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O'Connell, Kathrina M. – Rural Educator, 2023
This promising practice describes the summer programming transformation at a rural, Title I school. After eliminating barriers to education and remediation overtones, the school now provides free transportation, meals, and books for all participants and engages them in research-based, enrichment-focused literacy learning. The program's first year…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Youth, Summer Programs, Educational Change
Rossi, Robert J.; And Others – 1977
This document reviews and summarizes fifteen major studies of compensatory education, and in particular Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. It provides students, researchers, evaluators, and policymakers with a usable guide to the evolution of approaches associated with this large scale educational program. These studies…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Evaluation, Federal Programs, Program Descriptions
Poyner, Lee H.; And Others – 1981
This report describes compensatory education (CE) programs and compares their classroom activities with those of regular instruction programs. This report is part of an extensive series of studies on CE and its long-term effects. Data were collected through interviews, structured observations, and the generation of narrative protocols based on…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Eligibility, Poverty
Stonehill, Robert M.; Anderson, Judith I. – 1982
This report describes and evaluates Title I, the largest federal aid program in elementary and secondary education, with appropriations of over $3 billion in 1980. It assesses the impact of the program and introduces new efforts that were undertaken to enhance state and local coordination. Special attention is given to how the amendments of 1974…
Descriptors: Accountability, Admission Criteria, Compensatory Education, Coordination
Logan, Juanita – 1975
This paper describes the Diagnostic Reading Clinic program, which is part of the Cleveland School System. The first section is an introduction which focuses on the needs and rationale of the program, the goals and objectives of the program, the historical background of the program, and the questions to be answered by evaluating the effectiveness…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Program Content, Program Descriptions, Program Design
National Inst. of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1975
This is the first of the progress and interim reports prepared for an evaluation study of compensatory education programs to be completed by 1977. This report describes and analyzes those parts of the research proposed in the research plan which have, to date, been fully designed and funded. These consist of (1) a description and discussion of…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs, Educational Finance, Federal Programs
Logan, Juanita – 1976
The Talking Typewriter program has operated in the Cleveland Public Schools as a strategy to improve the reading skills of identified fourth and fifth grade pupils in Title I schools. A responsive environment, augmented with selected materials, special teaching techniques, and the availability of trained staff formed the core of an instructional…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Elementary Education, Program Content, Program Descriptions
Yap, Kim Onn – 1981
Data obtained for 89 Title I reading projects were analyzed by multiple regression and discriminant function techniques to assess the relationships between project students' achievement and project characteristics. The results suggested that project characteristics specified in the Title I Evaluation and Reporting System (TIERS) data forms are…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Passow, A. Harry – 1980
This paper presents a conceptual overview of issues relating to the education of the disadvantaged. Problems of identification and definition of the disadvantaged are discussed in terms of compensatory education. Concepts regarding "disadvantage" that underlie many of the compensatory instructional intervention programs are described, as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Cultural Differences, Definitions
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. – 1976
This paper presents general information about Title I of the Elementary Secondary Education Act on the education of the disadvantaged pertinent to local school districts. From the beginning, the major portion of the Title I program was intended to supplement the education routine provided by local school districts for disadvantaged children. Each…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Evaluation, Federal Programs
Carsrud, Karen; And Others – 1981
The evaluation design for Austin Independent School District's Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I project for 1981-82 is a 1-year plan of evaluation work which provides a brief project and evaluation summary, the major decision and evaluation questions to be addressed, other information needs, dissemination plans, and information sources…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
East Chicago City School District, IN. – 1970
The Junior Police program utilized non-academic youth interests as its foundation. The project filled the need for a youth organization, a youth clearinghouse, and more aid to delinquent and predelinquent youth to redirect them into ways of thinking and acting beneficial both to themselves and to the community. The objectives of the program were…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Behavior Problems, Child Development, Delinquency Prevention
Wang, Ming-mei; And Others – 1978
This report on Compensatory Education (CE) provides a description of instructional services in basic skills and assesses educational development through the presentation of extensive data. Findings are based on data collected on 81,450 elementary school students enrolled in fifty representative schools during 1976-77 school year, and questionnaire…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Administrator Attitudes, Attendance Records, Basic Skills
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 1981
This report presents a review conducted by a multinational panel on educational policy in the United States. The report concentrates on compensatory programs in elementary and secondary education, with an emphasis on Title I programs. Topics covered include: (1) recent trends in American education; (2) the philosophy, operational design, and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Competency Based Education
Williams, Barbara I.; And Others – 1987
This study documents the ways in which Chapter 1 services are delivered across the nation at the local school district level. Data were collected by mail and telephone surveys of district and Chapter 1 administrators in 2,200 nationally representative school districts. The following topics are discussed: (1) profile of Chapter 1 districts; (2)…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid