This report summarizes 2008-2009 data from several Austin Independent School District efforts to promote parent and community involvement.

A brief paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual meeting (April 1977) describes the development, and analysis of the Instructional Management System (IMS) which is used in the Lansing elementary schools. The report is divided into three sections: a historical overview of the program, a description of IMS, and an…

The Title I Evaluation and Reporting System (TIERS), a part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, provides models for uniform evaluation procedures and criteria to be used by local and state agencies and aggregated into a cohesive Federal report. The report of data collected from 56 states and territories to the U. S. Department…

A concise report of Title I activities in Ohio during fiscal year 1969 (1968-69 school year and following summer) is provided. Information presented includes basic statistics, expenditure patterns, participant involvement, instructional areas, staffing, and four-year trends. The data are provided in charts, graphys, and tables. Based on the…

This eleventh annual report provides a summary of Ohio's Title I activities for fiscal year 1976. Information presented includes basic statistics, participation trends, effectiveness of instruction, expenditure and staffing patterns, and parent involvement. Results of Title I operations during fiscal 1976 include the following: Of Ohio's 617…

Information presented in this annual report includes basic statistics, participation trends, effectiveness of instruction, expenditure and staffing patterns, and parent involvement for Ohio Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I programs. Most Title I activities occur in the regular school term with 95.6 percent of the students in grade…

This report summarizes data that address several aspects of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act's Title I program. It includes information on districts, schools and students served, range of instructional and support services provided, Title I staffing patterns, and schools' progress toward meeting performance standards as reported in Title…

Of the 345 Title I projects in operation in Massachusetts during 1975 58% were conducted during the school year, and 42% were conducted during the summer term. During this year, 77,706 children attending both public and nonpublic schools participated in Title I programs. Of the 319 projects responding, 98% indicated that they had an active Title I…

Parent participation as a requirement of Title I programs is examined in this report. The extent and degree to which this participation is effectively implemented in 116 schools in eight states is described. Data from Federal, State and local officials and from Title I parents were used to determine what problems mandated parent involvement might…

Information presented in this report includes basic statistics for fiscal year 1977, participation trends, instructional impact, expenditures and staffing patterns, parent involvement, and five-year trends. The first ranked areas of instruction in the Title I program was reading, and the second was mathematics. A third significant instructional…

This document, part of a series of reports on The Philadelphia Follow Through Expansion Program, describes the level of medical, dental, psychological and social service and parent involvement in the 18 schools involved in the project. Each section includes a description of services to the total program, and discusses the attainment of Title I…

Examines the failure of Project Follow Through and Chapter 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act to sustain the progress made by Head Start through the school years. Discusses the Head Start Transition Project, established in demonstration sites in each state, which seeks to ease the transition of children from Head Start through the…

The purpose of the Social Skills Curriculum Model is to improve the social climate level of parent participation, and academic achievement in inner city elementary schools The approach was developed at Martin Luther King School in New Haven, Connecticut. It is a preventative mental health model which focuses on the organization of the school. The…

Title I mandates parental involvement in school programs. The Dallas Independent School District is evaluating the quality of parent participation programs through a Needs Assessment/Interest Survey and a goal-related workshop observation form. The survey (attached to the document) was developed by the Parental Improvement Program Manager and…

In 1981-82, over 4,500 staff members and parents of the Detroit Public Schools participated in the inservice education programs funded through the Federally Assisted Staff Training (FAST) Project. These activities were carried out in over 140 workshops to provide training for the academic improvement of Title I target students. The following…