Models, strategies, and approaches that link terms of a contract to performance measures, indicators, or outcomes.
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Academic, Youth, and Prevention Performance Measures in Out-of-School Time Program Evaluations (PDF) | This document indicates that performance measures assess a program’s progress on the implementation of strategies and activities. Data tables are presented that summarize the performance measures evaluators... [view more] | Library |
Accountability for After-School Care: Devising Standards and Measuring Adherence to Them (HTML) | This report presents findings from a study of the school-based, after-school programs of Stone Soup Child Care Programs in California. A thorough review of the published after-school care literature was... [view more] | Library |
Accountability in Early Childhood: No Easy Answers (PDF) | This paper discusses the reasons behind the growth of accountability testing in preschool and the early grades. It is argued that high-stakes tests are of limited utility with young children during the... [view more] | Library |
Accountability: Advocates Work for Child Welfare Reform | This document indicates that Maryland’s Advocates for Children and Youth (ACY) won a huge victory for children when its multi-year effort resulted in the Maryland Child Welfare Accountability Act of 2006.... [view more] | Library |
Administration for Children and Families: FY 2001 Final Annual Performance Plan FY 2000 Revised Final Performance Plan, and FY 1999 Performance Report. | This document presents an excerpt from the annual performance plan of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), January 2000. Two strategic goals of the ACF are described. These goals include:... [view more] | Library |
Alaska's Children. | This document consists of four issues of the quarterly report "Alaska's Children," which provides information on the Alaska Head Start State Collaboration Project and updates on Head Start activities in... [view more] | Library |
America 2000: An Education Strategy Sourcebook. | "America 2000" is a long-term national strategy (not a federal program) designed to accomplish in nine years (by the year 2000) the six national education goals articulated by the President and the state... [view more] | Library |
American Indian Student Achievement in Western States: Patterns and Prescriptions | This Microsoft PowerPoint presents data tables on American Indian student achievement in the Western States. Graphs illustrate National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), Criterion Referenced Test... [view more] | Library |
Antecedents and Correlates of Parental After-School Concern: Exploring a Newly Identified Work-Family Stressor | This study explored the risk factors for employed parents’ concern about their children’s welfare after school (PCAST). The effects of parent job flexibility and commuting time, child time unsupervised... [view more] | Library |
Assessing the State of State Assessments: Perspectives on Assessing Young Children (PDF) | This document presents a compilation of perspectives on assessment issues discussed during the Assessing the State of State Assessment Systems symposium. Pressure for wide-scale assessments to collect... [view more] | Library |