Download or read book Evaluations of Alternative Schools written by Heather S. Doob and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Evaluation and Authority in Alternative Schools and Public Schools written by Brian Leon McCauley and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Evaluation of At Risk Students Needs in Public Alternative Schools written by Doeford G. Shirley and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The need for alternative education programs that work is paramount in light of the nation's public education crisis. The problem is that alternative education programs fail to adequately address the issues that At-Risk students bring to, and face in, the alternative and/or the traditional classroom. This study utilized a qualitative and a quantitative approach to evaluate and delineate the fundamental needs of At-Risk students in the public alternative education sector. The purpose of the study was for alternative students, their immediate relatives, and other affected groups to personally express their needs as lived, experienced, and as viewed by them. Those expressions of needs would then create the basis from which public education, having been apprised of the needs, can begin to develop the means by which they can be met. The research utilized open-ended questions developed by the researcher and answered by five different groups most pertinent to the study. The results derived were then coded into common themes that accurately reported the needs expressed. Data-driven conclusions justified the need for a new and different approach to alternative education and subsequent further study. The findings of this study also led to the development of a theory by which alternative education can be guided. Eleven appendixes are included: (1) Non-participant Data Collection Observation of CSCN [Crossroads Second Chance North] Current Students; (2) Institutional Permission Letter; (3) Participant Consent Form; (4) Application for IRB [Institutional Review Board] Review and Certification of Compliance; (5) Questionnaire #1; (6) Questionnaire #2; (7) Questionnaire #3; (8) Questionnaire #4; (9) Questionnaire #5; (10) Confidential Log Sheet of Participants; and (11) Quantitative Data Collection Methods. (Contains 14 figures and 10 tables.).

Download or read book Evaluation and Authority in Radical Alternative Schools and Public Schools written by Brian Leon McCauley and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Evaluation of Alternative Schools written by ERIC Clearinghouse on Tests, Measurement, and Evaluation and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book School Evaluation with a Purpose written by Eli Ottesen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-25 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School evaluation is often linked to issues of accountability, performance assessment, regulation and inspection, where the work of teachers and/or the functioning of the school becomes the subject of critique. School Evaluation with a Purpose explores the latest thinking surrounding external and self-evaluation in schools. Examining teacher professionalism, reflective practice and what really matters in education, it considers the key challenges around current evaluative practice and puts forward alternative methods of evaluation, placing reflective practice and teacher professionalism at its heart. Exploring the stories of evaluation and the practice of resilient schools and school leaders in five European contexts, the book aims to support and promote the agency of teachers, school leaders and students. This book will be of particular interest to school leaders internationally, researchers, master's students of Education and Education Leadership, and policymakers responsible for law enforcement in the field of school inspection.

Download or read book Program Evaluation of Alternative Schools in North Carolina written by Michael Orlando Jones and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to evaluate two alternative programs in a North Carolina (NC) and South Carolina (SC) public school district to determine if they are effective in delivering constructive interventions that modify student behavior once students have left the programs and have returned to their regular learning environments. This mixed-method evaluation consisted of an experimental-comparison design approach that included interviews with program participants, focus groups, and comparison of the number of out-of-school suspensions that participants received after completing the alternative school programs in both school districts. -- The researcher and trained interviewers administered a survey to 16 certified staff members in the NC district including the executive director and principal. A stratified random proportionate sample was used to produce functionally equivalent groups from the NC WISE database for the number of alternative school reassignments due to long-term out-of-school suspensions of African-American ninth graders who received major disciplinary infractions. -- The three research questions that guided the evaluation and their findings were (1) "What practices are contributing to students' success in the alternative program?" Data analysis in this program evaluation showed that academic and behavior interventions involving the use of alternative education counselors and case managers were significant contributors to the success of the program; (2) "To what extent is the alternative program following its design as planned?" Data showed that the program was following its design as planned but was strained by a lack of collaboration with students' home school counselors, teachers, and administrators of assigned students; and (3) "What is the effect of the alternative program on the recidivism rate?" In both years considered in this evaluation, there were no repeat offenders, thus supporting the notion that the NC alternative education setting was successful in decreasing the recidivism rate and increasing the success rate of students. -- Based on these findings, the companion investigators concluded that the NC and SC alternative education programs were effective in decreasing recidivism for African-American males and females in ninth grade and increasing student success when they returned to their home school. Findings also suggested a strong need for greater collaboration with the home schools and transference of interventions and practices. These elements were thought to be necessary by the alternative education staff in sustaining student success once the students returned to their traditional education settings. The investigators offered a professional development model outcome for the consideration of the executive staff and Board of Education members to improve the overall success of not only African-American students but students of all ethnic subgroups within both southeastern school districts.

Download or read book Alternative Education Programs written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Evaluating Alternative High Schools written by and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alternative high schools serve some of the most vulnerable students and their programs present a significant challenge to evaluate. Determining the impact of an alternative high school that serves mostly at-risk students presented a significant research problem. Few studies exist that dig deeper into the characteristics and strategies of successful alternative schooling. Moreover valid program evaluation methods to identify successful alternative school practices are hit and miss. As a result, public policy and systems of accountability have either disregarded information relating to alternative high schools or unjustifiably included them in comparisons with traditional high schools. This dissertation studied the issue of how best to evaluate alternative high schools and what tools support leaders in planning a thorough and accurate program evaluation. The Alternative High School Program Evaluation Toolkit was developed to support school leaders and evaluation teams made up of internal and external stakeholders as they facilitate the program evaluation process. The features of the Toolkit address the need for alternative school evaluation to be practical, useful, fair and accurate. The Evaluation Toolkit includes training materials, protocols, an evaluation planning worksheet and an evaluation planning matrix that supports the team in conducting the evaluation. The research represented in this dissertation is theoretically and practically grounded in Bridges and Hallinger's (1995) Problem-Based Learning (PBL) and Borg and Gall's (1989) Research and Development (R&D) Cycle. The product of the R&D Cycle was the Alternative High School Program Evaluation Toolkit and a process for use by evaluation teams assigned the task of planning and carrying out program evaluations.

Download or read book School Evaluation with a Purpose written by Eli Ottesen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-25 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: School evaluation is often linked to issues of accountability, performance assessment, regulation and inspection, where the work of teachers and/or the functioning of the school becomes the subject of critique. School Evaluation with a Purpose explores the latest thinking surrounding external and self-evaluation in schools. Examining teacher professionalism, reflective practice and what really matters in education, it considers the key challenges around current evaluative practice and puts forward alternative methods of evaluation, placing reflective practice and teacher professionalism at its heart. Exploring the stories of evaluation and the practice of resilient schools and school leaders in five European contexts, the book aims to support and promote the agency of teachers, school leaders and students. This book will be of particular interest to school leaders internationally, researchers, master's students of Education and Education Leadership, and policymakers responsible for law enforcement in the field of school inspection.

Download or read book Alternative Schools written by Mary S. Reimer and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Alternative Schools and the Arts written by Megan Crivello and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although both the arts and alternative schools have been shown to assist students who are at-risk for school failure, there is no clear documentation on how the arts can support education in an alternative school setting. The existing research has underscored the need for additional exploration regarding program content and curriculum implementation within alternative settings.

Download or read book Review of Evaluation Models for Alternative Schools written by Rollin, Stephen A. and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book An evaluation of an independent study program in six charter alternative schools written by Carolyn Jun and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book ALAR Association Monograph No 9 Action and Evaluation in Alternative Education written by Judy Bruce and published by . This book was released on 2024-05-24 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a previous paper (Fair et al., 2023) we described action research data collection methods used by a group of teachers in an Alternative Education setting in New Zealand. Alternative Education is a setting for students who have been disenfranchised from mainstream schools. The data collection methods (photovoice, journalling, go-along interviews and talanoa were utilised during the Action Research Reconnaissance Phase. The purpose of collecting stories was to 'give voice' to students' critical moments of schooling. The data from the students' stories led to the Implementation Phase of the Action Research project. Teachers developed plans and then implemented improvements to teaching and learning experiences for students. In this paper, we outline a sample of the teachers' own plans, followed by their initial reflections and evaluations on how improvements were carried out.

Download or read book The Impact of Alternative Education written by Cathleen S. Bendicsen and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The consequences of dropping out of high school negatively affect the individual student and society as a whole. Alternative education programs are designed to meet the needs of struggling students and help prevent them from dropping out. This study sought to evaluate the effectiveness of one alternative program housed within a large suburban comprehensive high school in the Midwest and to contribute to the limited research on alternative program effectiveness using student outcome data.

Download or read book Effective Alternative Education Programs written by Christopher Scott Chalker and published by R & L Education. This book was released on 1999 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The number of alternative education programs in the United States has increased significantly over the past several years. Unfortunately, the number of resource books addressing alternative education has not paralleled program growth. Filling a major gap in the literature, Chalker and Brown provide concrete solutions to challenging problems associated with the planning, development, and implementation of alternative education programs for K-8 students. They break the book into equal parts, treating, respectively, K-5, 6-8 and combined K-8 efforts at prevention and early intervention before students reach high school. Public school administrators and alternative program educators will find this book useful and educational professionals at the national and state level will appreciate the activities aimed at school improvement initiatives.