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Download full textNew York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1989
The 1989 New York City Pupils with Compensatory Educational Needs (PCEN) Summer Remediation Program met or exceeded each of its objectives. The program comprised basic skills and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) courses, serving 12,785 students in 880 classes in the regular high schools and an unspecified number of students at 73 off-site…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, English (Second Language), High Schools
Donaldson, William S. – 1990
The 1990 Summer Academic Skills Achievement Program in Columbus (Ohio) provided 160 hours of instruction in reading comprehension and language mechanics skills needed for entry-level employment to 123 Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) clients. The program used a "whole language" approach to grammar and composition instruction and also…
Descriptors: Attendance, Black Students, Federal Programs, High Schools
Bertoldi, Arthur R. – 1979
This report is a statistical summary of raw data on the success of City-As-School (CAS), an experience-based New York City independent alternative high school. A brief description of CAS, its objectives, resource use, staffing, student population, financing, and processes is provided. Data from the Career Maturity Inventory Competence Test, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Education, Community Attitudes, Community Resources
Grannis, Joseph; And Others – 1990
This document, a two-volume report, provides in volume 1 the final longitudinal evaluation of the New York City Dropout Prevention Initiative (DPI), 1985-86 through 1987-88. (The second volume comprises appendices containing summaries of each previous evaluation for this time period.) The DPI was implemented in 13 high schools and 29 feeder middle…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, High Risk Students
Enterprises for New Directions, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1990
As the first awardees in the Student Community Service (SCS) program conclude their third and final year of funding and as SCS becomes an established part of ACTION's system of volunteer opportunities, it seems a proper time to evaluate the program. This evaluation examines whether the SCS has made a difference in the host communities served, and…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Development, Community Services, Delivery Systems
Public/Private Ventures, Philadelphia, PA. – 1984
An independent evaluation of the Career Explorations program found it to be worthy of both continuation and replication. Career Explorations is a summer youth program operated by Hunter College (New York) in cooperation with The Coalition of 100 Black Women, and supported by The Commonwealth Fund. Its aim is to help minority New York City high…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Counseling, Cooperative Programs, Educational Opportunities
