ERIC Number: ED281960
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1985-Dec
Pages: 210
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ECIA, Chapter 1 1984-85 Final Evaluation Report. Dade County Public Schools.
Ashby, Glenn W.; And Others
This report presents program evaluation findings on the 1984-85 Chapter 1 project in the Dade County (Florida) School District. The project sought to raise the reading, mathematics and language performance levels of low achieving students at schools with high concentrations of children from low income families. Achievement was assessed by score gains reported from the April 1984 and April 1985 administrations of the Stanford Achievement Test. Evaluation efforts also included monitoring the status of project operations through site visits, and a survey of Chapter 1 personnel and parents. Results showed that overall district public school reading and mathematics achievement gains were not substantial, but the project was generally successful. The reading gain was slightly higher than the mathematics gain. In both reading and mathematics, secondary grade level gains were greater than elementary grade level gains. Female reading achievement gains were higher than male gains at both the elementary and secondary levels. Mathematics gains were higher for females at the elementary levels and for males at the secondary levels. The report includes the following: (1) a description of the project; (2) a description of the evaluation; (3) a discussion of results; (4) conclusions and recommendations; and (5) appendices. These constitute the greater part of the report and provide lists of Chapter 1 schools, student selection criteria, descriptions of supplementary program models, individual school achievement test results, and copies of the surveys used. Thirty-three data tables are contained in the text. (PS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility, Exceptional Persons, High Risk Students, Individualized Education Programs, Mathematics Instruction, Program Evaluation, Reading Instruction, Remedial Programs, Supplementary Education
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Dade County Public Schools, Miami, FL. Office of Educational Accountability.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Stanford Achievement Tests
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