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Roadmap of Need, Fall 2013
Author: Forbes, Sarah
Date: 2013-00-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: After School Programs,Needs Assessment,Wellness,Counties,Well Being,Health,Behavior,Safety,Economic Development,At Risk Persons,Pregnancy,Death,Hunger,Obesity,Physicians,Children,Adolescents,Delinquency,Suspension,Social Services,Juvenile Justice,Child Abuse,Child Neglect,Graduation Rate,Reading Skills,Mathematics Skills,Family Income,Poverty,Unemployment,Educational Attainment

The North Carolina Center for Afterschool Programs (NC CAP) is an organization dedicated to increasing access to high-quality afterschool programs, especially for at-risk youth in North Carolina. In 2010, NC CAP created a roadmap of ten indicators to inform policymakers, funders and citizens of areas where North Carolina should make its largest investments in preventive care -- afterschool programs, health care, job programs and other key initiatives for youth success. Three years later, they revised and updated the Roadmap of Need to provide a more in-depth needs assessment for our state's youth. This new version contains contains twenty indicators of wellness in counties across North Carolina, divided into four categories: Health, Youth Behavior and Safety, Education, and Economic Development. The indicators contain relevant annual data in order to demonstrate need across North Carolina, with each indicator being used to identify where young people are most at risk of not succeeding, both in and out of school.
Roadmap of Need, 2014
Author: Hales, Lauren
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: After School Programs,Needs Assessment,Wellness,Counties,Well Being,Health,Behavior,Safety,Economic Development,At Risk Persons,Pregnancy,Death,Hunger,Obesity,Physicians,Children,Adolescents,Delinquency,Suspension,Social Services,Juvenile Justice,Child Abuse,Child Neglect,Graduation Rate,Reading Skills,Mathematics Skills,Family Income,Poverty,Unemployment,Educational Attainment

The Roadmap of Need is an in-depth needs assessment for North Carolina youth, produced annually by the Public School Forum of North Carolina's Center for Afterschool Programs (NC CAP). This publication examines the 20 indicators of wellness in counties across North Carolina. These indicators contain relevant annual data demonstrating need across North Carolina, with each indicator being used to identify where young people are most at risk of not succeeding, both in and out of school. All data points selected are updated annually, with the hope that this publication, along with future Roadmaps, can create a longitudinal dataset for county comparison. In addition to county-specific data on each indicator, the Roadmap provides rankings for each indicator and domain, as well as an overall ranking of all 100 counties that takes into account all of the data on all 20 indicators. [For the Fall 2013 Roadmap of Need, see ED585693.]
Roadmap of Need, 2016
Author: Public School Forum of North Carolina
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: After School Programs,Needs Assessment,Wellness,Counties,Well Being,Health,Behavior,Safety,Economic Development,At Risk Persons,Pregnancy,Death,Hunger,Obesity,Physicians,Children,Adolescents,Delinquency,Suspension,Social Services,Juvenile Justice,Child Abuse,Child Neglect,Graduation Rate,Reading Skills,Mathematics Skills,Family Income,Poverty,Unemployment,Educational Attainment

The Roadmap of Need is an in-depth needs assessment for North Carolina youth, produced annually by the Public School Forum of North Carolina's Center for Afterschool Programs (NC CAP). This publication examines 20 indicators of wellness in counties across North Carolina. These indicators contain relevant annual data demonstrating need across North Carolina, with each indicator being used to identify where young people are most at risk of not succeeding, both in and out of school. All data points selected are updated annually, with the hope that this publication, along with future Roadmaps, can create a longitudinal data set for county comparison. In addition to county-specific data on each indicator, the Roadmap provides rankings for each indicator and domain, as well as an overall ranking of all 100 counties that takes into account the data on all 20 indicators. [For the 2014 Roadmap of Need, see ED585694.]
Roadmap of Need, 2017
Author: Public School Forum of North Carolina
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: After School Programs,Needs Assessment,Wellness,Counties,Well Being,Health,Behavior,Safety,Economic Development,At Risk Persons,Pregnancy,Death,Hunger,Obesity,Physicians,Children,Adolescents,Delinquency,Suspension,Social Services,Juvenile Justice,Child Abuse,Child Neglect,Graduation Rate,Reading Skills,Mathematics Skills,Family Income,Poverty,Unemployment,Educational Attainment

The Roadmap of Need is an in-depth needs assessment for North Carolina youth, produced annually by the Public School Forum of North Carolina's Center for Afterschool Programs (NC CAP). This publication examines 20 indicators of wellness in counties across North Carolina. These indicators contain relevant annual data demonstrating need across North Carolina, with each indicator being used to identify where young people are most at risk of not succeeding, both in and out of school. All data points selected are updated annually, with the hope that this publication, along with future Roadmaps, can create a longitudinal data set for county comparison. In addition to county-specific data on each indicator, the Roadmap provides rankings for each indicator and domain, as well as an overall ranking of all 100 counties that takes into account the data on all 20 indicators. [For the 2016 Roadmap of Need, see ED585695.]
Roadmap of Need, 2018
Author: Public School Forum of North Carolina
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: After School Programs,Needs Assessment,Wellness,Counties,Well Being,Health,Behavior,Safety,Economic Development,At Risk Persons,Pregnancy,Death,Hunger,Obesity,Physicians,Children,Adolescents,Delinquency,Suspension,Social Services,Juvenile Justice,Child Abuse,Child Neglect,Graduation Rate,Reading Skills,Mathematics Skills,Family Income,Poverty,Unemployment,Educational Attainment

The Roadmap of Need is a whole child needs assessment for North Carolina youth, produced annually by the Public School Forum of North Carolina's Center for Afterschool Programs (NC CAP). The Roadmap includes 20 indicators of wellness across four domains: health, youth behavior and safety, education, and economic development. These four domains capture the interconnected social, emotional, and academic elements that are necessary for a child to succeed, both inside and outside of the classroom. Taking the approach of a whole child needs assessment is critical to understanding what is necessary for each child to have in order to thrive in school and in life. The publication's examination of 20 indicators represent data that demonstrate various needs across North Carolina, with each indicator being used to identify where young people are most at risk of not succeeding. In addition to county-specific data on each indicator, the Roadmap provides rankings for each indicator and domain, as well as an overall ranking of all 100 counties that takes into account the data on all 20 indicators. [For the 2017 Roadmap of Need, see ED585712.]
Building a Culture of Free Expression on the American College Campus: Challenges &amp; Solutions. Perspectives on Higher Education
Author: Malcolm, Joyce Lee
Date: 2018-04-00
Type: Reports - Evaluative
Subjects: Higher Education,College Environment,Liberal Arts,Freedom of Speech,Barriers,Educational History,Student Diversity,School Policy,Civil Rights,College Faculty,Teacher Responsibility,College Students

Over its 23-year history, the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA) has worked to educate leaders in higher education to uphold the highest standards of academic freedom, academic excellence, and accountability. The most serious challenges in memory to the free exchange of ideas essential for liberal education has been faced. For the last four decades, free speech on campus has suffered from the disinvitations of speakers, violent protests, classroom disruptions, &quot;safe spaces,&quot; and speech codes. In the past several years, the problem has grown significantly more severe. How do these challenges to free speech affect the core value of education: the unfettered pursuit of truth? Can the robust discussion and lively discourse essential for liberal education survive the chilly--sometimes hostile--treatment given to opinions that question campus orthodoxies? What effect do these insults have on what former University of Chicago President Hanna Holborn Gray calls the &quot;environment of the greatest freedom,&quot; that should, by right, be the college campus? This essay was commissioned to examine the particular threats to free expression and the larger problems they portend, but its most important focus is on the way forward. The essay is divided into four sections. It begins with an examination of the founding principles of free speech and education, then turns to the campus crisis and its particular manifestations in &quot;safe spaces,&quot; speech codes, and the silencing of speakers who challenge popular opinions. Next, the essay considers approaches to safeguard freedom of expression, from Yale's C. Vann Woodward Committee Report through current times; and finally, offers recommendations based on best practices to maintain freedom of opinion and speech. The text aims to provide sound, principled, and practical ways to approach these difficult moments in education.
Integrating Financial Capability Services into Tribal LIHEAP
Author: Administration for Children and Families (DHHS), Office of Community Services (OCS)
Date: 2018-06-21
Type: Reports - Descriptive
Subjects: American Indians,Tribes,Money Management,Social Services,Family Income,Delivery Systems,At Risk Persons,Data Collection,Barriers,Low Income Groups,Intervention,Community Programs

This brief is a companion resource to &quot;Building Financial Capability: A Planning Guide for Integrated Services&quot; (also known as the Guide) and provides real-world examples of financial capability integration efforts. The brief shares lessons and approaches for how tribal-serving organizations can integrate financial capability services into the Low-Income Heating and Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and other emergency assistance services. The brief highlights the experiences of two tribal serving organizations in Alaska that integrated financial capability services: the Kenaitze Indian Tribe and the Aleutian Pribilof Island Association (APIA). It is organized into three sections: (1) understanding households' financial lives; (2) deciding which financial capability services to integrate; and (3) assessing organizational and community capacity to plan for how to deliver services. [For &quot;Building Financial Capability: A Planning Guide for Integrated Services,&quot; see ED585617. Order No HHSP233201200674G.]
The Role of Goal Setting in Metacognitive Awareness as a Self-Regulatory Behavior in Foreign Language Learning
Author: Bursali, Nihan
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: Goal Orientation,Metacognition,English (Second Language),Second Language Learning,Foreign Countries,Self Control,Measures (Individuals),College Students,Correlation

Metacognition, an awareness of one's own cognitive processes in learning, is a crucial component of self-regulatory behavior that facilitates successful language learning. Therefore, the current study sought to find out the role of different types of goals in participants' metacognitive awareness. A total of 118 university students enrolled in an English Language Teaching program at a major state university voluntarily participated in the study. Data were gathered using Metacognitive Awareness Inventory (MAI) and Goals Inventory. Findings of descriptive statistics revealed that 48.3% of the participants had high, 28% had moderate, and 23.7% had low metacognitive awareness. Besides, significant correlation was found between mastery goals and metacognitive awareness, supporting the findings of the previous studies. These results revealed the importance of goal setting in metacognition and can be useful for practitioners to include goal orientation to the curriculum by emphasizing the necessity of learner engagement, agency, and self-regulation for successful language learning process.
Local School Finance Study, 2018
Author: Lee, Emma Swift
Date: 2018-00-00
Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data
Subjects: Educational Finance,State Aid,Federal Aid,Local Government,Taxes,Counties,Expenditure per Student,Elementary Secondary Education,Socioeconomic Influences,Charter Schools,Real Estate,Costs,Salaries,Operating Expenses,Income,Public Schools

For more than 25 years, the Public School Forum of North Carolina has isolated local spending from state and federal spending to examine the capacity and actual effort of counties to support public schools. The annual Local School Finance Study examines not only on the amount that counties spend on schools, but also each county's investment in the context of that county's taxable resources. The 2018 Local School Finance Study examines data from the 2015-16 school year. The primary source of financial information is the Division of School Business at the Department of Public Instruction, which provided data on non-property tax revenue; low-wealth and small county supplemental funding information; final average daily membership (except for charter school enrollments); effective county tax rate; adjusted revenue tax base; and current expenses. Other sources include the North Carolina Department of Revenue's &quot;County Property Tax Rates and Revaluation Schedules&quot; and &quot;Sales Assessment Ratio Studies,&quot; which provided the 2015-16 property tax valuations and tax rates; the Department of Revenue's data on Local Government Sales and Use Tax Distribution; and the North Carolina Department of State Treasurer's &quot;Report on County Spending on Public School Capital Outlays.&quot; The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services provided data for the mandated social services expenditures, and the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts provided data on fines and forfeitures. Per capita income was obtained through the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis. In 2015-16, the state's ten counties that spent the most per student averaged $3,103 per student as compared with the ten that spent the least, which averaged $739 per student. That represents a gap of $2,364--and 60 counties are below the state average of $1,596. [For the 2017 report, see ED585763.]
Local School Finance Study, 2017
Author: Lee, Emma Swift
Date: 2017-00-00
Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data
Subjects: Educational Finance,State Aid,Federal Aid,Local Government,Taxes,Counties,Expenditure per Student,Elementary Secondary Education,Socioeconomic Influences,Charter Schools,Real Estate,Costs,Salaries,Operating Expenses,Income,Public Schools

For more than 25 years, the Public School Forum of North Carolina has isolated local spending from state and federal spending to examine the capacity and actual effort of counties to support public schools. The annual Local School Finance Study examines not only on the amount that counties spend on schools, but also each county's investment in the context of that county's taxable resources. The 2017 Local School Finance Study examines data from the 2014-15 school year. The primary source of financial information is the Division of School Business at the Department of Public Instruction, which provided data on non-property tax revenue; low-wealth and small county supplemental funding information; final average daily membership (except for charter school enrollments); effective county tax rate; adjusted revenue tax base; and current expenses. Other sources include the North Carolina Department of Revenue's &quot;County Property Tax Rates and Revaluation Schedules&quot; and &quot;Sales Assessment Ratio Studies,&quot; which provided the 2014-15 property tax valuations and tax rates; the Department of Revenue's data on Local Government Sales and Use Tax Distribution; and the North Carolina Department of State Treasurer's &quot;Report on County Spending on Public School Capital Outlays.&quot; The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services provided data for the mandated social services expenditures, and the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts provided data on fines and forfeitures. Per capita income was obtained through the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis. This year's study found a larger gap between the highest- and lowest-spending counties: $2,316 per student, compared with $2,211 last year. [SunTrust sponsored the 2017 Local School Finance Study. For the 2016 report, see ED585764.]
Local School Finance Study, 2016
Author: Lee, Emma Swift
Date: 2016-00-00
Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data
Subjects: Educational Finance,State Aid,Federal Aid,Local Government,Taxes,Counties,Expenditure per Student,Elementary Secondary Education,Socioeconomic Influences,Charter Schools,Real Estate,Costs,Salaries,Operating Expenses,Federal Programs,Educational Legislation,Federal Legislation,Income,Public Schools

For more than 25 years, the Public School Forum of North Carolina has isolated local spending from state and federal spending to examine the capacity and actual effort of counties to support public schools. The annual Local School Finance Study examines not only on the amount that counties spend on schools, but also each county's investment in the context of that county's taxable resources. The 2016 Local School Finance Study examines data from the 2013-14 school year. The primary source of financial information is the Division of School Business at the Department of Public Instruction, which provided data on non-property tax revenue; low-wealth and small county supplemental funding information; final average daily membership (except for charter school enrollments); effective county tax rate; adjusted revenue tax base; and current expenses. Other sources include the North Carolina Department of Revenue's &quot;County Property Tax Rates and Revaluation Schedules&quot; and &quot;Sales Assessment Ratio Studies,&quot; which provided the 2013-14 property tax valuations and tax rates; the Department of Revenue's data on Local Government Sales and Use Tax Distribution; and the North Carolina Department of State Treasurer's &quot;Report on County Spending on Public School Capital Outlays.&quot; The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services provided data for the mandated social services expenditures, and the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts provided data on fines and forfeitures. Per capita income was obtained through the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis. This year's study found a larger gap between the highest- and lowest-spending counties: $2,211 per student compared with $2,183 last year. [This report was written with research assistance from Allison Hawkins. For the 2014 report, see ED585762.]
Local School Finance Study, 2014
Author: Ableidinger, Joe
Date: 2014-00-00
Type: Numerical/Quantitative Data
Subjects: Educational Finance,State Aid,Federal Aid,Local Government,Taxes,Counties,Expenditure per Student,Elementary Secondary Education,Socioeconomic Influences,Charter Schools,Real Estate,Costs,Salaries,Operating Expenses,Federal Programs,Educational Legislation,Federal Legislation,Income,Public Schools

For more than 25 years, the Public School Forum of North Carolina has isolated local spending from state and federal spending to examine the capacity and actual effort of counties to support public schools. The annual Local School Finance Study examines not only on the amount that counties spend on schools, but also each county's investment in the context of that county's taxable resources. The 2014 Local School Finance Study examines data from the 2012-13 school year. The primary source of financial information is the Division of School Business at the Department of Public Instruction, which provided data on non-property tax revenue; low-wealth and small county supplemental funding information; final average daily membership (except for charter school enrollments); effective county tax rate; adjusted revenue tax base; and current expenses. Other sources include the North Carolina Department of Revenue's &quot;County Property Tax Rates and Revaluation Schedules&quot; and &quot;Sales Assessment Ratio Studies,&quot; which provided the 2012-13 property tax valuations and tax rates; the Department of Revenue's data on Local Government Sales and Use Tax Distribution; and the North Carolina Department of State Treasurer's &quot;Report on County Spending on Public School Capital Outlays.&quot; The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services provided data for the mandated social services expenditures, and the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts provided data on fines and forfeitures. Per capita income was obtained through the United States Bureau of Economic Analysis. This year's study found a lower, but still significant, gap between the highest- and lowest-spending counties: $2,183 per student, compared with $2,280 last year. [This report was written with assistance from Keith Poston, Lauren Hales, Michael Starrett, and Taylor Hudgins. First Citizens Bank sponsored the 2014 Local School Finance Study. For the 2013 report, see ED585767.]
Applications of Text Analysis Tools for Spoken Response Grading
Author: Crossley, Scott
Date: 2013-06-00
Type: Journal Articles
Subjects: English (Second Language),Language Proficiency,Language Tests,Speech Communication,Predictor Variables,Correlation,Regression (Statistics),Word Frequency,Word Recognition,Speech Skills,Scoring Rubrics,Computer Assisted Testing,Communication Research,Computational Linguistics,Cognitive Processes,Measures (Individuals),Models,Second Language Learning

This study explores the potential for automated indices related to speech delivery, language use, and topic development to model human judgments of TOEFL speaking proficiency in second language (L2) speech samples. For this study, 244 transcribed TOEFL speech samples taken from 244 L2 learners were analyzed using automated indices taken from Coh-Metrix, CPIDR, and LIWC. A stepwise linear regression was used to explain the variance in human judgments of independent speaking ability and overall speaking proficiency. Automated indices related to word type counts, causal cohesion, and lexical diversity predicted 52% of the variance in human ratings for the independent speech samples. Automated indices related to word type counts and word frequency predicted 61% of the variance of the human scores of overall speaking proficiency. These analyses demonstrate that, even in the absence of indices related to pronunciation and prosody (e.g., phonological accuracy, intonation, and stress), automated indices related to vocabulary size, causality, and word frequency can predict a significant amount of the variance in human ratings of speaking proficiency. These findings have important implications for understanding the construct of speaking proficiency and for the development of automatic scoring techniques. [This article was published in &quot;Language Learning &amp; Technology&quot; (EJ1031191).]