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Nevarez-La Torre, Aida A. – Education and Urban Society, 2012
Many urban classrooms are facing an influx of students who are transient, part of migrant families who decide to reside in cities and large urban centers looking for financial stability and better educational opportunities for their children. This represents a different challenge for English as a second language, bilingual, and mainstream teachers…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Migrant Education, Second Language Learning, Educational Quality
Molesky, Jean – Migration World, 1988
The Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986 allows undocumented workers, illegally residing in the United States since 1982, to become legal residents if they meet certain criteria. Examines the following aspects of IRCA: (1) intent and goals; (2) number of applicants; (3) administrative practices; and (4) family unification. (BJV)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Demography, Family (Sociological Unit), Family Mobility
Pindus, Nancy M.; And Others – 1992
This paper identifies issues and needs related to services for migrant children based on a review of the literature and discussions with experts in the field. Background on migrant children includes definitions; demography; migrant data sources; and descriptions of federal migrant education, migrant health, and migrant Head Start programs. A…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Data Collection, Delivery Systems
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National Commission on Migrant Education, Bethesda, MD. – 1991
This report evaluates the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS), a national computer system of records on migrant children, that was voluntarily created in 1969 by state directors of the Migrant Education Program (MEP). As the Federal Government instituted policy changes, MSRTS became the primary source of data for federal and state…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Delivery Systems, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Government
Rose, Janice – 1989
This evaluation report of Colorado's migrant education program during fiscal year 1987-88 was published according to a federal requirement. The program's background, budget, and funding sources are described. The 1987-88 figures on student and district involvement are reported. In the 1987-88 school year, 4,771 children were identified as eligible…
Descriptors: Academic Records, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1988
The 1987-88 school year was the ninth year that students in the State Bilingual and Migrant programs were assessed in reading and mathematics using a norm referenced test. This is the second year that the new California Achievement Test (CAT) Form E, normed in the Spring of 1985, has been used for program evaluation purposes. The locally adopted…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Gutmann, Babette; And Others – 1988
This report summarizes the achievement information provided by state educational agencies for the Migrant Education Program, 1985-86. Of the 34 states submitting achievement information for the regular term, 29 used norm-referenced tests, 10 used criterion-referenced tests, and 3 used locally developed instruments. Of the 15 states submitting…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Educational Testing
Henderson, Allison; And Others – 1989
This report summarizes the achievement information provided by state educational agencies for the Migrant Education Program, 1986-87. Of the 34 states submitting achievement information for the regular term, 27 used norm-referenced tests, 9 used criterion-referenced tests, and 2 used locally developed instruments. Of the 15 states submitting…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Educational Testing
National Commission of Migrant Education, Washington, DC. – 1992
This report, the culmination of a 3-year examination of the federal Migrant Education Program (MEP), is based on research, public testimony, and interviews with migrant community members by the National Commission on Migrant Education. It discusses agricultural trends of the past 25 years and accompanying demographic changes in the migrant…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Farm Labor, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Fitzgerald, Brian K.; Hopper, Patricia A. – 1985
American migrant and seasonal agricultural workers are a population needing categorical assistance due to low income, difficult working and living conditions, and a mobile lifestyle. The purpose of this study was to identify, describe, and analyze federally funded migrant services. This study, based on interviews with program officials and…
Descriptors: Coordination, Data Collection, Eligibility, Federal Programs
Stockburger, Cassandra – 1980
The most obvious and difficult problem facing educators of migrant children is that of frequent interruptions in the child's education caused by his migration. Various solutions have been put forth over the past three decades; these have included providing mobile schools and staff, residential schools, uniform record transfers, interstate credit…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cooperative Programs, Educational Legislation, Educational Opportunities
Weseman, Marcus – 1980
The United States Departments of Energy (DOE) and Labor (DOL) have cosponsored a number of demonstration programs to train economically disadvantaged migrant and seasonal farmworkers for energy-related technical and skilled occupations. A descriptive study of the first DOE/DOL demonstration was made to determine the impact of training on…
Descriptors: Adults, Agricultural Laborers, Demonstration Programs, Employment Programs
Young, Eileen, Ed. – 1986
The 20th annual report describes federally-funded compensatory programs for educationally disadvantaged children (migrants, handicapped, neglected, and delinquent) provided in Ohio through Chapter I of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act and presents statistics for fiscal 1985, participation trends, instructional impact, expenditure…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education