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Collins, Raymond C.; And Others – 1990
This report presents the key findings and recommendations of the Advisory Panel for the Head Start Evaluation Design Project. The principal audiences for the report are: (1) leadership and staff of the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families (ACYF) who have administrative responsibility for Head Start; and (2) local Head Start programs.…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Evaluation Methods, Financial Support, Preschool Education
Hill-Scott, Karen; Grigsby, J. Eugene – Phi Delta Kappan, 1979
Looks at past evaluation of compensatory education, suggests new approaches to evaluation, and makes recommendations about program implementation. (IRT)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs

Leinhardt, Gaea – American Educational Research Journal, 1977
A three-year evaluation of the Learning Research and Development Center's program of individualized instruction was conducted in seven Follow Through sites and three Pittsburgh area schools. To improve such empirical evaluation studies, researchers should gather data according to a theory, increase the number of classrooms surveyed, and gather…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Data Analysis, Evaluation Methods
Rachal, Janella; And Others – 1982
The Louisiana Round Table of Program Evaluators was organized in 1980 among educational evaluators from large parish school systems and the State Department of Education to discuss topics of mutual concern. Since its inception the group has been instrumental in the development and implementation of various workshops directed toward the improvement…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Compensatory Education, Educational Improvement, Evaluation Methods
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. – 1966
INTRODUCED BY EXCERPTS FROM PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED WORKS ABOUT CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, THIS DOCUMENT PRESENTS GUIDELINES FOR (1) IMPLEMENTING THE 1965 CONNECTICUT STATE ACT TO PROVIDE AID FOR THE EDUCATION OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN AND (2) ESTABLISHING THE TITLE I PROGRAMS CREATED BY THE 1965 FEDERAL ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Children, Community Action, Compensatory Education
Horace Mann Learning Center (ED), Washington, DC. – 1980
This is a report on the proceedinqs of the Workshop on Evaluation Strategies for Urban Intervention Programs sponsored by the Education Forum Branch of the U.S. Department of Education and held on October 23, 1980. The report contains the remarks delivered by the workshop speakers as well as the questions and statements of different panelists.…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation
Lee, Ann M.; Holley, Freda M. – 1975
The first author set out to design and secure funding for an hypothesis-based program in a public school setting. The natural history of what happened to that study as it proceeded from design, to funding, to actual implementation, to final reporting serves as the case history of two idealistic evaluators' wildest nightmares. (Author)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs
Philadelphia School District, PA. Office of Accountability and Assessment. – 1992
This paper describes: the development and implementation of Schoolwide Projects (SWPs) in the School District of Philadelphia (Pennsylvania); evaluation models permitted by Chapter 1 regulation and policy; ways these models were used in Philadelphia and results that were obtained; and approaches that are sensitive to the effects of SWPs. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Cohort Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of School Programs Evaluation. – 1976
This evaluation handbook was written for school district personnel who may be either novices or experts in the use of educational research techniques. Tailored to categorically aided projects, the handbook describes techniques that will isolate specific activity effects as reflected by pupil achievement. Chapters are devoted to the construction of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavioral Objectives, Compensatory Education, Data Analysis
O'Connor, Edward; Klein, Stephen – 1973
This paper shows that Garfinkel and Gramlich's conclusion about the average performance of the contractors is not supported by the data. The discussion focuses on three issues: (1) The study was conducted in such a way that performance contracting schools and the comparison schools were generally not comparable in terms of initial achievement,…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Planning, Educational Policy, Evaluation Methods

Wilson, Mark – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1992
Describes developments in the fields of learning theory, assessment, and politics of national and state assessments. Shows how use of these developments and modern assessment and evaluation methodologies can address some long-standing problems in Chapter 1 evaluation. Focuses on linking classroom and school improvement with Chapter 1 program…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Fitzgerald, Nicholas B. – 1986
A quality control review of Connecticut's Sustained Effects studies was undertaken by the Chapter 1 Evaluation Technical Assistance Center (TAC) operated by RMC Research Corporation. Nineteen Connecticut school districts had selected from among four basic evaluation designs in implementing the Chapter 1 Sustained Effects requirement during 1982 to…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Data Analysis, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Gladkowski, Gerald – 1973
The purpose of this paper is twofold: (1) to indicate some of the major weaknesses in the design and approaches to compensatory education programs, and (2) to recommend a more appropriate evaluational design. The second purpose deals specifically with a recommended evaluational procedure; i.e., the discussion centers around an account of what…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Control Groups, Educational Planning, Educational Research
Reynolds, Maynard – 1996
There are many difficulties in categorical programs for students with special needs as they are currently implemented. The technique of 20/20 Analysis is a simple and effective method of developing an integrative service delivery system in which students who show the least and most progress on significant outcome variables receive intensive study…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Categorical Aid, Compensatory Education, Delivery Systems
Wholey, Joseph S.; And Others – 1971
This report is the result of a seven-month Urban Institute analysis of ESEA Title I evaluation and technical assistance problems and prospects. The focus of the study was on improvement of Federal and State evaluation and technical assistance related to education of disadvantaged children. During the study, site visits were made to five…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
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