The Migrant Education Program (MEP) is authorized under Title I, Part C of Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015. Title I, Part C states that the purpose of the MEP is to assist states in their efforts to meet the special needs of migrant students by providing migratory children with the opportunity to meet the same challenging State content…

The Migrant Education Program (MEP) is authorized under Title I of the 2015 Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA). To comply with Title I, the Houston Independent School District (HISD) MEP works to assist migrant students to overcome the challenges of mobility, cultural and language barriers, social isolation, and other difficulties associated with a…

The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) is a private, nonprofit organization with over 50 years' experience in the application of research on language and culture to educational and societal concerns. CAL carries out its mission to improve communication through better understanding of language and culture by engaging in a variety of projects in…

In a context of increasing numbers of refugees and asylum seekers globally, recognition of the importance of the school environment for promoting successful settlement outcomes and inclusion for refugee-background young people is growing. Yet schools may be poorly equipped to recognise and respond to the multiple challenges faced by children and…

In this paper I report on a research project designed to address the question of how the policy of continuous enrolment has been working in practice in the AMEP (Adult Migrant English Program), the national English language program offered to newly-arrived migrants to Australia. Managers, teachers and learners from around Australia were…

The report is a comprehensive presentation of High School Equivalency Programs (HEP) and College Assistance for Migrants Programs (CAMP) National Evaluation Project findings with particular emphasis on determining the accumulative educational and career impacts of having participated in a HEP or CAMP program. Part 1 provides an overview of the…

The Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I Wisconsin Migrant Education Conference was held on August 6, 1979 to evaluate programs and to gather program planning data. Data for this evaluation were collected by means of both structured interaction of the 53 conference participants and questionnaires completed by participants. The teachers felt…

This research report is a detailed summary of student backgrounds, family characteristics, and educational and career outcomes of the respondents in the 1984-85 High School Equivalency Programs (HEP) and College Assistance for Migrants Programs (CAMP) National Evaluation Project. The report indicates that approximately half the HEP/CAMP…

The operation and administration of the Title I Migrant Education Program was reviewed utilizing previous private and public audits, studies, evaluations and/or reports, and interviews with federal officials in the Office of Education (OE) and other individuals knowledgeable about the program. Focus of the review was on two factors that effect the…

This program review guide discusses the Colorado Education Improvement Program, a process that enables local school districts and the Colorado Department of Education to provide quality education to Colorado's children, including migrant children. The purposes of the program are: (1) to provide a process for state education officials to supervise…

A study was conducted to identify the issues, barriers, and needs related to providing successful secondary level vocational education to secondary school-aged migrant students. Study procedures utilized the Delphi Technique with a 100 percent sample of local vocational and migrant administrators in all southeastern school systems in which migrant…

Approved under the Migratory Amendment to the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act's Title I, 10 educational programs, designed to allow flexibility in the placement of children as they progressed, were implemented in Pennsylvania during 1974. The 928 children participating in these migrant programs were identified and recruited by social…

In Utah, Migrant Education is a summer-only program offered at 10 sites for children from preschool through high school. Federal funds for programming are allocated to school districts according to enrollment statistics, number of staff, review of program offerings, and fiscal status. The program identifies eligible migrant children and enrolls…

Title I (Elementary and Secondary Education Act) programs for the children of migratory farm laborers in the State of Washington are discussed in this 1968-69 annual report. The introduction states the 9 general objectives of the Washington State Plan for Migrant Education, which served 4,460 children in the regular-term program and 2,362 children…

This report evaluates program activities of Chapter 1 and migrant education in North Carolina during 1989-90. Data used in compiling the migrant education report were obtained from local project directors, the Migrant Student Record Transfer System (MSRTS), the Annual Testing Program, LEA monitoring reports, and from instruments and forms devised…