ERIC Number: ED256541
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1984-Jan
Pages: 60
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Washington State Program for Migrant Children's Education. 1983 Evaluation Report.
Plato, Kathleen C.; Rasp, Alfred, Jr.
Washington's program for migrant education during 1982-83 identified 18,142 children as eligible for program services and enrolled on the Migrant Student Record Transfer Systems (MSRTS). Of this number 15,038 students were enrolled in regular school programs, 520 in the Secondary Credit Exchange (SCE), and 2,584 in the Early Childhood program. Fifty-seven districts reported that 8,182 students in K-12 received basic skills instruction. Better than half of those students were served by reading and oral development projects in English. In the Secondary Credit Exchange, over 2,000 students earned an average of 5.24 credits in 17 subject areas. The most commonly used service model was the Pullout Model where children were given additional exposure to basic skills. Of the 290 full-time equivalent staff members hired in 1983, 250 were funded through migrant education funds. The Migrant Education Center provided recruitment services and inservice, and tutoring projects, and established a new center in Sunnyside. Although academic assessment indicated a general improvement over the past five years, migrant children still deserved additional academic assistance as all scores fell below the 50th percentile. Mini-Corps provided 763 children summer instruction and 171 children recreational services. Two contracted agencies provided health services to over 5,800 students. (PM)
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative; Reports - Descriptive
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Audience: Administrators; Practitioners
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Washington Office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Olympia. Migrant Education Program.
Identifiers - Location: Washington
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