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Peer reviewedRallis, Sharon F. – Evaluation Practice, 1988
A Chapter I evaluator reflects on developments in her role within the Title One/Chapter One Program through five phases. The phases were characterized, successively, by broad acceptance, defensiveness, indifference, negativity, and openness to criticism. (TJH)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Utilization
Download full textButtram, Joan L.; And Others – 1992
This study examined and assessed teachers' and students' use of and reactions to the Heartwood Program, a multicultural, literature-based curriculum designed to promote elementary students' ethical understanding of courage, loyalty, justice, respect, hope, honesty, and love. The Pennsylvania Department of Education Division of Federal Programs…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Elementary Education, Ethical Instruction, Minority Groups
Fashola, Olatokunbo S.; Slavin, Robert E. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1998
Recent release of "Prospects," a national evaluation of Chapter 1/Title I ($7.2 billion federal program for disadvantaged elementary-school students), has questioned effectiveness of entire program. However, 1994 Title I reauthorization allows high-poverty schools to turn their dollars into markedly better achievement by adopting…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change, Elementary Education, Federal Programs
McNeil, Keith – 1991
A research design is described for the situation in which a program, particularly a compensatory education program funded by Chapter 1 of the Hawkins Stafford Act of 1988, can be evaluated when there is no available comparison group and no pretest data. The design requires content specialists to identify which objectives on the posttest were…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Pretests Posttests
McNeil, Keith – 1990
The one group posttest only evaluation model has been identified as a relatively inexpensive and useful model that can identify program components that are not being successful. The use of the model is discussed and illustrated through a hypothetical evaluation of a compensatory (Chapter 1) program. The one group posttest only evaluation model…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Control Groups, Evaluation Methods, Models
Nye, Barbara A.; And Others – 1992
As an initial attempt to document the influence of class size reduction on overall student achievement, this report evaluates Project Challenge, a Tennessee Department of Education program to reduce at-risk student/teacher ratio in kindergarten through third grade classes in 17 rural Tennessee school systems. A summary of findings relating to the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, High Risk Students, Primary Education
Ku, Earl J. – 1984
This paper focuses generally on student non-cognitive improvement before and after a Newark Chapter 1 program implementation; and specifically, on demonstrated growth in the non-cognitive areas over the year from pre-assessment to post-assessment as part of the Chapter 1 intervention. The evaluation was conducted, based on classification in terms…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Intervention, Needs Assessment
Johnson, Jessie – 1989
The language development component of Columbus, Ohio's All Day Kindergarten Program (ADKP) was evaluated. The ADKP was instituted in Columbus' public schools in January, 1972, to provide a full day of instruction for underachieving kindergarten pupils. In the 1988-89 school year, 18 teachers served in 18 elementary schools that were eligible for…
Descriptors: Full Day Half Day Schedules, Kindergarten, Language Acquisition, Program Effectiveness
California State Dept. of the Youth Authority, Sacramento. – 1985
This evaluation of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) Chapter 1 programs in the 16 participating schools and camps of the California Youth Authority presents findings for the year 1983-84. The students enrolled in the program were severely academically disadvantaged teenagers (reading and mathematics abilities five or more…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation
Reichman, Susan L.; Rayford, Lawrence – 1988
Using test results to align curriculum was studied in two applications with Chapter 1 programs. Curriculum alignment is the process of coordinating instruction so that a particular curriculum builds on skills students have learned in previous courses while providing skills for future success. In using test results for program improvement,…
Descriptors: Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Improvement, Educational Objectives, Educationally Disadvantaged
National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education. – 1991
Most of the federal government's support of disadvantaged young children has come through Head Start and Chapter 1 programs. Chapter 1 has mainly been used for pull-out remedial reading and mathematics programs in the elementary grades. The National Association of Early Childhood Specialists in State Departments of Education (NAECS/SDE) is…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics, Federal Programs, Preschool Education
Nechworth, John; And Others – 1989
This study examined the impact of Chapter 1 Developing Language Arts Competencies through Literature (DLACL) program in Houston, Texas, in the academic achievement of students served during the 1988-89 school year. A total of 8,505 students in grades 1-5 were served by the program. The investigation was designed to provide answers to the following…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Language Arts, Language Research
Kennedy, Mary M. – 1985
Evaluations of Chapter 1 programs usually center on one of three questions: (1) Does the program constitute an appropriate Federal investment? (2) Does the program have the potential to benefit students? and (3) Is the program feasible enough to implement? Often, evaluators and legislators disagree over which of these questions is most important.…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Needs, Federal Legislation, Federal Programs
Brown, Roger; Duffy, John – 1984
Once every three years, school districts receiving Chapter 1 funds are required to conduct a study of the sustained effects of their Chapter 1 programs. To meet this requirement, the Columbus Public Schools employed a fall-spring-fall test design to determine the degree to which pupils who participated in the Compensatory Language Experiences and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Longitudinal Studies
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Div. of Strategic Planning/Research and Development. – 1991
A study described the 1989-90 Chapter 1 Children's Art Carnival Creative Reading program, and assessed the effectiveness of its implementation. The program's primary purpose was to improve literacy through participation in creative arts activities coordinated with instruction in reading and writing. The program served 310 elementary school…
Descriptors: Creative Activities, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Interdisciplinary Approach
