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United States Department of Education Update
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One year ago the Department of Education hosted an invitational technical assistance training meeting for State adult correctional education programs titled "Making Data Work for You." There Department staff, the Department's contractors and representatives of partner States introduced resources intended to improve and standardize reporting in correctional education programs both within and across States. (Those resources are currently available at: "cedatanetwork.org.") As a key part of that...
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Correctional Education: Getting the Data We Need
Journal of Correctional Education
; Abstract A significant issue in correctional education is the lack of policy-relevant data comparable across states. This article describes an effort to address this issue: the Correctional Education Data Guidebook and website and the two research projects that led to their development. Analyzing
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The Collection of Post-Release Outcome Data for the Evaluation of Correctional Education Programs
Journal of Correctional Education
; Abstract This article highlights several issues related to the collection of post-release outcome data in the evaluation of correctional education programs and identifies the strengths and weaknesses of the different methods of collecting data related to recidivism, employment/earnings, and further
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Assessing Correctional Education Programs: The Students' Perspective
Journal of Correctional Education
; Abstract The purpose of this study is to understand the importance of programs, tools and resources in correctional education programs, as perceived by students. Data for this study was gathered from a survey of all students (n=281) enrolled in educational programs at the Kentucky State Reformatory
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The Metamorphosis of Juvenile Correctional Education: Incidental Conception to Intentional Inclusion
Journal of Correctional Education
; Abstract Juvenile Correctional Education has been evolving in the United States for over 360 years. From inclusion in an indentured servant/foster care type of placement legislated in the Massachusetts Colony in 1642, it has become manifest today as an entitlement regardless of juvenile justice
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An Overview of School Performance Reports in Correctional Education
Journal of Correctional Education
; Abstract School Performance Reports, sometimes referred to as School Report Cards, are an increasingly effective and popular method for collecting program data in Correctional Education. This Overview presents the results of a study examining the current applications of Correctional Education
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Correctional Education: Characteristics of Academic Programs Serving Incarcerated Adults
Journal of Correctional Education
; Abstract Correctional education programs for incarcerated adults have been an object of much discussion. While such programs appear to be readily available to incarcerated individuals, little information is known about the instructional characteristics of such programs. The purpose of this survey
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The Impact of Career and Technical Education Programs on Adult Offenders: Learning Behind Bars
Journal of Correctional Education
; Abstract The primary purpose of this study was to examine recidivism rates of inmates who participated in educational programs during the time they were incarcerated at Huttonsville Correctional Center in West Virginia. The Education Department at Huttonsville Correctional Center provided files
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The Organization of Correctional Education Services
Journal of Correctional Education
; Abstract There have been five major types of correctional education organizations over the centuries: Sabbath school, traditional or decentralized, bureau, correctional school district (CSD), and integral education. The middle three are modern organizational patterns that can be implemented
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Correctional Education: Why it is Only "Promising"
Journal of Correctional Education
; ... and two other states. Maryland State Department of Education News Release. Hull, K. A., Forrester, S., Brown, J., Jobe, D. & ... education programs. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction News Release. http://www.drc.state.oh.us/Public/press107.htm. Wilson ...
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The need for a paradigmatic change in juvenile correctional education.
Preventing School Failure
; ABSTRACT: No culture associates individual worth with a career like the United States. For juvenile offenders, in particular offenders with disabilities, this presents a significant challenge. In addition, the requirements that have been imposed on all education through the No Child Left Behind Act
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