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Gramlich, Edward M.; Koshel, Patricia P. – 1975
This book examines in detail the experiment in educational performance contracting conducted by the United States Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO) during the 1970-71 school year. Major objectives of the OEO project were to find out whether a private educational firm could teach educationally disadvantaged children to read and write better than…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Educationally Disadvantaged
Download full textPresident's Science Advisory Committee, Washington, DC. – 1964
The Panel on Educational Research and Development was formed in 1961 to identify research and development programs which might benefit the wide range of educational activities conducted by various Federal agencies. This report summarizes the Panel's proceedings through 1964. Its thesis is that the efficacy of the entire educational establishment…
Descriptors: Education, Educational Change, Educational Legislation, Educational Methods
Battle (Mark) Associates, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1980
This volume is one of the products of the knowledge development effort implemented under the mandate of the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977. It is a report of an assessment study designed to determine the status and results of the implementation of mixed income experiments at 47 Comprehensive Employment and Training Act…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Alaska Office of the Governor, Juneau. – 1966
During the first phase of this project, from June 1964 to November 1965, the effectiveness and feasibility of centralized training in offsetting the employment problems of rural Alaska were tested. Recruitment was handled through mail contacts with village councils and subsequent recruitment trips to the villages. Training at a state vocational…
Descriptors: Cooperatives, Counseling Services, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged
