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Download full textMorris, Donald R. – 1986
This Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA), Chapter II project combined acquisition of instructional equipment with teacher training to improve the geographic skills of students in grades six through eight in the Dade County Public Schools, Florida. Map and globe materials from three different publishers (the George F. Cram Company,…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Geographic Concepts, Geography Instruction, Inservice Teacher Education
Proller, Norman L. – 1985
The Legal Education Goals and Learning (LEGAL) project in the Dade County Public Schools, Florida, is an elective course for students in grades 7-12. Because extensive annual evaluations of this project since 1976 had been extremely favorable, the size and scope of the 1984-85 evaluation was reduced. It investigated the extent to which LEGAL…
Descriptors: Inservice Teacher Education, Instructional Materials, Law Related Education, Program Attitudes
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
This document reports on the eighth of a series of hearings on the reauthorization of expiring Federal elementary and secondary education programs. Seven expert witnesses, including representatives of the Department of Education and professional and community organizations, gave testimony concerning a number of micscellaneous federal programs. The…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary School Mathematics, Elementary School Science, Elementary Secondary Education
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1986
The purpose of the Basic Skills portion of this project was to improve the reading and mathematics skills of students in the Junior High Schools Transition program, grades 7 through 9, in 27 junior high schools and 4 middle or extended elementary schools. The goal of the Mathematics Teacher Resources Development portion of the project was to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Inservice Teacher Education
Proller, Norman L. – 1984
The Law Education Goals and Learnings (LEGAL) Project of the Dade County Public Schools was funded by the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Chapter 2. It is an authorized elective course of study for students in grades seven through twelve which emphasizes criminal and civil law areas. This evaluation was conducted to determine: (1)…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Criminal Law, Elective Courses, Federal Programs
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. Div. of Research and Development. – 1992
In compliance with mandates of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, the Arizona Department of Education has completed its evaluation of effectiveness for state and locally administered programs in the context of Arizona's existing Chapter 2 goals. The evaluation focused first on state-administered programs and then considered locally…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives, Educationally Disadvantaged
Griffith, Julia – 1995
Chapter 2 Formula provides federal funds to states through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act as amended in 1988. Chapter 2 Formula funds can be used in a variety of ways to meet the educational needs of students at risk of failure or dropping out. In 1994-95, the Austin Independent School District (AISD) (Texas) received a total of…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Finance, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Proller, Norman L. – 1984
This report describes and evaluates the 1983-84 TOPS (Teaching /Outreach/Parent Involvement/Skills Development) program in the Dade County Schools, Florida. Designed for severly emotionally disturbed elementary school students, its full services approach contained the following components: (1) a highly structured academic program employing…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Behavior Disorders, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Objectives
Torres, Marcia; Askins, William – 1990
This report presents an evaluation of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act, Chapter 2, Subprogram C, Special Projects program for the 1988-89 school year. The purpose of the program was to expand the knowledge and skills of job developers in placing severely handicapped students in appropriate occupational and adult service agency…
Descriptors: Adult Programs, Education Work Relationship, Employment Opportunities, Employment Services
Proller, Norman L. – 1984
The 1983-84 Center for Urban/Minority Education (CUME) Project, funded by the Education Consolidation Improvement Act, (ECIA) Chapter II, was designed to address the needs of teachers, administrators, and parents of schools serving low-income/minority students in Dade County, Florida. However, the substantial reduction in funding from the amount…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Disadvantaged Schools, Disadvantaged Youth
