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Download full textNational Center for Educational Communication (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1972
The Learning to Learn Program was designed to help children acquire the abilities for dealing with challenges and problems. The program provides a unique preschool experience for disadvantaged children. The Learning to Learn curriculum has maintained its original characteristics throughout the years and is designed to help children develop…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Discovery Learning, Educationally Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
Anderson, Lorin W.; Pellicer, Leonard O. – American School Board Journal, 1993
South Carolina has found that meaningful improvement in Chapter 1 schools requires taking six crucial steps: (1) set meaningful goals; (2) pay attention to school culture; (3) revamp the curriculum; (4) pick up the pace; (5) integrate learning objectives with the regular program; and (6) change teaching tactics. An insert summarizes changes…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Program Effectiveness
Griswold, Philip A.; And Others – 1986
This guide presents profiles of 116 Chapter 1 projects recognized through the 1984-85 National Identification Program and identified as unusually successful in meeting the special needs of disadvantaged students. The projects, which serve neglected, delinquent, and/or migrant students are listed alphabetically by district within states. Each…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Vermont State Dept. of Education, Montpelier. – 1966
PRESENTED ARE DESCRIPTIONS OF 18 TYPICAL PROJECTS IN VERMONT WHICH WERE DEVELOPED WITH ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT TITLE I FUNDS. ARRANGED BY CITY OR TOWN, EACH BRIEF PROJECT RESUME PRESENTS A STATEMENT ABOUT THE NEED AND SUBSTANTIATION (BASELINE DATA), TITLE, PROJECT DESCRIPTION, PROPOSED EVALUATION METHODS, AND COST. OVERALL, THE…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Needs
Oklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1975
A description and evaluation of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I-funded programs for the state of Oklahoma are reviewed in this report. The project components include the following: remedial reading, speech therapy, learning disabilities, underachievers, remedial math, remedial language arts, remedial science, special education, and…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Delinquency, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
NJEA Review, 1978
This article notes some of the criticisms of government-funded compensatory education programs found in two recent reports: the Rand Report on Federal Programs and the Meissner Report on the status of New Jersey's state-funded remedial programs. (SJL)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Failure, Federal Programs
Zafirau, S. James – 1981
The Reading Strategy Project is designed for intermediate grade students who need assistance in the mastery of basic reading skills. The available data demonstrated that the Title I treatment group enhanced their average reading comprehension scores significantly. The gain exceeded the project objective of four normal curve equivalent points. The…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Compensatory Education, Federal Programs, Intermediate Grades
Kennedy, Mary M.; And Others – 1986
The following findings are presented in this second evaluation of Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981: (1) the achievement of disadvantaged students has improved since 1965, relative to the general population; (2) Chapter 1 students experience greater increases in achievement test scores than others; (3) students…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Stanford Research Inst., Menlo Park, CA. Educational Policy Research Center. – 1974
This publication reports the results of an effort to assess the consequences of targeting federal compensatory funds toward all elementary students showing low achievement rather than only to those who were first low income and then low achieving. The document deals first with technical issues--the suitability, feasibility, and cost implications…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1990
This document is a process evaluation of the Academic Achievement (A2) program, a compensatory education reading and mathematics program in Saginaw (Michigan) funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 and Article 3 of the Michigan State School Aid Act. Information was gathered from questionnaires…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Federal Programs, Formative Evaluation, Grade 1
Brown, Edward K. – 1972
A study of the performance pattern of 1,000 elementary school children in Philadelphia was conducted to determine: (a) whether the inclusive Title I program was having a significant impact on reading achievement, and (b) whether the specific intervention models were producing significant changes in the performance rates of their respective groups.…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Cultural Enrichment, Elementary School Students, Enrichment
Justman, Joseph – 1971
In the 1970-71 school year, 24 of the 28 local school districts in New York City submitting proposals for the organization of projects to be funded under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 had provided for some degree of non-public participation in a total of 53 separate projects. The evaluation reported here is limited…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education, Federal Programs, Guidance Programs
Yap, Kim Onn – 1985
The paper reports an attempt to evaluate instructional practices in compensatory education by looking at both costs and effects associated with the practices. The study covered some 300 Chapter l projects over a three-year period, focusing on project settings and instructional approaches used in the projects. Results of the study indicated that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Environment
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1992
A study of possible modifications to the Chapter 1 formula examined whether such change might better target the federal funds to the needs of low-achieving students in high poverty areas. The study used data from a national evaluation of Chapter 1. The data underwent a multiple regression analysis focusing on the relationship between low…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Chapter 1 Technical Assistance Center, Hampton, NH. Region A. – 1992
This publication reports on progress made regarding seven tasks of the Chapter 1 Technical Assistance Center (TAC) for Region A (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, and Vermont). Chapter 1 is a federal program sponsoring remedial education projects nationwide. The TAC offers services…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Compensatory Education, Coordination, Disadvantaged Youth
