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Bui, Sa A.; Craig, Steven G.; Imberman, Scott A. – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011
In this paper we determine how the receipt of gifted and talented (GT) services affects student outcomes. We identify the causal relationship by exploiting a discontinuity in eligibility requirements and find that for students on the margin there is no discernable impact on achievement even though peers improve substantially. We then use…
Descriptors: Evidence, Magnet Schools, Science Achievement, Academic Achievement
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McLaughlin, T. F.; Vacha, Edward F. – Education and Treatment of Children, 1992
A review of the literature regarding programs that assist the at-risk student found both pull-out and in-class models. Common elements of pull-out programs included such services as tutoring, skill-based structured instruction, and homework hot lines. In-class procedures included classwide peer tutoring, direct instruction, and cooperative…
Descriptors: Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness
Kryzanowski, Elaine – 1992
This document presents a literature review on effective educational programs for students with severe behavior disorders. The literature review's scope includes definitions of relevant terminology, statistics on prevalence, descriptions of several conceptual models and how they affect perceptions of the etiology of behavior disorders and thus the…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Day Programs, Educational Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
Rusch, Frank R.; And Others – 1991
This monograph provides a descriptive analysis of five grant programs funded by the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) in 1984. The programs were designed to stimulate the improvement and development of programs for secondary special education and to strengthen and coordinate education, training, and related services…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Federal Aid
Mattera, Gloria – 1987
Intended to encourage both migrant and non-migrant educators to explore the possibilities of adopting and/or adapting the cited programs or appropriate components into their own units, this volume updates the 1974 description of some of the many programs that have proven effective in serving migrant students. Chapter I summarizes seven programs…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Correspondence Study, Demonstration Programs
Menz, Frederick E.; And Others – 1978
An optimal vocational evaluation program is described which was provided as part of a treatment of vocational and school behaviors of 119 reluctant learners from twenty-two rural school districts. (The 60-hour vocational evaluation process involved out-of-school psychometric and work sample testing over a two-week period.) An alternative in-school…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Guidance, Career Planning, Educational Testing