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| Journal of Educational… | 3 |
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| Emergency School Aid Act 1972 | 4 |
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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
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 reviewedCoulson, John E. – Journal of Educational Statistics, 1978
Problems encountered in large-scale educational evaluations are discussed using the evaluation of the Emergency School Aid Act as an example. This extensive article focuses primarily on methodological issues. (JKS)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Data Analysis, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textCrain, Robert L.; York, Robert L. – 1974
The Evaluation of the Emergency School Assistance Program (ESAP) for the 1971-72 school year is the first application of full-blown experimental design with randomized experimental and control cases in a federal evaluation of a large scale program. It is also one of the very few evaluations which has shown that federal programs can raise tested…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Control Groups, Data Analysis, Educational Research
