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Download full textCurry, Janice; Zyskowski, Gloria – 2000
The Summer Opportunity To Accelerate Reading (S.O.A.R.) program is the elementary summer school program to improve reading and literacy in the Austin Independent School District, Texas. In June 2000, the 21-day program served 2,406 students in grades 1 through 3 who were below grade level in reading or at risk of retention. The budget allocation…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary School Students, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness
Zyskowski, Gloria; Curry, Janice – 1999
The Summer Opportunity To Accelerate Reading (S.O.A.R.) program is the Title I elementary summer school of the Austin Independent School District (AISD), Texas. The S.O.A.R. program provides early intervention to accelerate literacy learning for students entering grades 1-3 who are at risk of retention or are below grade level. In its second year…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary School Students, Primary Education, Program Effectiveness
Curry, Janice; Doolittle, Martha; Huskey, Bart; Koehler, Holly; Washington, Wanda – 2002
Title I is a compensatory education program supported by funds from the U.S. Department of Education. The purpose of Title I is to provide opportunities for children to acquire the knowledge and skills described in the state content standards and to meet the state performance standards for all students. In 2000-2001, the Title I, Part A program…
Descriptors: Budgets, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
Curry, Janice; Washington, Wanda; Zyskowski, Gloria – 2000
Title I is a compensatory education program supported by funds from the U.S. Department of Education. The purpose of Title I is to enable schools to provide opportunities for children to acquire the knowledge and skills described in the state content standards and to meet the state performance standards for all students. In 1999-2000, Title I…
Descriptors: Budgets, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
Curry, Janice; Griffith, Julia; Washington, Wanda; Zyskowski, Gloria – 1998
The Austin Independent School District (AISD) adopted the middle school concept in 1987-88. Generally, the middle school setting serves students between the ages of 11 and 14 and includes grades 6 through 8. In 1995-96, five middle schools met the criteria for funding under Title I. To make middle schools more responsive to the special needs of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change
Curry, Janice; And Others – 1995
In 1994-95, Chapter 1, a federally funded compensatory education program, provided funding to 33 elementary schools in the Austin Independent School District (AISD) (Texas) where there were high concentrations of low-income students. Service was provided through the following components: (1) Schoolwide Projects using resources for all students;…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Educational Improvement
Zyskowski, Gloria; Curry, Janice; Patrick, Ertha; Washington, Wanda – 1999
In 1998-99, Title I provided funding to 50 schools in the Austin Independent School District (AISD), Texas (43 elementary, 5 middle, and 2 high schools) with 60% or more students from low-income families. This report contains several analyses of the impact of Title I funds on student achievement. Students at non-Title I schools and at district…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Curry, Janice; And Others – 1996
Four Title I schoolwide programs in the Austin Independent School District (Texas) at the elementary school level were selected for inclusion in a Title I Best Practices review of schoolwide programs. The Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 reauthorized Title I, the Federal Government's major compensatory education initiative, and authorized…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Cooperation
Curry, Janice; Washington, Wanda; Zyskowski, Gloria – 1997
Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 as amended by the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 is a compensatory education program that enables high-poverty schools to provide opportunities for children to meet state performance standards developed for all children. Title I Migrant, also federally funded, provides…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education
Curry, Janice; And Others – 1996
Title I is a compensatory education program supported by funds from the Department of Education to enable high-poverty schools to provide opportunities for educationally disadvantaged children. In 1995-96, Title I provided funding to 38 campuses in the Austin Independent School District (AISD) (Texas) through schoolwide programs and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Dropouts, Educationally Disadvantaged
