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Anderson, Lorin W.; Pellicer, Leonard O. – American School Board Journal, 1993
South Carolina has found that meaningful improvement in Chapter 1 schools requires taking six crucial steps: (1) set meaningful goals; (2) pay attention to school culture; (3) revamp the curriculum; (4) pick up the pace; (5) integrate learning objectives with the regular program; and (6) change teaching tactics. An insert summarizes changes…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Program Effectiveness
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Federal Programs. – 1987
Information about the utilization of Chapter 1 funds in South Carolina is presented for the years 1982-86. Tables and descriptions illustrate the impact of Chapter 1 programs and identify those projects exhibiting the greatest gains in terms of student achievement. Projects covered readiness, reading, and mathematics. The following types of data…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Download full textSouth Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Div. of Instruction. – 1981
This booklet presents a summary of South Carolina's utilization of Title I funds during the years 1976-1980 and identifies those specific projects exhibiting the greatest gains in terms of student achievement during fiscal year 1980. A series of tables show the impact of Title I in the areas of: (1) state allocation of funds; (2) number of…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
Hook, Wade F. – 1975
This study examined the effectiveness of intervention stategy in reducing poverty among children from low income families in an all-black community. Studied were 68 participants of a 1947 neighborhood project in Columbia, South Carolina. The project included an emphasis on language skills and intellectual growth, involvement of parents and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitudes, Black Community, Blacks
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Federal Programs. – 1983
This report consists of several tables which are intended to illustrate the impact that Title I has exerted on South Carolina schools and describes 23 Title I/Chapter 1 projects in operation in the State. The preliminary summary provides data for 1978-1982, delineating (for each year) funds allocated, number of students participating, participants…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
Strasler, Gregg M.; And Others – 1981
The Competency-based Middle School Program (grades 6-8) and the Competency-based Secondary School Project (grades 9-11) were funded by the South Carolina State Department of Education under the Elementary Secondary Education Act Title IV-C. These programs were to provide instruction based on the principles of mastery learning in helping middle…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Citizenship Education, Compensatory Education, Competency Based Education
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Federal Programs. – 1988
This report presents a summary of the State of South Carolina's utilization of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I and Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Chapter 1 funds as a resource for educationally disadvantaged students during the past 5 years, and identifies those projects exhibiting the greatest gains in terms of student…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
