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Peer reviewedKarnes, Merle B. – Educational Horizons, 1977
Briefly summarizes the development of programs for young handicapped children primarily through the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped (BEH), surveys seven nationally validated models for educating young, handicapped children, reviews characteristics of exemplary programs, and discusses the replication of one exemplary program, particularly…
Descriptors: Demonstration Centers, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Handicapped Children
Taylor, Lorne – 1975
This paper presents an evaluation of the Teach-A-Tot Children's Center, a demonstration project designed to encourage the development of innovative programs in early childhood education. The evaluation encompassed six areas of program functioning: (1) linguistic, intellectual, and social development; (2) the benefits of full time versus part time…
Descriptors: Day Care, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Educational Objectives
Download full textHouse, Ernest R.; Hutchins, Elizabeth J. – 1977
This paper presents a discussion of issues raised in the evaluation of Project Follow Through reported by Abt Associates. The paper suggests that many of the problems inherent in the design of both the program and the evaluation stem from the underlying assumption that one educational model could be found which would best alleviate the educational…
Descriptors: Accountability, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Educational Assessment
PDF pending restorationKlein, Jenni W. – 1978
This paper describes a new Head Start demonstration project which will focus on the acquisition of basic educational skills at the preschool level (e.g. positive attitudes toward learning, attention control, language skills) and at the elementary school level (e.g. basic academic skills, attention, memory). The first phase of the project,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Curriculum
Askins, Billy E.; And Others – 1978
REEEP serves as an educational intervention providing direct services to "high risk" (of low birth weight--less than 5 1/2 pounds) 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children, living in the Clovis, New Mexico area. The program aims: to prevent school failure with an intervention program which includes early identification and remediation of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Handicapped, Bilingual Students, Demonstration Programs
Askins (B.E.) and Associates, Lubbock, TX. – 1977
This report presents the results of an external evaluation of a model bilingual program for nursery school through third grade students in the municipal schools of Clovis and Portales, New Mexico. The project is divided into three programs--nursery school, kindergarten, and grades 1-3--designed to reach children with limited English-speaking…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biculturalism, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students
