Fifteen tables present data on Texas Title I programs. Information provided includes basic statistics for 1965-75, Title I programs for 1974-75, participants in ESEA Title I funded programs by grade level, expenditures and participation in instructional activities, noninstructional support services, personnel salaried through Title I, statistical…

This booklet briefly describes the activities of the Demonstration and Research Center for Early Education (DARCEE), including the basic philosophy of the DARCEE approach, the application of that philosophy in the classroom, the three different classroom training centers, the intervention program, and research and training programs. The purpose of…

Evaluation reports for 10 of the 23 1971 Summer Migrant Projects in North Carolina are presented in Volume I of this compilation. Each report contains the following information: (1) descriptive statistics and results of student achievement; (2) description of the project as obtained from site team reports and other available information; and (3)…

Over 12,000 public school children, the great majority enrolled in kindergarten or first grade, participated in the New Orleans program. Two hundred and one teacher aides were paid from Title I funds under this program. This document contains the forms required by the government for the program evaluation and the responses to evaluative…

Presents an integrative model of family development in cultural context as a framework for supporting the optimal development of Latino children and families. Describes two prevention and early intervention programs for Latino parents and children that work from a multidimensional, risk-reduction, and resource-enhancement approach, and focus on…

The Purdue University (Indiana) Department of Freshman Engineering offers a counselor-tutorial program to high-potential, but academically disadvantaged, freshmen. The program's counseling and tutorial services are intended to help students successfully complete their first-year courses in calculus, chemistry, and physics. Experience shows…

Describes a longitudinal research project to introduce holistic-constructivistic pedagogy into bilingual special education classrooms. The authors report the process of teacher change as teachers shifted from a medical model to a contextual-performance model for viewing abilities and disabilities, the changes in students' attitudes toward reading…

The Partnership Grant Program of the National Center for Academic Achievement and Transfer awards grants to partnerships of two- and four-year institutions to strengthen transfer, especially for low-income, Black, and Hispanic students. It also awards Core Curriculum grants to two-year/four-year partnerships which focus exclusively on curriculum…

The Strive Toward Excellence Program (STEP) of the University of Akron (Ohio) is a pre-college preparatory program designed to encourage, motivate, and prepare minority and economically disadvantaged students to acquire a strong secondary education and to attend and successfully complete college. Students are selected while enrolled in the sixth…

The purpose of the project is to facilitate academically disadvantaged nursing students' success in a baccalaureate nursing program. The program's three main components are student support services, faculty development, and peer tutoring. Student services include diagnostic testing, group sessions, individual tutoring as needed, special workshops…

The lead article in this issue discusses how linkages at any level from local to national government can help put into practice changing concepts of education and development. The 72-item annotated bibliography and the 12 project descriptions provide resources on the topic of linking formal and non-formal education. Examples from the literature on…

Four types of developmental education programs have been designed to help students overcome or compensate for: (1) deficiencies in grades or subjects required for admission to a senior institution or to colleges and transfer programs (Pre-Transfer); (2) deficiencies in reading, writing, speech, arithmetic, study habits, motivation, and other…

This document presents evaluations of five Title I/Impact Aid programs supported by Community School District 32 in Brooklyn, New York. The five programs were: (1) Strengthening Early Childhood Component; (2) Bilingual Methodology Reading Component; (3) Mathematics Laboratory Component; (4) Reading Laboratories Component; and (5) Non-Public School…

This collection of fact sheets and mini reviews deals with various problem areas in Mexican American education. "Mexican Americans in Higher Education" identifies the major factors (primarily money and language) which affect low enrollment and high attrition of Mexican Americans in institutions of higher learning, and suggests that…

The last of eight related documents, this monograph describes the process for selecting students for the Reading Instruction and Pupil Personnel Services (RIPPS) program. The Title I guidelines for educationally deprived children are outlined, and the selection score criteria for kindergarten, grade one, grades two through four, and grades five…