The Administration for Children and Families contracted with the Urban Institute and Chapin Hall to plan for the next generation of
evaluation activities funded...
Not exact matches
Still in draft form, the Code of Conduct commits signatories to faithful compliance with Charitable Choice; to straightforward and consistent communication about their religious identity among their volunteers, service beneficiaries, donors and government partners; to refraining from using government
funding for «confessional
activities»; to winsome and gentle witness; to love of neighbor; to freedom from religious coercion; to nondiscrimination toward program participants; to faithfulness to their mission; to credible and objective
evaluation procedures; to avoidance of «turf wars» with other FBOs and nonprofits; and to rigorous financial accountability.
And while foundations
fund evaluation, convening, policy analysis, and dissemination, very few show any inclination to make any particular effort to develop multi-skilled scholars or support the whole panoply of
activity.
Well - designed and implemented
evaluations inform eLearning policymakers, planners,
funders, and implementers about the strengths and weaknesses of programs and indicate what assumptions, inputs, and
activities should change and how.
Providers of continuing education for highly regulated certifications (e.g., medical specialty board certification, CRNA certification, etc.) need to meet
funders» and accreditors» demands for
activity impact analysis and outcomes
evaluations.
E Early Childhood Education Education Education
Funding (see also Budgets) End - of - Year English as a Second Language (see Bilingual Education) Environment, Teaching about Environmental Efforts Ethics Education
Evaluations, Administrators
Evaluations, Teachers Exercise Extracurricular
Activities
To eliminate any uncertainty, the Department of Education should issue guidance to clarify that federal
funds can be used to support
evaluation activities under any program within the law that provides states the «evidence - based» option.
And while foundations
fund evaluations, convenings, policy analysis, and dissemination, few make any particular effort to develop multi-skilled scholars or support this whole panoply of
activity.
In response to Colorado's new teacher
evaluation system, a system plagued by ambiguity and fear, CEA
funded our grant request to recruit NBCT and other master elementary, middle and high school teachers in Cherry Creek Schools, representing Social Studies, Language Arts, Math, Science, World Languages and ELL, to participate in a professional development
activity centered on best practices and the new system.
The group's recommendations call for an expanded definition of college and career readiness, continued
funding for each discipline, rigorous
evaluation of those
funded activities, and more meaningful accountability for student achievement across subjects.
Develop a rigorous
evaluation process, including significant input from professional educators, to measure the effectiveness of the
funded activities and to propose improvements in the respective grant programs.
As mandated by the federal statute, TEA must conduct a comprehensive
evaluation of the effectiveness of its programs and
activities funded by the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program.
Develop a rigorous
evaluation process that includes significant input from professional educators to measure the effectiveness of the
funded activities and to propose improvements in the respective grant programs.
Plans include independent
evaluations of financed
activities including verification of emission reductions, seek to achieve significant CO2 reductions over the shortest time frame, require proof of additionality taking into consideration existing laws like I - 937, and shall provide sufficient
funding to mitigate increases in electric and natural gas costs from the carbon tax for qualifying low - income households.
A Monitoring and
Evaluation Officer works for a non-profit organization, assessing and reporting on its
activities as pertains to
funding, transparency, program efficacy and overall outcomes.
Projects to Develop Programs to Strengthen Marriages: Final
Evaluation Report Oklahoma Department of Human Services (2007) View Abstract and Document Discusses the
activities and outcomes of a federally
funded project, with a strong marriage education component, designed to strengthen marriages of adoptive couples and postadoption services in Oklahoma.
Highlights of the APBS network evaulation study include themes of current network structures and
funding, brief description of network
activities, themes of APBS membership benefits, themes of needs and desires for supports, and a number of benefits which APBS has created to support networks in response to the needs and desires expressed by APBS networks during the
evaluation.
Research on Smart Start found that child care quality increased in the study sample, that Smart Start -
funded activities were positively related to classroom quality, and that quality was positively related to children's outcomes.See an overview of Frank Porter Graham's Smart Start
evaluation history; Bryant, D., & Ponder, K. (2004).