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Download full textBean, Rita M.; And Others – 1992
A study obtained information from classroom teachers, principals, and reading specialists about what they believed was important in creating effective Chapter 1 programs. One-day meetings were held in three different parts of Pennsylvania during which each group of educators (who were recommended by an advisory board) were interviewed using focus…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Principals
Detroit Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation and Testing. – 1985
Described are aspects of the evaluation of the Detroit (Michigan) Public Schools' 1985 Chapter 1 Citywide Summer School program, a program implemented to improve the reading and mathematics skills of students from pre-kindergarten classes through grade 8. A random sample of 18 schools, including elementary and middle schools, was selected for…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Education, Mathematics Instruction, Program Evaluation
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1987
Local Education Agency (LEA) administrators (principals and superintendents) and State Chapter 1 coordinators representing all 50 states were surveyed regarding their reactions to House Omnibus bill (HR 5), which would significantly change Chapter 1 programs. Over 3,600 school districts responded. The respondents were asked to indicate their level…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Coordinators, Educational Finance
Leitner, David; Ingebo, George – 1984
Helping One Student To Succeed (HOSTS) is a nationally validated Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Chapter I exemplary program adopted by 24 schools in the Portland (Oregon) School District. The HOSTS program has operated in three schools since 1979-80, 17 more since 1981-82, two more since 1982-82, and two more since 1983-84. It is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Computer Managed Instruction, Educational Assessment
Peer reviewedBean, Rita M.; Hamilton, Rebecca – Reading Research and Instruction, 1995
Finds that the keys to success were communication and collaboration between specialists and teachers. Notes that the participants expressed an awareness of the changing roles of reading specialists. Finds that major strengths were promoting self-esteem, fostering a love of reading, providing specialized instruction, serving as a student advocate,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Education, Parent Participation, Program Effectiveness
Peer reviewedPavan, Barbara Nelson; Reid, Nancy Andrade – Urban Education, 1994
A study of Chapter 1 elementary schools in a Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) school improvement project finds that four of five schools in which students' academic achievements were higher than expected had female principals. All four spent most of their time actively engaged with students and teachers over teaching and learning processes. (SLD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Administrator Role, Case Studies
Peer reviewedStringfield, Sam; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1991
To determine local educators' responses to being targeted for program improvement, questionnaires were sent to principals of all schools identified for Chapter 1 improvement in three states. Approximately 104 (84 percent) of the responding schools supported the legislative provisions for improvement and could focus on the issues of improvement.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Compensatory Education, Educational Change, Educationally Disadvantaged
Coppola, Mary Allison – 1991
This study was conducted to identify a difference between preschool teachers' and school-based administrators' perceptions of critical issues and the numerical ranking assigned to those issues in the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools' (North Carolina) Chapter 1 Preschool Program. The study tested three hypotheses, and sought to ascertain what teachers…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Attitudes
Johns, Jennifer S.; Panofsky, Carolyn – 1987
The evaluation of the Albuquerque Public Schools' 1985-86 Homestart Program, funded by Chapter 1 of the Evaluation Consolidation Improvement Act, employed surveys and interviews to address the impact of the programs on the home environment and on the child's experience in school. Data were gathered from Chapter 1 Cognitive Language Development…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Competence, Elementary Secondary Education, Family Environment
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1989
In the 1985 "Aguilar v. Felton" decision, the Supreme Court prohibited public school teachers in compensatory education programs funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act from providing remedial services to sectarian private school students on private school premises. This document comprises a report on…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Compensatory Education, Compliance (Legal), Cost Estimates
Higashino, Fukue S. – 1985
In 1981, when Chapter 1 replaced Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I and with the advent of the effective schools movement, the Hawaii state administrators of Chapter 1 made a long term commitment to program improvement, especially in the area of instruction and quality delivery of services to the target students. In this program…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Classroom Observation Techniques, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education
Millsap, Mary Ann; And Others – 1992
This interim study was conducted to provide descriptive and analytic information about Chapter 1 program operations during the second year of implementation of the Hawkins Stafford Act amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Data were collected through a mail survey administered to Chapter 1 coordinators in 1,600 school…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged
Saginaw Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation Services. – 1987
This process evaluation focused on the compensatory education delivery system in reading and mathematics in the Saginaw (Michigan) School District, which consists of three programs: (1) an elementary academic achievement program that involved 2,105 students, who were taken out of regular classrooms; (2) a secondary academic achievement program…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Turnbull, Brenda J.; And Others – 1992
A study was done of the state level perspective on Chapter 1 program implementation under the 1988 amendments to the Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Act. In 1991-92, the study surveyed 50 out of 53 Chapter 1 coordinators in state education agencies (SEAs) whose offices are responsible for communicating the law's provisions to school…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged
Johnson-Lewis, Sharon – 1988
A survey which gave respondents an opportunity to react to the evaluation requirements of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA), Chapter 1, was distributed, in June 1988, to local and state educational agencies, universities, and Technical Assistance Centers throughout the United States. Part I of the survey contained 14…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
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