In the state of South Carolina during fiscal year 1977 Title I instructional activities served 127,702 children, 929 of whom were not public school children. The children came predominantly from grades one to six, with the next highest concentration from grades seven to nine. Reading activities were provided for 65% of Title I students and math…

Durham Education Improvement Program (EIP) seeks to counteract early stimulation deprivation with a classroom experience based on the reinforcement principles of social learning theory. The EIP classroom emphasizes both warm, personal attention from the teacher and carefully structured, concrete environments that invite exploration, language, and…

This report presents the evaluation findings for the 1982 Austin Independent School District's State Compensatory Education Summer School Program. It contains a description of the program, information about the data collection procedures employed in the evaluation, and a discussion of the student outcomes achieved by the program. Achievement…

These technical appendices give the following information: a comparison of RENP and non-RENP mean Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) Fall 1976 pretest scores; evidence of the existence of an achievement gap between Washington, D.C. and large city norms; number and percentages of students in each of three pretest achievement levels;…

In fiscal years 1978 and 1979 the Des Moines Title I math program served approximately 1100 students in 23 elementary schools. The program which used supplementary small group instruction for students in grades 2-6 who were performing below expected levels, had five components: (1) a management system guide; (2) individual student educational plan…

The Milwaukee Public Schools present executive summaries of 1981-82 evaluations for six programs including: (1) Project RISE designed to improve the quality of education in 18 of the lowest achieving schools in the district; (2) the Title I program focused at the elementary level with concentration on the improvement of readiness, reading, and…

Through the Title I/Impact Aid programs, special reading and math services were provided for 2,385 students in grades one through nine. Three levels of the Metropolitan Achievement Tests were used as objective pre and post test measures. Pupil activities in reading varied according to diagnosed needs, grade level, and demonstrated task mastery.…

Project components of the Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I in Hawaii are evaluated in this paper. The project components are the following: Reading resource rooms, tutorial projects, Hiloe reading clinic (preschools), and Alae Operation Live-In. The Peabody Individual Achievement Test is administered to each Title I pupil as a pre…

This publication presents a summary of South Carolina's use of funds provided by Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act as an educational resource for educationally deprived children from 1985 to 1989, and identifies projects exhibiting the greatest gains in student achievement during fiscal year 1989. The report consists of…

This report presents a summary of data and information compiled from projects for educationally deprived children in the state of Montana funded by Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Achievement data is presented for reading and mathematics. An analysis of pre- and post-test data indicates that students in the reading programs made…

This report consists of several tables which are intended to illustrate the impact that Title I has exerted on South Carolina schools and describes 23 Title I/Chapter 1 projects in operation in the State. The preliminary summary provides data for 1978-1982, delineating (for each year) funds allocated, number of students participating, participants…

Higher Horizons 100 is a program for underachieving pupils in the seventh to 10th grades. These pupils are given supplementary and individualized instruction and support services during the day and evening. Students are divided into eight clusters. Each cluster has a staff of six; one counselor, and teachers in reading, English, math, science, and…

Several evaluations reports of Title I programs and activities conducted in Wichita, Kansas, elementary schools during 1980-81 are presented in this document. Compensatory education activities described include corrective reading programs, elementary mathematics programs, institutional programs for neglected and delinquent children,…

This report describes the implementation of the Language Education Acceleration Program (LEAP) of Medford, Massachusetts. The program is evaluated. The administration of the program is discussed. Pre and post test results are given and analyzed for the Metropolitan Achievement Test, Stanford Early School Achievement Test, phonics, structural…

This year-end evaluation report of the Chapter 1 Early Childhood Education (Preschool) Program in Portland (Oregon) Public Schools is a narrative supplement to the statistical forms used by Chapter 1 Education Consolidation Improvement Act (ECIA) evaluation and is organized into six sections: (1) introduction; (2) description of the program,…