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Download full textMURTON, BONNIE J.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THIS EVALUATION REPORT DESCRIBES AN 8-MONTH PROJECT WHOSE GOALS WERE (1) TO MOTIVATE AND OFFER SUPPORT TO CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, (2) TO ENCOURAGE IN THEM POSITIVE ATTITUDES TOWARD SCHOOL, AND (3) TO ENRICH THEIR LIVES THROUGH CULTURAL EXPERIENCES. VOLUNTEER COLLEGE STUDENTS WORKED ON A ONE-TO-ONE BASIS WITH 26 THIRD-, FOURTH-, AND…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Programs
House, Ernest R.; Husen, Torsten – 1979
Presented here are reviews of the reports from the National Institute of Education (NIE) on the Compensatory Education Study (an evaluation of compensatory education programs in the United States). Ernest House's article addresses the evaluation study directly. It covers the study's assessment of funding allocations, program administration,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Improvement
Cahalan, Margaret; And Others – 1994
An interim report on the congressionally mandated National Study of Student Support Services (SSS) focuses on the characteristics of college freshmen program participants and on the level and type of services they receive. The federally funded grant program is designed to help economically disadvantaged students achieve success at the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged Youth
Massachusetts State Dept. of Education, Boston. – 1966
THIS REPORT ASSESSES TITLE I COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH IN MASSACHUSETTS. THE PROJECTS ARE DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISORY SERVICES, PLANS FOR EVALUATION AND INFORMATION DISSEMINATION, PROBLEM AREAS, COORDINATION WITH COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAMS, INTERRELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER TITLES OF THE ELEMENTARY AND…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Agency Cooperation, Annual Reports, Compensatory Education
Ratcliffe, Michael; Atkinson, John; Burgess, Carol; Cartner, Nadine – 2001
This document explains how further education colleges, employment services, and other providers can develop the delivery of full-time education and training (FTET) within the United Kingdom's New Deal programs for 18- to 24-year-olds. The document identifies principles of good practice related to the following aspects of New Deal FTET: (1)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Articulation (Education), Basic Skills, Case Studies
Mahan, Thomas W. – 1968
The final technical report summarizes the development, operations, and effectiveness of Project Concern, Hartford's program of suburban school placement for inner-city children. This approach to educational improvement through busing disadvantaged students to neighboring towns was funded in part by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bus Transportation, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
Babayan, Anita, Comp. – 1983
Two kinds of evaluation measures assessed the effectiveness of the 1981-82 Washington State University High School Equivalency Program (WSU-HEP). Discrepancy evaluation measures outlined in the WSU program proposal were employed by the staff in documenting the degree to which the program met its stated goals which were clustered around four…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, American Indians, Annual Reports, High School Equivalency Programs
FELIX, JOSEPH L.; JACOBS, JAMES N. – 1968
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES AND EVALUATES TWO COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS IN CINCINNATI, OHIO, FUNDED UNDER TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT. IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL REMEDIAL AND ENRICHMENT PROJECT, SPECIALLY EMPLOYED PERSONNEL USED EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES PURCHASED WITH TITLE I FUNDS TO INCREASE THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Students
Griffith, Lynda W.; And Others – 1971
A Head Start Program operating in Kansas City since 1965 was viewed as inadequate because enrollment was limited to about 600 children per year. The Model Cities Agency determined to provide a program for the remainder of the children in the Model Cities neighborhoods. The programs developed were differentiated administratively for the purposes of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Childhood Needs, Disadvantaged Youth
Hoegl, Juergen – 1985
Undertaken as a background paper for an early childhood education policy study intended to identify current issues in early childhood education and policy alternatives for consideration by the State Board of Education of Illinois, this report focuses on the effectiveness of early childhood education programs. Specifically addressed are (1) reasons…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmental Continuity, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1985
The Adult Basic Education/High School Equivalency Services Program of the New York City Board of Education's Office of Adult and Continuing Education provides services for out-of-school youth and adults at over 300 sites throughout the city. Instruction is provided in the areas of basic literacy, basic education, high school equivalency, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
Rogers, Penny, Ed. – 2001
England's Learning and Skills Development Agency welcomes the introduction of a coherent national funding and delivery strategy for adult literacy, numeracy, and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL). The agency believes that the strategy should incorporate the lessons of previous literacy and numeracy initiatives and build on examples of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students
