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Peer reviewedWeisberg, Herbert I. – Journal of Educational Statistics, 1978
A re-analysis of evaluation data concerning the Emergency School Aid Act shows that findings of the original evaluators are open to multiple interpretations. (JKS)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Data Analysis, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedRogosa, David – Journal of Educational Statistics, 1978
Commentary is presented on the evaluation of the Emergency School Aid Act and a review of that evaluation (TM 503 672). The commentary focuses on philosophical issues and the uses of several levels of observation in data analysis. (JKS)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Data Analysis, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
Peer reviewedReichardt, Charles S.; Rindskopf, David M. – Journal of Educational Statistics, 1978
Commentary is presented on the evaluation of the Emergency School Aid Act and on an article detailing that evaluation (TM 503 672). The use of randomization and pilot studies is emphasized. (J KS)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Pilot Projects
Peer reviewedPettigrew, Thomas F. – Journal of Educational Statistics, 1978
The desirability of evaluating the total effect of the Emergency School Aid Act versus specific programs in the Act is the focus of this commentary on the evaluation of that act and an article detailing that evaluation (TM 503 672). (JKS)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Hyett, Barbara Helfgott, Ed. – 1979
The poems in this anthology were written by elementary school students in the Oliver Hazard Perry School in South Boston, Massachusetts. The students were participants in a Federally funded special arts project, TryArts, which sought to stimulate self-expression by exposing children to professional artists and performers and by involving them in…
Descriptors: Children, Compensatory Education, Creative Expression, Creative Writing
Hyett, Barbara Helfgott, Ed. – 1980
The poems in this anthology were written by elementary school students in the James A. Garfield School in Boston, Massachusetts. The students were participants in a Federally funded special arts project, TryArts, which sought to stimulate self-expression by exposing children to professional artists and performers and by involving them in the…
Descriptors: Children, Compensatory Education, Creative Expression, Creative Writing
Alonso, Ricardo, Ed. – 1978
The poems in this anthology were written by students in the Josiah Quincy Elementary School in Boston, Massachusetts. The students were participants in a Federally funded special arts project, TryArts, which sought to stimulate self-expression by exposing children to professional artists and performers and by involving them in the creative…
Descriptors: Children, Compensatory Education, Creative Expression, Creative Writing
Peer reviewedFeshbach, Seymour – Journal of Educational Statistics, 1978
The nature of experimental designs in the evaluation of educational programs is addressed in this commentary on the evaluation of the Emergency School Aid Act and a paper detailing that evaluation (TM 503 672). (JKS)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Data Analysis, Educational Experiments, Elementary Education
Wellisch, Jean B.; And Others – 1977
School programs and contextual characteristics that differentiate between successful and nonsuccessful elementary schools funded under the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) are examined in this study. It was designed to build upon some of the tentative findings of the 1974-1975 indepth study, in which a number of program and contextual components…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Mathematics
Carriere, Ronald A.; And Others – 1978
This report focuses on a set of supplemental analyses that were performed on portions of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) evaluation data. The goal of these analyses was to explore additional relationships in the data that might help to inform program policy, to confirm and/or further explicate some of the findings reported earlier, and to put…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Data Analysis
Dallas Independent School District, TX. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1980
Evaluation summaries for 56 programs implemented by The Dallas Independent School District during the 1979-80 school year are highlighted in this report. Each summary is listed under one of the following sections: Title I Projects; State Compensatory Education Projects; Emergency School Aid Act Projects; Title IV-C Projects; and Other Projects.…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Administration
Peer reviewedCoulson, John E.; Cromer, Fred E. – Journal of Educational Statistics, 1978
The evaluators of the Emergency School Aid Act respond to commentaries on their evaluation of the act and their article detailing that evaluation (TM 503 672). Each commentary is discussed. (See TM 503 673 through 678). (JKS)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Data Analysis, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Peer reviewedWeinberg, Meyer – Journal of Educational Statistics, 1978
The financial aspects of educational programs are discussed in this commentary on the evaluation of the Emergency School Aid Act. Budget and expenditure data must be examined closely when evaluating educational programs. (JKS)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Data Analysis, Educational Finance, Elementary Education
Nelson, Bernadette; And Others – 1980
The Emergency School Assistance Act Television Program (ESAA-TV) provides funds through grants and contracts for the production, duplication, promotion, and distribution of racially integrated children's programming. The programming is designed to help eliminate racial isolation, fear, and distrust and to provide compensatory education material.…
Descriptors: Childrens Television, Compensatory Education, Educational Television, Elementary Secondary Education
MacQueen, Anne H.; Coulson, John E. – 1978
A major objective of this three year national Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) study was to evaluate the impact of ESAA programs by comparing schools that received ESAA funds with those that did not. Student growth in reading and mathematics were compared. To identify what kinds of schools (what allocations of resources, and what types of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating, Compensatory Education
