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Hulsey, Lara; Aikens, Nikki; Xue, Yange; Tarullo, Louisa; West, Jerry – Administration for Children & Families, 2010
The Head Start Family and Child Experiences Survey (FACES) was first launched in 1997 as a periodic longitudinal study of program performance. Successive nationally representative samples of Head Start children, their families, classrooms, and programs provide descriptive information on the population served; staff qualifications, credentials,…
Descriptors: Family Life, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement, Family Environment
Seaman, Don F.; Kohler, Emmett T. – 1969
This reports a large-scale evaluation of the adult basic education (ABE) program in Mississippi, begun under Title II-B of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964. In 1968-69 the ABE Program enrollment was 22,000, although the target population was 440,000. When the Mississippi State Department of Education was first authorized to conduct ABE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Civil Rights, Educational Needs, Educational Objectives
Gibney, Thomas – 1971
To determine the impact of Summer Institutes on the professional activities and competence of the participants, a questionnaire was sent to 5,452 participants of 1970 Summer Institutes approximately 16 months after they had returned to their classrooms. Completed questionnaires were returned by 4,476 participants. Several demographic…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Institutes (Training Programs), Instructional Improvement, Mathematics Teachers
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1991
A statistical report, comprised largely of six tables of school district data, is presented to provide an overview of the educational status of New York State-supported elementary schools and secondary schools for the 1989-90 school year. Tables include: (1) racial/ethnic distributions of enrollment, attendance rate, dropouts, youth at risk, and…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Educational Assessment, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education
National Association for Public School Adult Education, Washington, DC. – 1969
This 1968-69 survey of adult basic education (ABE) in New Hampshire sought to collect basic data, to provide an innovative survey approach, and to develop an effective means of program expansion for over 56,000 foreign born and other adults with less than an eighth grade educational level. Interviews were held, and 21 ABE classes visited in nine…
Descriptors: Administrators, Adult Basic Education, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Planning
Aker, George F.; And Others – 1968
A study was made of adult basic education in a Southern rural community to determine characteristics of students and instructional staff; grade level progression, rate of dropout, student satisfaction, and appraisals of instructional staff; and the relationship between program success and characteristics of students and instructional staff. Data…
Descriptors: Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Dropouts, Age Groups
Cort, H. Russell, Jr.; Peskowitz, Nancy – 1977
The fourth volume of the summative evaluation of "Man: A Course of Study" (MACOS) contains all appended materials developed by the project staff to analyze the MACOS program. MACOS, one of the more elaborate and controversial developments of the New Social Studies, was designed in 1970 as a one year course based upon social science…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Anthropology, Classroom Environment, Cognitive Objectives