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Callanan, Meg; Farias, Javiera Cartagena; Hudson, Ruth; Greaves, Ellen – Education Endowment Foundation, 2017
The Achieve Together Bournemouth Partnership ("the Partnership") was a pilot collaboration between Teach First, Teaching Leaders, and The Future Leaders Trust. It was a new initiative that aimed to work with primary and secondary schools and the wider community in two socially deprived areas of Bournemouth (Boscombe and West Howe) to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Partnerships in Education, Program Evaluation, Pilot Projects
Blank, Rolf K. – Council of Chief State School Officers, 2011
A critical state-level indicator of progress in public education is student achievement annual performance and change over time. The Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) has been very active in tracking and reporting on student achievement results and using state assessment scores and other data to analyze achievement trends. A central…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Federal Legislation, Economically Disadvantaged, Academic Achievement
Forster, Greg – Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice, 2008
This is the first empirical study to examine the effects of Ohio's EdChoice voucher program. Using publicly available data, it measures the program's effect on academic outcomes in public schools where students are eligible for vouchers. The EdChoice program offers vouchers to students who are assigned to chronically underperforming public…
Descriptors: Charter Schools, School Choice, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Change
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Higher and Professional Education. – 1974
This research study conducted by the Bureau of Higher Education Opportunity Programs and supported by the Bureau of Research in Higher and Professional Education attempted to gain a longitudinal perspective on the effectiveness of Higher Education Opportunity Programs (HEOP) established in 53 private institutions of higher education aimed to the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Assessment
Christner, Catherine A. – 1987
Evaluation findings on the Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1 and Chapter 1 Migrant Programs of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) are reported. Included in the text of the report are: program descriptions; reading component descriptions; program impact on student achievement, Texas Educational Assessment of…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Assessment
Steel, Lauri; Schubert, Jane G. – 1983
The effectiveness of Upward Bound (UB), a federally funded program to assist high-ability disadvantaged youth in completing programs in higher education, is addressed in this study. The study sought to determine if participation in UB enhances high school performance and participation in postsecondary education, especially in comparison to non-UB…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, College Bound Students, College Preparation, Disadvantaged Youth
Kober, Nancy – 1991
Chapter 1, Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) is the largest Federal program aiding elementary schools and secondary schools. Some 51,000 schools, including over 75% of the nation's elementary schools, receive Chapter 1 money, which they use to prove supplementary educational services to low-achieving students in…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Assessment, Educational Finance
Shortlidge, Richard L., Jr. – 1974
The document presents an evaluation of the two year Bachelor of Science Agriculture program for Gramsevaks, or village level workers, initiated by the G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, India in 1961. An employment questionnaire was sent to all agricultural graduates, 1963-71, for whom valid addresses existed. A return rate of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Colleges, Agricultural Education, Associate Degrees
Iowa Valley Community Coll. District, Marshalltown. – 1975
A career needs assessment of the schools in Area 6 in Iowa was carried out in the study. Project objectives were: (1) to ascertain the student needs, K-adult in Area 6, (2) to identify that which is currently being done to meet career education needs in Area 6 public schools, and (3) to synthesize the resources and needs as an optimum combination…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Curriculum Development, Economically Disadvantaged
Moore, Terry E.; Turner, W. E. – 1976
The Wichita, Kansas Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I Project was begun during the 1965-66 school year as a diversified attack on the problems of disadvantaged pupils. Over the past 10 years, the project has evolved to one which concentrates funds on a small number of programs. Supportive services have been eliminated in favor of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Involvement, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Assessment
Sweet, David – 1991
This paper presents arguments for changing a portion of current federal policy for evaluating Chapter 1 grants to Local Education Agencies (LEAs). Chapter 1, part of the federal Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA), provides funds to schools and districts to improve education for economically disadvantaged students. The paper advocates that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Course Content, Economically Disadvantaged
Jordan-Davis, Walter E.; Christner, Catherine – 1985
Evaluation findings on the Chapter 1 and Chapter 1 Migrant Programs of the Austin, Texas, Independent School District (ASID) are reported. Included in the description of the Chapter 1 program are the following: (1) components of the district-wide program; (2) policies for selecting students; (3) numbers and percentages of students served; (4)…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged
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Gomby, Deanna S.; And Others – Future of Children, 1995
Provides brief descriptions of major types of early childhood programs, and reviews what is known about the effects of early childhood programs on children and their families. The authors also consider how those effects come about and why effectiveness varies across programs. Five policy questions and recommendations are discussed regarding how…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Health, Cognitive Development, Day Care
1988
Local summer programs funded under the Summer Youth Employment and Training Program have added assessment of educational deficiencies and remedial education to their work experience programs, but the number of disadvantaged youth served and the intensity of the programs varied greatly. Evaluation data were gathered by telephone interviews with…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
Shepard, Lorrie A. – 1992
The place for standardized testing in Chapter 1 evaluation is discussed. There is substantial evidence available on the negative effects of high-stakes standardized testing, and there is a clear link between Chapter 1 requirements and the amount of testing in most school districts. Standardized testing is usually used to identify eligible…
Descriptors: Accountability, Alternative Assessment, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness
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