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Download full textWolf, Patrick J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2010
The Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) was established in 1990 as the first urban education reform in the U.S. built around the idea of permitting parents to enroll their children in private schools of their choosing at government expense. In its first year of operation, the MPCP or "Choice" program enrolled 341 students in the…
Descriptors: Private Schools, School Choice, Achievement Gains, Academic Achievement
Wolf, Patrick J. – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2008
This report provides an overview of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program and the author's plan for evaluating it over a five year period. It also presents a brief summary of the main findings of the four distinct topical reports that the author and his colleagues have completed for 2006-07--the baseline year of the evaluation. Those four…
Descriptors: School Choice, Longitudinal Studies, Research Reports, Program Evaluation
Witte, John F.; Wolf, Patrick J.; Cowen, Joshua M.; Fleming, David J.; Lucas-McLean, Juanita – School Choice Demonstration Project, 2008
This report focuses on the initial design, implementation and baseline results of the five-year Longitudinal Educational Growth Study (LEGS) of the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) being conducted by the School Choice Demonstration Project (SCDP). The LEGS will be the first evaluation of the participant effects of the MPCP using…
Descriptors: School Choice, Academic Achievement, Demonstration Programs, Achievement Tests
White, 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
Pocatello School District 25, ID. – 1968
School training and vocational services were combined into a program designed to demonstrate that educable mentally retarded students could develop well rounded working habits that would mutually benefit them and the community. On-the-job training was used as a demonstration of the practical use of academic, social, and vocational skills learned…
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Demonstration Programs, Longitudinal Studies, Mild Mental Retardation
Smilansky, Moshe; Nevo, David – 1979
This book reports on compensatory education in Israel and presents results of a 10-year evaluation of the Boarding School Fostering Program, a secondary school project in the education of culturally disadvantaged gifted students. The book is divided into two parts. Part One, "General Orientation to Compensatory Education in Israel," is…
Descriptors: Boarding Schools, Case Studies, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs
Jacobson, Rodolfo – 1985
This report describes a demonstration project whose instructional design implemented sociolinguistic concepts in bilingual education and compared two approaches, the New Concurrent and the Language Separation approaches. The first section is a review of research studies concerning this instructional design. The second, third, and fourth sections…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Classroom Techniques, Comparative Analysis, Demonstration Programs
Van De Riet, Vernon; Resnick, Michael B. – 1976
The purpose of the Learning to Learn Project was to ascertain if a comprehensive, early-childhood intervention program could effectively break the cycle of educational disabilities and inadequacies generally associated with the public school careers of poverty children, and insure their long-term educational success. Major findings of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Child Development, Cognitive Ability
Keogh, Barbara K.; Kopp, Claire B. – 1982
The final report describes activities of Project REACH (Research on the Early Abilities of Children with Handicaps). Introductory sections provide information on the institute's mission, objectives, and activities as well as on its administrative organization. Five major research areas are identified and discussed (sample subtopics in…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Exceptional Child Research
Collett, Dave – 1978
A longitudinal study was undertaken in Alberta to pilot an evaluation model which was devised by Robert E. Stake and which could provide feedback on the merit and effectiveness of vocational education in the provincial high school curriculum. Using both student records and questionnaires administered to the students, information was gathered over…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Planning, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation
Saint Louis Univ., MO. – 1980
This report contains evaluations of various phases of the Vocational Exploration in the Private Sector Program (VEPS). (VEPS is designed to provide youth with exposure to jobs available in the private sector through observation of such jobs, instruction, and, if appropriate, limited practical experience so long as the participant does not…
Descriptors: Career Education, Career Exploration, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Rist, Ray C.; And Others – 1980
A longitudinal, ethnographic study examined the form and content of the linkages that have been established by the principal organizations involved in the implementation of the Exemplary In-School Demonstration Project. During the study, on-site observers utilized the following data collection strategies: document analysis, respondent and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Awareness, Case Studies, Coordination
Smith, Charles W.; And Others – 1975
To provide an effective and available source of data on placement and follow-up of vocational education in Louisiana, a comprehensive follow-up system was designed for collecting information on students in secondary or postsecondary vocational programs from the time they complete or leave with marketable skills until five years following their…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adult Education, Computer Oriented Programs, Data Collection
Dale, Jack – 1976
Examples of placement and follow-up conceptual models developed for a program of vocational education (kindergarten through university) are presented. Section 1 contains a historical overview of placement and follow-up activities in Florida and describes a comprehensive model. Section 2, describing a model for utilizing community resources for the…
Descriptors: Career Development, Community Colleges, Community Resources, Computer Oriented Programs
