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Community College Success: A Multi-Site Program Evaluation Of Postsecondary Career And Technical Education, Kimberly Tynes
Community College Success: A Multi-Site Program Evaluation Of Postsecondary Career And Technical Education, Kimberly Tynes
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
Postsecondary career and technical institutions are required to follow a set list of performance indicators in order to receive federal Carl Perkins funding (Perkins IV Accountability, 2009). Within those indicators includes measuring technical skills attainment, which the state of Mississippi chooses to utilize program-specific standardized assessments known as the MS- CPAS2 assessment. The purpose of this multi-site program evaluation was to determine which programs are meeting the assessment passing requirements and to determine how they are achieving success. The rationale for this study was to evaluate the components inherent in successful programs in order to aid other programs who may …
A Study Of The Growth And Development Of The Sumrall Special Consolidated School District, Roscoe Odas Stringer
A Study Of The Growth And Development Of The Sumrall Special Consolidated School District, Roscoe Odas Stringer
LSU Historical Dissertations and Theses
This thesis presents a study of the Sumrall Special Consolidated School Distriot, taking into consideration: (1) the social, economic, and educational conditions of the district prior to consolidation; (2) growth and changes during the period of consolidation; and (3) the social, economic, and educational conditions of the district after consolidation. Chronologically, the study sets forth the social and industrial evolution of the district, the educational evolution of the district, the conclusions reached, and recommendations for further educational development in the district. The author has produced evidence to show that the establishment of a special consolidated high school at Sumrall, Mississippi, …