School district personnel responsible for administering Title I programs recognize that for a student to take advantage of remediation the individual must be present for instruction. Many evaluations of Title I programs have attributed increased achievement to increased attendance, without explicitly investigating this assumed relationship. This…

Employing a randomized field trial, this 3-year study explored the effects of a multiyear summer school program in preventing the cumulative effect of summer learning losses and promoting longitudinal achievement growth, for a total treatment group of 438 students from high-poverty schools. Longitudinal outcomes for the participants were…

This report evaluated 17 different guidance or guidance-related projects funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act and carried out during the 1970-71 school year throughout the five boroughs of New York City. In general, evaluation procedures included the following: (1) Numerous site visits during observations were made…

The present study examines the impact of the Direct Instruction (DI) program on the high school careers of the economically disadvantaged students who participated in the DI model of Project Follow Through. The study involves six sites: East St. Louis; New York City; Flint, Michigan; Williamsburg County, South Carolina; and Uvalde, Texas. A…

Data are reported on the performance of the total available prekindergarten population affiliated with the School District of Philadelphia as its "graduates" proceeded through the school years. The report covers three cohorts--those entering kindergarten in the fall of 1974, 1975, and 1976--from the two major prekindergarten programs in…

This final report examines an independent evaluation study of the Little Big Horn and O-Wai-Ya-Wa schools conducted by the Chicago, Illinois Indian Education Program during the 1978-79 school year. The report describes the content of each program, and information regarding freshman through senior grade level attendance and enrollment patterns is…

Quasi-longitudinal data on student achievement, drawn from a computerized file on about 50,000 children, essentially consist of cross-sectional performance data analyzed in terms of length of program exposure while allowing for analysis of post-program performance on the basis of program exposure. The data are also analyzed according to the major…

In this booklet, the highlights of Report No. 3 (see UD 018 835) on Compensatory Education (CE) are summarized in text and tables. Results reported include the following: (1) proportionally, CE selection is highest among the poor for both math and reading; (2) CE selection is proportionally higher for low achievers; (3) the greatest number of…

In this report, findings related to the process of selecting students for compensatory education (CE) programs on basic skills, and the economic and educational status of students selected are recorded. Chapter I explains the principle variables considered in research: family, economic status, reading and math CE selection status, teacher judgment…

In the 1974-75 school year, the pilot operation of Project Propinquity begin at Roosevelt High School, Atlanta, Georgia. The project, originated and sponsored by Exodus Inc., was designed to deliver social services to inner-city youth, ages 15 to 19, at the site of delivery of their instructional services. In the 1975-76 school year, the project…

Austin's Title I program provided 6,300 students with supplemental reading instruction, guidance and counseling, and parent involvement services. The evaluation focused upon answering and providing supporting data for two system-level and twelve program-level decision questions; forty-one evaluation findings were reported. Supporting data were…