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Download full textWhite, Larry J.; Hixson, Nate; Hammer, Patricia Cahape; Smith, Diana L.; D'Brot, Juan – West Virginia Department of Education, 2010
A study examined the impact of the "Closing the Achievement Gap" (CAG schools) program on the academic achievement of students in 30 schools serving high percentages of African American and economically disadvantaged students in West Virginia (WV), 2004-2008. The program assigned experienced educators, "CAG liaisons", to the…
Descriptors: African American Students, School Culture, Focus Groups, Economically Disadvantaged
EDDY, MAX; AND OTHERS – 1966
A STUDY WAS INITIATED IN 1963 TO (1) DEVELOP A PROGRAM OF VOCATIONAL INSTRUCTION USING THE COOPERATIVE WORK-STUDY METHODOLOGY, (2) TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SUCH PROGRAMS AS A MEANS OF TRAINING AND PLACING RETARDED YOUTH IN JOBS, AND (3) DEVELOP CRITERIA FOR PREDICTING THE SUCCESS OF RETARDED PUPILS IN COOPERATIVE WORK STUDY AND IN EMPLOYMENT. THE…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Cooperative Education, Demonstration Programs, Experimental Groups
Rull, Marvin H.; Moore, Richard O. – 1968
One phase of the curriculum demonstration program sponsored jointly by the Quincy Public Schools and Southern Illinois University is the Service Station Training School described within this report. The Service Station Training School was one of several sheltered work stations which were developed to provide preemployment experiences and training…
Descriptors: Career Development, Control Groups, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Prevention
Peer reviewedHale-Benson, Janice – Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 1990
Offers a report on Visions for Children--an early childhood demonstration program with the goal of facilitating intellectual development and academic achievement and enhancing self-concepts of African-American preschoolers. Base-line data from the first two phases of child testing comparing program participants and control group children is…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Blacks, Cognitive Measurement, Comparative Analysis
McHale, Thomas J.; Witzke, Paul T. – 1967
The primary purposes of this developmental and demonstration project were to reduce the number of dropouts and failures and to increase the amount of learning in the technical mathematics core courses. In June 1965 a decision was made to pilot test locally developed programed units in technical mathematics. After the identification of the desired…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Course Content
