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2013 Annual Report: Actions Needed to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Other Financial Benefits
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This report, issued by the Government Accountability Office in early April 2013, provides an update on issues referneced in the 2011 and 2012 reports while also identifying more areas of concern. The goal of this series of publications is to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of federal government programs and activities. |
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Strengthening High School Teaching and Learning in New Hampshire's Competency-Based System
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This report, released by the Alliance for Excellent
Education in January 2013, profiles how two high schools in New Hampshire made this shift and
examines the necessary changes at both the school and in state policy.
Competency-based advancement is an important part of New Hampshireâ??s strategy
for implementing the Common Core State Standards and meeting the state
department of educationâ??s goal that every student â??deserves a course of study
that allows him or her to learn in a deep, meaningful, and practical way.â?Ì |
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Evaluation of Wworkforce Investment Act Waivers Final Report
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This is the final report from an evaluation, conducted by Mathematica Policy Research, on a selection of specific waivers from some requirements asscoaited with the Workforce Investment Act. Drawing from the two interim reports and additional analysis, this
final report summarizes the findings from all phases of data collection
under the study. Some of the
observations in the final report include lessons learned from the waiver
implementation process such as the need to streamline the waiver
request process and waiver-related paperwork requirements and the need
to share information and guidance on waivers and their potential uses
as well as the benefits of approving waivers for longer periods of
time. |
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Non-Traditional Student and Single Parent Accessibility Self-Assessment for Colleges and Universities
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This new self-assessment
tool by Women Employed allows colleges and universities to evaluate whether
internal policies and programs are sensitive to the needs of non-traditional
and parenting students, providing them with the support they need to complete their
certificate or degree program.
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Beyond the Numbers: Data Use for Continuous Improvement of Programs Serving Disoconnected Youth
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This report, released by the American Youth Policy forum in December 2012, uses in-depth case studies to examine how three programs which serve disconnected youth are utilizing data as a tool for continuous program improvement and ongoing accountability. |
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Promising Practices for Community College Student Success
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This report, issued in 2012 by the Center for Community College Student Engagement, provides a first look at the data on promising practices and describes them from four perspectives: entering students describing their earliest college experiences; students addressing their overall college experiences, faculty members providing their perceptions of student engagement, and colleges focusing on their use of the practices. |
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Hawaii Career Ready Study 2012 Update
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This report, developed by Storyline Consulting, illustrates how the Hawaii State Department of Education's new K-12 Common Core State Standards align with Hawaii employers' expeectations for high quality employees. It also updates qualitative and quantitative infomration about employer neews in a more constricted economy. |
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Focus on People to Change Data Culture- Report by Data Quality Campaign
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This report, released by the Data Quality Campaign in November 2012, discusses the current roadblocks to effective and effciitent data mangaement that meets people's needs. According to the report states have made great strides in implementing data systems, but there is still work to be done on the people side of the equation via governance structures, increasing data access for stakeholders, increasing capacity of all education stakeholders to effectively use data. |
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Portable, Stackable Credentials: A New Education Model for Industry-Specific Career Pathways
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The paper, released by the McGraw-Hill Research Foundation in November 2012, examines some of the new models being invented by innovators in education, business, and the government. It also inclides a call to action for educational institutions, employers, and policymakers to come together to build on these beginnings and design a system of portable, stackable credentials embedded in transparent, more easily navigable career pathways. |
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Developing a Professional Development System for Youth Service Professionals
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This brief assesses the current state as well as potential future for a comprehensive, cross-disciplinary professional development targeting youth service professionals. Released in August 2012 by the National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability/Youth. |
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