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Peer reviewedLee, Valerie E.; And Others – Developmental Psychology, 1988
Comparing 969 economically disadvantaged children attending Head Start, other preschools, or no preschool, this study assessed the Project's effectiveness. Findings indicated that Head Start provided an especially enriching preschool experience, and was an impressive instrument of short-term change in children. Gains in behaviors other than…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Youth, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education
Peer reviewedAughinbaugh, Alison – Journal of Human Resources, 2001
Using 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth data (n=7,787), the relationship between Head Start and school suspensions, grade repetition, and math achievement was examined. Estimates indicate that Head Start does not have long-term benefits, a finding compatible with studies showing that compensatory preschool programs need to be long in…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Early Intervention, Grade Repetition, Mathematics Achievement
Download full textBermel, Sharon – 1987
The Compensatory Language Experiences and Reading-Reading Recovery Program (CLEAR-RR) provided early intervention to 224 underachieving first grade pupils in Columbus, Ohio schools. The program's two major goals were to develop and provide CLEAR-RR for the first grade pupils and to adapt and apply the inservice program for teachers. Specially…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Grade 1, Individualized Reading, Primary Education
Saginaw Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation Services. – 1995
The school district of the City of Saginaw operates a supplemental educational delivery Chapter 1 system in reading and mathematics, the Elementary Compensatory Education (CE) program and the Secondary CE program. The elementary CE, a push-in program operating in the regular classroom and a pull-out program (periodically taking students out of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Slavin, Robert E.; Yampolsky, Renee – 1992
A study was done of the effects of the "Success for All" program on limited English proficient (LEP) elementary school students, principally Cambodian students in an inner-city Philadelphia (Pennsylvania) school. The program is a schoolwide restructuring focusing on prevention and early intervention in schools serving disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Cambodians, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Peer reviewedSlavin, Robert E.; And Others – American Educational Research Journal, 1990
First-year outcomes are reported for Success for All--a program designed to bring all children to grade level in basic skills by the third grade. The program uses one-to-one tutoring, reading methods, frequent assessment, enhanced preschool and kindergarten programs, family support, and other interventions to prevent learning problems from…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Children, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment
Ramaswami, Soundaram – 1994
This evaluation assesses the impact of New Jersey's Reading Recovery program on first-grade students in the Newark School District. The report presents results from two cohorts and is divided into two main sections. Section 1 deals with the achievement of the students from the 1991-1992 academic year. Their performance at the end of first grade in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education
