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Portland Public Schools, OR. – 1982
The Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) provides financial support to schools for desegregation efforts in Portland, Oregon. This project involves six elementary schools which plan and implement programs and activities to meet the needs of 3,394 students, 667 of whom are members of minorities. Under ESAA, each elementary school develops a program…
Descriptors: Desegregation Methods, Elementary Education, Ethnic Relations, Minority Group Children
Elliott, Gary L.; Murray, Wayne R. – 1980
This report presents results of an evaluation of the bilingual education component of the Emergency School Aid Act Basic Project implemented in 1979-80 in the Dallas (Texas) Independent School District. Findings include: (1) The bilingual proqram was not fully staffed, and many schools were only able to provide English as a Second Language…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation
Irwin, James R. – 1979
Three components of the Detroit Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) Basic Projects are evaluated here: (1) Individualization of Instruction: Elementary and Middle School Sub-Component; (2) Total Curriculum Reading Thrust: Elementary and Middle School Sub-Component; and (3) Parent Training: Home Curriculum Specialists and Assistants Sub-Component. All…
Descriptors: Criterion Referenced Tests, Grade 4, Grade 7, Intermediate Grades
Keesling, J. Ward; And Others – 1981
This second volume of a seven-volume study summarizes findings from each of the four programs examined--Titles I and VII of the Elementary Secondary Education Act, the Emergency School Aid Act, and Follow Through. Field researchers collected data for this report during the spring of 1980. They lived in the communities studied, 57 in all, and spent…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Governance
Robbins, Albert E.; Dingler, Diana D. – 1981
This third volume in a series of seven is part of a larger study of parental involvement in four federal programs in selected school districts across the country. Presented here are the results of an intensive examination of projects funded by the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA). Site studies of ESAA projects yielded data on the five ways parents…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Governance, Instruction
Brown, Carlton E.; Allen, Dwight W. – 1981
This paper describes a project that was conducted in six Norfolk, Virginia, public secondary schools to explore the problems associated with the disproportionate involvement of black student in disciplinary actions. The paper also relates the project's efforts to implement changes in the school system that the research activities indicated might…
Descriptors: Black Students, Class Organization, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques
McBee, Maridyth M. – Journal of Research and Evaluation of the Oklahoma City Public Schools, 1981
This report evaluates a project designed to reduce the number of student suspensions and disciplinary referrals in the Oklahoma City Public Schools. The report describes these four program components: 1) the Elementary Early Intervention Program to provide preventative services for students with absentee and school behavior problems; 2) the School…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Attendance, Discipline, Elementary Secondary Education
Raivetz, Mark J.; And Others – 1982
The School District of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was ordered by the Commonwealth Court to begin a voluntary desegregation plan in February, 1979. To support the desegregation process, the school district applied for and received grants from the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) to develop programs around eight basic models: pairing, enrichment,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Court Litigation, Desegregation Effects, Desegregation Methods
Stubbs, Judith E. – 1981
This is a report on the Positive Human Interaction Project (PHI) implemented under the Emergency School Aid Act in the Metropolitan Nashville (Tennessee) school system during 1980-81. The report describes the PHI centers set up in thirteen project schools to prevent resegregation in desegregated schools by encouraging interaction activities among…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Educational Environment, Elementary Schools, Federal Programs

Henning, Patrick – 1977
This is a report of a program funded under the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA). The program was designed to aid the Atlanta, Georgia School System in the integration process and to aid pupils in overcoming their academic deficiences due to racial isolation. The program provided individual assistance in reading and mathematics to minority students.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Black Students, Compensatory Education
Friedman, Myron; And Others – 1978
To collect and disseminate information relevant to the accountability and program components of the Title I Migrant Program in the Austin school district and to report to the Texas Education Agency through interim and final reports on how well the migrant program is meeting its stated objectives for 1978-79 are the functions of the evaluation for…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bilingual Education, Componential Analysis, Decision Making
Ligon, Glynn; And Others – 1974
Designed to establish a comprehensive program of bilingual education in Spanish and English in schools with high concentrations of Spanish dominant Mexican American students, the project aimed to: increase the achievement levels of minority students in the communication skills areas; provide for their special learning needs through a staff with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1978
Summaries are presented of all research and evaluation work conducted by the Austin Independent School District during the 1977-78 school year. Summaries are divided into the following areas: 1978 at a glance; district priorities; basic skills achievement; systemwide achievement profiles; low socioeconomic status (SES) achievement; professional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Annotated Bibliographies, Annual Reports, Basic Skills
Wellisch, Jean B.; And Others – 1976
The 1974-75 in-depth study was designed and conducted as an exploratory investigation of program and contextual factors related to achievement. The study was conducted in conjunction with the National Evaluation of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA). The analysis of school success was guided by a conceptual model that identified four key…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education

Anne Arundel County Board of Education, Annapolis, MD. – 1976
The social studies component of a secondary level interdisciplinary project, Personalized Reading Interdisciplinary Development for Everyone (PRIDE), is described. Intended for use as an individualized approach for the slow learner, PRIDE encourages students with reading difficulties to tutor two mornings a week in elementary classrooms and attend…
Descriptors: Career Education, Cross Age Teaching, Educational Innovation, Educational Objectives