Download or read book Evaluation of New Jersey After 3 written by Karen P. Walking Eagle and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Jersey After 3 (NJ After 3) is a private, nonprofit organization whose mission is to expand and improve afterschool opportunities for New Jersey's youth. Using both public and private resources, it supports a network of youth-service providers that deliver afterschool services based on NJ After 3's program model. Under an agreement with NJ After 3, Policy Studies Associates, Inc., has conducted a longitudinal evaluation of the initiative's operations and outcomes. The evaluation has assessed the extent to which NJ After 3 has expanded the availability of afterschool services, facilitated the delivery of high-quality program content, produced positive outcomes for youth, and created sustainable systems for funding and program quality. Evaluators collected data over three program years, beginning in 2005-06, which was the second year of NJ After 3 service delivery. Throughout this report, the authors present certain data collected in the evaluation's third year (program year 2007-08) and first year (program year 2005-06) in tables and graphs in order to illustrate important program changes, developments, and outcomes. In some instances, the changes are statistically significant. All statistically significant changes are highlighted within the exhibits, and they are also noted in the text of the report. In addition to highlighting changes between these years, the report describes factors and conditions that facilitated or impeded program effectiveness, and it recommends strategies that can improve program implementation and outcomes in the future. This report is organized in six main sections. The first section describes the evaluation design and processes. Section 2 describes program participants, the frequency with which they attended NJ After 3, and their year-to-year retention rates. This section also examines challenges associated with recruiting and retaining youth at targeted grade levels. Section 3 describes the non-academic (i.e., social, emotional, behavioral, and attitudinal) and academic outcomes of program participants. Section 4 describes the activities that are offered by NJ After 3. Section 5 highlights important program accomplishments and examines the challenges that impede program implementation and program quality. Section 6 outlines recommendations for increasing sustainability and securing the resources necessary to increase program reach and ensure program quality. Appended are: (1) Details of Data Used in Analyses of Participant Experiences; (2) Details of Data Used in Analyses of Participant Academic Engagement and Skills; and (3) Details of Data used in Program Observation Analyses. (Contains 4 footnotes and 36 exhibits.) [This report was prepared for New Jersey After 3.].
Download or read book Evaluation of New Jersey After 3 written by Jenny H. Kim and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To expand and improve after-school opportunities for children, New Jersey After 3 (NJ After 3) has sought to develop and implement a comprehensive system of high-quality after-school programs throughout the state. Specifically, NJ After 3 seeks to increase the number of after-school programs in New Jersey that provide a safe environment for children during after-school hours, offer enriching academic activities and homework assistance, and expose children to nurturing individuals and meaningful experiences that promote intellectual, physical, social, and artistic development. Under an agreement with NJ After 3, Policy Studies Associates, Inc., is conducting a three-year, longitudinal evaluation of the statewide initiative. This report describes what the evaluation has learned about the program goals, participants, staff, activities, operations, and short-term outcomes of this initiative based on data collected from August 2005 through July 2006. This first-year report is organized into seven main sections. The first section describes the evaluation design and processes in more detail. The second section discusses the program-level goals of the initiative and of individual programs. The third section describes student participants' characteristics and their program attendance patterns. Section four provides details about programs' activities, structural features, and resources. Sections five and six present baseline data on key program and participant outcomes emerging during the first phase of this three-year evaluation. The final section summarizes preliminary findings regarding structures and practices that are likely to affect the achievement of program goals. This discussion points out program challenges and weaknesses identified by staff, students, and parents. A technical appendix describes the method used in selecting the in-depth study sample. (Contains 28 exhibits and 4 footnotes.) [This report was submitted to New Jersey After 3 by Policy Studies Associates, Inc.].
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Download or read book New Jersey s Special Review Assessment Loophole Or Lifeline written by Michelle Fine and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ordinarily, one might expect that an alternative education program that encourages thousands of secondary students to stay in school and remain on track to earn a high school diploma would have broad support. However, New Jersey's "special review assessment" or SRA, has been the subject of longstanding and, at times, contentious public debate. Detractors of the SRA have called it a "backdoor diploma" that "hurts the very students it seeks to help." Supporters assert that the SRA is a legitimate alternative to the state's more traditional exit test, the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA), and has even "saved lives" by providing struggling students with an alternative that keeps them from dropping out of school and the resulting well-documented negative personal and social consequences. Yet despite much talk in education circles about data-driven reform, there has been little research on the role of the SRA in allowing students to satisfy New Jersey's graduation standards. Aside from aggregate totals of the numbers of students graduating through HSPA and SRA, little information has been made available to date on the demographic characteristics or educational experience of these students, their access to opportunities to learn and their post-secondary outcomes compared to other graduates or dropouts. This report is an attempt, in part, to help fill this gap and to supply information that can help to inform policy decisions that will affect thousands of New Jersey's students and hundreds of its communities. This study: (1) Reviews the history of the SRA policy and debate; (2) Reports findings of a multi-method study undertaken to document the potential impact of SRA elimination on secondary students in New Jersey, with a particular emphasis on the implications by race, ethnicity, social class and community; (3) Places New Jersey policy debates about graduation policy and secondary reform in national context; (4) Identifies a set of policy considerations for a variety of constituencies; and (5) Offers recommendations on how New Jersey might strengthen the rigor of its graduation requirements without losing ground on its impressive graduation rates. The following are appended: (1) SRA Performance Tasks; (2) Methodological Details on Sampling Strategy for the Three District Cohort Analyses; (3) Summary Literature Review on the Impact of High Stakes Testing on Secondary Schools and Students; (4) The Individual and Social Costs of High School Dropout Rates; (5) The GED Alternative; and (6) Finding Common Ground on New Jersey Secondary Reform. A bibliography is included. [Support for this report was providing by the Schumann Fund for New Jersey.].
Download or read book Can States Manage Community Growth written by Deborah Jackson Haugh and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Evaluation of Population Estimating Techniques in New Jersey written by New Jersey. Office of Demographic and Economic Analysis and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Preparing New Jersey Students for College and Careers written by New Jersey State Commission on Higher Education and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The evaluator finds that New Jersey GEAR UP is an outstanding example of student focused academic development, providing low income and disadvantaged middle school through high school cohorts the skills, knowledge and individual self confidence and aspiration that leads to postsecondary academic success.New Jersey GEAR UP: has met, or nearly met, its recruitment and retention goals beginning in 1999-2000 and sustaining cohorts through 2003-2004; provides a comprehensive set of services for developing students' awareness of educational and career opportunities, fostering the attitudes, expectations, and experiences that allow them to realize their goals; and is providing students opportunities for improving math and science knowledge and skills. New Jersey GEAR UP has established an excellent record of performance around four major outcome goals: (1) The program has set and maintained a high rate at which students remain in school and persist in the program; (2) it has increased the rate at which participants satisfy the New Jersey state testing requirements, GEPA and HSPA, in comparison with similarly situated peers; (3) it has raised participants' awareness and aspiration for college; and (4) it has increased the rate at which participants apply to and enroll in college, as compared to their peers.
Download or read book The Guidelines for the Evaluation and Classification of Schools and Districts in New Jersey written by New Jersey. Department of Education and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Assessment of the Implementation of the Diagnosis Related Groups in New Jersey Hospitals written by United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Aging. Subcommittee on Health and Long-Term Care and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Preparing New Jersey Students for College and Careers Evaluation of New Jersey GEAR UP written by Margaret Heisel and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 33 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New Jersey GEAR UP has met, or nearly met, its recruitment and retention goals beginning in 1999-2000 and sustaining cohorts through 2003-2004. Student participants are members of low-income families and communities in four urban locations with high unemployment rates and high numbers of children living in poverty. The evaluator finds that New Jersey GEAR UP is an outstanding example of student focused academic development, providing low income and disadvantaged middle school through high school cohorts the skills, knowledge and individual self confidence and aspiration that leads to postsecondary academic success. This document contains the following sections: (1) New Jersey GEAR UP; (2) New Jersey GEAR UP Program Implementation; (3) Curriculum Review; (4) Program Measures and Outcomes; and (5) Recommendations.
Download or read book Psychological Evaluation of New Jersey Child Find 3 5 written by David Anthony Ottaviano and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Research and Evaluation Methods in Special Education written by Donna M. Mertens and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2003-09-10 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In an era when government policy emphasizes ′scientifically based research′ (No Child Left Behind), this book provides an important resource in understanding what this means." Diane Browder, Snyder Distinguished Professor of Special Education University of North Carolina, Charlotte "This is a superb book. I learned by reading it, and I found myself rethinking some of my own thinking about research on individuals with disabilities." James E. Ysseldyke, Professor University of Minnesota Learn how research can lead to improved skills and contribute to successful lives. When face-to-face with the challenge of providing special needs children with a quality education, teachers and other educators are often met with the dilemma of inadequate research on the topic, or they are uninformed that a framework for critically analyzing and conducting special education research exists. Research-based practice is a powerful tool for success, as it can inform educators and others about educational strategies that work. Research and Evaluation Methods in Special Education is intended to enable educators to design, conduct, and report research and evaluation in a way that transforms special education by addressing the needs of persons with disabilities as heterogeneous, cultural groups. This text provides practical guidance for: Planning research and evaluation Addressing the implications of legislation and program evaluation Using empirically based data for decision-making in a variety of settings Assessing additional research needs in areas such as standards-based reforms, personnel development, family involvement, and new and developing topics in special education Using quantitative research methods, including casual comparative, correlational, single case, and survey research Using qualitative methods, including identification and selection of research participants, information collection, and more This excellent resource provides an approach to research and evaluation that helps educators better understand and address the needs of students with various disabilities, including blindness, mental retardation, deafness, learning disabilities, and more.
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