form and organizational structure was proposed to create a broad-based policy and decisionmaking body for operation of the Consortium to Produce Performance Objectives and Criterion-Referenced Measures in Occupational Education. It is part of a project designed to develop a multi-State consortium whose primary concern will…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Organization, Competency Based Education, Consortia
Hirst, Ben A., Jr. – 1973
The primary objective of this report, one of five reports under a project to develop a multi-State consortium, is to provide a collection of information concerning the activities and actions resulting from efforts to form a consortium. Materials presented are the results of actions of representatives of States invited to participate in a…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Organization, Administrative Policy, Behavioral Objectives
Lewis, Morgan V. – 2002
A needs sensing project was conducted to identify the general needs of the field of career and technical education (CTE), dissemination activities, and major forces in the environment judged likely to influence education in the foreseeable future. The need sensing took place with networks developed in regions assigned to the five primary partner…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Articulation (Education), Competition
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1998
This document contains the text of the Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Education Amendments of 1998. The following are among the aspects of Title I of the 1990 Perkins Act (Vocational and Technical Education Assistance to the States) that are addressed in the amendments: allotment and allocation (reservations and state allotment,…
Descriptors: Accountability, American Indians, Consortia, Demonstration Programs