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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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Senate Appropriations Summary of FY 2013 Hurricane Sandy Assistance (12/12/12)
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This summary, released on December 12, 2012, outlines the Senate Appropriations Committee's suggested funding and associated stipulations related to the disaster aid for rebuilding efforts in areas affected by Hurricane Sandy in October 2012. |
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Catching Up to College and Career Readiness - ACT Report
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This report, released by ACT in December 2012, finds that narrowing performance gaps for low-income studetns and students of color requires prevention interventions over remediation. In an effort to determine at what point in a student's education he or she is most able to catch up to grade-level standards, teh ACT team analyzes test scores of students between 4th and 8th grade and those between 8th and 12th grade. |
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Exectuive Order - Establishing the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Force (12/7/12)
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This Exectuive Order, released on December 7, 2012, establishes the Hurricane Sandy Rebuilding Task Froce to provide coordination that is necessary to support rebuilding objectives. |
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White House Hurricane Sandy Relief Proposal
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This document is the porposal issued by the White House regarding the need for supplemental appropiations that provide disaster relief in response to Hurricane Sandy. It was issued on December 9, 2012. |
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Guidance on Receiving Ticket to Work Payments as an Employment Network (TEN 14-12)
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This Training and Employment Notice (TEN), issued by the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration on December 4, 2012, announces a streamlined process for American Job Centers, state workforce agencies, and workforce investment boards to become Employment Networks (ENs) under the Social Security Administration' Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency (TTW) program. |
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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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Helping to Ensure Equal Access to Education - Report to the President from Department of Education
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This report documents the work of the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) during fiscal years 2009 through 2012. This work focused on three major themes: (1) greater productivity to meet a rising caseload, (2) supporting equity throughout the department, and (3) maximum impact, maximum engagement. |
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Defining a Quality Pre-Apprenticeship Program
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This Training an Employment Notice, issued by the U.S.Dearptment of Labor's Employment and Training Adminisitration on November 30, 2012, provides a definition, framework, and releveland tools and resources about pre-apprenticeship programs fo rthe public workforce. |
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