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Download full textDynarski, Mark – 1994
Since 1988 five evaluations of Federal demonstration programs in education have been implemented that had random-assignment designs to measure program impacts. The implementation of two of these evaluations, the evaluation of the School Dropout Demonstration Assistance Program and that of the Alternative Schools Random Assignment Program, are…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Demonstration Programs, Dropout Programs, Evaluation Methods
Tallmadge, G. Kasten – 1991
Problems with conducting randomized field experiments in education are explored. Focus is on problems encountered while evaluating a group of dropout prevention projects. Project planners were asked to manipulate the subject eligibility criteria until they identified as eligible three to four times as many students as they could serve. They were…
Descriptors: Attrition (Research Studies), Control Groups, Dropout Programs, Educational Experiments
Eash, Maurice J. – 1970
The results of a comprehensive curriculum evaluation of the Christian Action Ministry (CAM) Academy, which was founded to help black dropouts complete their high school education and secure college placement are reported. The CAM Academy requested the assistance of the University of Illinois in undertaking a comprehensive curriculum evaluation to…
Descriptors: Black Community, Black Education, Church Programs, College Students
