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Murray, Steve; And Others – 1988
This is a collection of four papers concerned with improvement of Chapter 1 programs in the northwestern United States. The first paper (Steve Murray) describes a program improvement support model presently in use. It summarizes the process of program adoption in five northwestern states and describes differences in state context that have…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Federal Programs
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Crane, Eric W.; Barrat, Vanessa X.; Huang, Min – Regional Educational Laboratory West, 2011
This technical brief responds to an Arizona Department of Education request to study academic performance in schools receiving funding through the federal Title I compensatory education program, the section of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 governing resources for schools and districts serving disadvantaged populations. The brief describes…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Schools, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation, Educational Improvement
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Spencer, John – Teachers College Record, 2012
This article is a case study of compensatory education as it was developed and implemented by an innovative urban school principal in the early 1960s. I argue that while the compensatory education movement was often marred by pejorative-sounding language and inegalitarian ideas, especially as it was shaped and expanded by policy makers and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Low Achievement, Charter Schools, Pilot Projects
Webb, Bradley M. – 1970
The purpose of this study is to examine and assess the expectations, needs and opinions of educationally deficient adults on their returning to school for academic upgrading. The hypothesis to be tested is that programs of academic up-grading for adults, which belong to a new field and suffer many of the uncertainties that pervade all fields of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Education, Age Differences, Attitude Change
Poole, Georgia C.; Adams, Eugene W. – 1980
This report describes a pre-entry summer program at the School of Veterinary Medicine at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama, designed to develop attitudinal readiness and coqnitive abilities of students who face a high risk of attrition because of inadequate learning skills. The program, which runs for eight weeks, consists of three phases: 1) phase one,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, High Risk Students
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Titsworth, Geneva; Bonner, Claudine – Journal of Staff Development, 1983
Described is a six-step school improvement process that evolved during attempts to assess needs, plan improvements, implement changes, and evaluate success at a Michigan school district's elementary schools with disadvantaged pupils. The process involves parents and school staff identifying needs and setting priorities for staff development. (PP)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Schools, Educational Improvement, Elementary Education
Yap, Kim Onn – 1987
The impact of a parent-school partnership program on elementary school children's reading achievement and attitudes is being evaluated over five years. The program involves the parents in children's reading activities and allows them to influence their children's attitudes toward school achievement. Participating parents agree to support seven…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Childhood Attitudes, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education
PLATTOR, STANTON D. – 1968
A STUDY WAS CONDUCTED TO FIND OUT WHETHER OR NOT A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN PUPILS' ACADEMIC POTENTIAL (AS MEASURED BY A STANDARDIZED GROUP TEST OF INTELLIGENCE) COULD BE MADE AS A RESULT OF APPROPRIATE MODIFICATIONS OF THE TEACHING-LEARNING ENVIRONMENT TO MEET THE SPECIFIC NEEDS OF DISADVANTAGED PUPILS. DEPRIVED NEGRO PUPILS AND THEIR TEACHERS IN…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Improvement
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Garcia-Huidobro, Juan Eduardo S. – International Review of Education/Internationale Zeitschrift fuer Erziehungswissenschaft/Revue Internationale de l'Education, 1994
Describes Chile's "900 Schools Program," designed to raise achievement levels of poor 1st to 4th graders in reading, writing, and mathematics. Reviews key program efforts related to building improvements, textbooks and other learning resources, and workshops for teachers and students. Provides results from a 1990-91 assessment,…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Needs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Halasa, Ofelia – 1983
This report presents an evaluation for the school year 1982-1983, of the Pilot Projects component of the Cleveland Public Schools, for grades K-10. The purpose of the component is to develop and pilot innovative approaches for meeting selected needs of disadvantaged students at the local level. Pilot Projects are small grants that are designed,…
Descriptors: Autism, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged
Appleyard, Susan – Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, 2002
A case study of Aboriginal education in Geraldton, Western Australia, looked at the cycle of low educational attainment, unemployment, and poverty; national and state programs to support Aboriginal students and parent involvement; and community attitudes toward existing programs and proposed improvement strategies. A 1-year plan is detailed for…
Descriptors: Aboriginal Australians, Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Community Involvement
Bell, William E.; And Others – 1980
This collection of papers examines the current issues in urban education as suggested by on-site studies of programs in sixteen different cities between 1977 and 1980. An overview of the problems in urban education and their causes is presented in the first paper. The second paper discusses program improvement strategies and several examples of…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Career Education, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development