Suggests that evaluations of compensatory education programs must take into account the goals of the programs, amount and concentration of funding, obstacles surmounted in their implementation, length of affective and cognitive results, and avoid the cost/benefit approach to human beings. (Author/AM)

This bibliography and the related synthesis of research were assembled to make Head Start studies more accessible to researchers and to inform policymakers and practitioners about the major findings included in this body of research. The bibliography and the literature review constitute an update of the 1975 publication: "A Review of Head…

The federally mandated evaluation system resulted from past failures to provide Congress with accurate information on how well Title I was working. The new system which is designed to aggregate locally developed evaluations into a national summary is described. (Author/RL)

This supplement provides a historical summary, for the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania schools, of the key findings in the Annual Evaluations of each Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I project since 1975. The 1977-1978 management information, the key findings for 1975-1976 and 1976-1977, as well as the preliminary findings for 1977-1978 are…

Records and observations from a summer Head Start program, conducted in Los Angeles by Delta Sigma Theta, are delineated in this book. It relates firsthand experiences of the participating personnel as they developed and implemented a Head Start program for some 300 children. The book is divided into three sections. Section I,…

In the state of South Carolina during fiscal year 1977 Title I instructional activities served 127,702 children, 929 of whom were not public school children. The children came predominantly from grades one to six, with the next highest concentration from grades seven to nine. Reading activities were provided for 65% of Title I students and math…

This program was designed to improve reading skills and to provide intensive remediation for students in grades six through nine. Specialized materials and equipment were provided by Educational Development Laboratories (EDL). The EDL Reading Laboratory utilized the Learning 100 program, a multi-modality developmental and remedial program. Small…

Thirty children and their mothers from a poverty area of Kansas City enrolled in a Head Start parent cooperative nursery school. The mothers actively participated in a parent-training program consisting of tutorial training in which a series of lessons designed to teach preacademic concepts and skills to the children was presented to the mothers.…

A description and evaluation of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I-funded projects for the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, (Micronesia), is provided in this report. The review of the projects is divided into six subsections, each representing a district in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands: Marianas, Marshalls, Palau,…

This report provides a description and evaluation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I-funded programs for the state of Mississippi. A needs assessment survey conducted in the state indicated that 214,443 students needed assistance in reading, 189,568 needed assistance in language arts, and 194,825 needed assistance in…

The state-funded compensatory education program instituted in the Austin Independent School District in Texas in 1975 consisted of a basic skills component (communication skills/reading and math) for students meeting ESEA Title I criteria, and a bilingual component designed to mesh with the ESEA Title VII Bilingual Project. Enthusiasm for the…

Evaluation of Head Start programs is approached through identification of interactions with families and communities to learn what effects the Head Start experiences have had on the children involved. As a result of earlier studies, measures were developed for social-emotional and family factors, as well as program characteristics. In 1966-67, the…

The Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I evaluations submitted by local education agencies to the Virginia Department of Education are compiled in this report to summarize statewide Title I implementation during the 1977-78 school year and summer. An overall summary of Title I programs is presented in narrative form, as are descriptions…

PRESENTED ARE BRIEF SUMMARIES OF SELECTED ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT, TITLE I PROJECTS IN VERMONT. ARRANGED IDENTICALLY FOR EACH SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE SUMMARIES CONTAIN (1) OBJECTIVES, (2) THE PROGRAM TITLE, (3) A DESCRIPTION, AND (4) AN EVALUATION WHICH INCLUDES A BUDGET FIGURE. BECAUSE MOST PROJECTS AIMED AT IMPROVING READING AND…

The required annual evaluation report includes a synopsis of the whole document; an overview of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I efforts in California; analysis of school district reports from central city, urban, suburban, and rural areas; a review of selected activities; and a section containing specific information requested…