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Kentucky Valley Educational Cooperative, Hazard. – 1979
A project was conducted to disseminate career education philosophy, methods, program activities, and evaluation results to career education practitioners and the general public in rural Appalachia. Five major project dissemination tasks were accomplished and evaluated, including (1) visitations to the project and regional schools so that educators…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Education, Community Involvement, Exceptional Persons
Chicago Board of Education, IL. Dept. of Program Development/Alternative Schools. – 1977
In this booklet, the use of Academic Interest Centers (AIC) in Chicago public schools is described. An AIC is defined as an educational option program which: (1) concentrates a unique combination of resources for academic improvement in one location; (2) serves children of various racial/ethnic backgrounds in a way that advances their academic…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Basic Skills, Community Involvement, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textWasdyke, Raymond G. – 1978
An evaluation was conducted of the second year of Project REAL (Relevant Experiences for Alternative Learning), which provides high school students in Newark, Delaware, with community-based career development experiences and relates these learning activities to the curriculum of life skills, basic skills, and career development. In the area of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Development, Career Education, Community Involvement
MCCLELLAND, SAMUEL D. – 1966
THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES THE NEW YORK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION EVALUATION OF ITS MORE EFFECTIVE SCHOOLS (MES) PROGRAM. MES, ESTABLISHED TO IMPROVE THE BASIC READING AND ARITHMETIC SKILLS OF DISADVANTAGED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHILDREN, WAS INSTITUTED IN 21 SCHOOLS HAVING THE HIGHEST NUMBER OF PUPILS WITH LOW READING LEVELS, ENGLISH LANGUAGE HANDICAPS,…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Class Size, Community Involvement, Disadvantaged Youth
Bossone, Richard M., Ed. – 1982
This report summarizes the proceedings and presents the papers discussed at a national conference on effective aspects of urban education. The first paper discusses the development of the San Francisco (California) Redesign Program, a five year master plan for educational reform which aimed to improve the physical educational environment,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Community Involvement, Computer Assisted Instruction
Minneapolis Public Schools, Minn. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1975
The Minneapolis Accountability Project represents an effort to allow the community to evaluate existing school programs which are locally funded. The project informs the community about school problems, establishes a channel for expression of community concerns, and provides findings and proposals for educational change. This report describes the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Advisory Committees, Basic Skills
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District, Monterey, CA. – 1978
A project was designed to promote innovation in instructional procedures, curriculum development, collaborative community involvement, and staff development for incremental improvements in a comprehensive K-12 career education program. The fifteen project components focused on (1) applications of basic skills (reading, writing, and math) in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Advisory Committees, Basic Skills, Career Awareness
Owens, Thomas R.; Fehrenbacher, Harry L. – 1975
The Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE) model being developed and tested in four regions of the United States, under the sponsorship of the National Institute of Education, reflects a nationwide interest in discovering new ways to help adolescents handle the psychological, social, and economic complexities of modern life. This paper reports…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Basic Skills, Career Development, Career Education
Shore, Rima, Ed.; And Others – 1981
This report describes, provides demographic data for, and evaluates the success of a Spanish bilingual/bicultural education program carried out at Bushwick High School, Brooklyn, New York. The program, which served 254 students in grades 9 through 11 in 1980-81, emphasizes the attainment of minimum competency in basic skills. Participants receive…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education Programs, Community Involvement
Shore, Rima, Ed.; And Others – 1981
This report describes, provides demographic data for, and evaluates the success of Project ELITES, a bilingual program for Arabic, Greek, and Spanish speaking students in Fort Hamilton High School, Brooklyn, New York. Project ELITES, which served approximately 250 students in 1980-81, utilizes an individualized approach designed to mainstream…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Achievement Gains, Arabic, Basic Skills
PDF pending restorationBeard, Eugene; McCoy, Shelvie A. L. – 1974
In order to evaluate ESEA Title I programs conducted during the 1973 school year, an evaluation methodology was developed to provide input from a variety of school personnel and community residents. Specifically the evaluation design provided: (1) qualitative and quantitative data concerning the effectiveness and efficiency of specific Title I…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education
Shore, Rima, Ed.; And Others – 1981
This report describes, presents demographic data for, and evaluates the effectiveness of a bilingual education program for 344 Hispanic students in South Bronx High School, New York. The program's goals include improvement of students' English and Spanish language skills, reinforcement of Hispanic cultural values and knowledge, enhancement of self…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Bilingual Education Programs, Community Involvement
Clearinghouse Adell, Rockville, MD. – 1978
This catalog summarizes the information provided by forty-six states on 360 adult basic education projects funded under sections 306A and 309 of the amended Adult Education Act of 1966 during fiscal year 1978. Each of the one-page summaries, arranged alphabetically by state, includes one or all of the following: the state identifier, a subject…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Catalogs, Community Involvement
Kaplan, Carol B.; Preli, Barbara – 1978
This description of career education activities in Jefferson County (Louisville, Kentucky) was prepared as part of a study conducted to identify evaluated, exemplary career education activities which represent the best of the current career education programs and practices referred to in Public Law 93-380. (See CE 018 212 for the final report of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Awareness, Career Education, Community Involvement
