The Public Law 89-313 Instructional Support Program is a federally funded program that serves handicapped students who were enrolled in state-operated or state-supported settings for a minimum of 1 year and then transferred to a New York City public high school. The 1986-87 program emphasized teacher training, consisting primarily of in-class…

This paper discusses program evaluation as a condition for the receipt of federal funds under Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. It focuses on some actual and potential linkages between effectiveness or outcome evaluation, implementation evaluation, compliance monitoring, and the concepts of program improvement and…

This report presents findings of a two-part evaluation study of the 1984-85 High School Intervention Center Program operational for 11 Detroit, Michigan, schools. Evaluation of program impact on students' attendance and scholarship and a process evaluation of program strengths and weaknesses were conducted by data comparison and by participant…