Descriptor
Source
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
| Emergency School Aid Act 1972 | 2 |
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
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
Crain, Robert L., Ed. – 1973
This evaluation sampled 150 pairs of schools (50 pairs of high schools and 100 pairs of elementary schools) eligible for ESAP funds, randomly designating one school from each pair as a control school to receive no ESAP funds and using a flip of the coin to so designate. The first volume of the report comprises four chapters and seven appendices.…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Black Youth
