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Download full textBennett, Barbara K.; And Others – 1993
The Youth Work Skills (YWS) program was developed to help economically disadvantaged, out-of-school, high school-aged youth with reading abilities at or below the fifth-grade level become job ready. In 1992-93, YWS served 236 participants at 7 sites throughout New York (two sites each in Brooklyn and Buffalo and sites in the Bronx, Rochester, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adolescents, Annual Reports, Comparative Analysis
New York State Dept. of Labor, Albany. – 1991
The School to Employment Program (STEP) provided job placement, training, counseling, and remediation for economically disadvantaged youth aged 14-21 who were at risk of dropping out of school or who had dropped out and were unprepared for employment. Its two major components were in-school and out-of-school programs. Youth in both programs were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary School Services, Basic Skills, Counseling Services
Smart, John C., Ed. – 1992
Ten papers on theory and research in higher education have the following titles and authors: "Collegiality: Toward a Clarification of Meaning and Function" (James L. Bess); "Quality by Design: Toward a Framework for Academic Quality Management" (David D. Dill); "Beyond 'the State': Interorganizational Relations and State…
Descriptors: Bibliometrics, College Administration, College Curriculum, College Faculty
Clark, Andrew – 1993
Project Reach was a federally-funded program in its fifth and final year of operation at one Bronx (New York) high school in 1992-93. It served 926 Spanish-speaking students of limited English proficiency in grades 9-12, an increase of 184 students over the previous year, reflecting an influx of immigrants from the Dominican Republic.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language)
Choy, Susan P.; Tuma, John E. – 1991
In spring 1990, the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges convened the Matriculation Funding Task Force to review the standards used to estimate matriculation costs and the formula used to allocate state funds among districts. The task force expanded the scope of the matriculation services used as standards for estimating the cost of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Ancillary School Services, College Admission
Bilson, Barbara, Ed.; Woodruff, Bert, Ed. – Inside English, 1985
Designed primarily for English faculty at two-year colleges in California, "Inside English" includes articles on instructional innovations in teaching remedial writing, literature courses, and freshman composition, and on major curricular, administrative, and employment issues in the field. The four issues of volume 12 include the following…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College English, Community Colleges, Computer Assisted Instruction
Ford Foundation, New York, NY. – 1981
A Ford Foundation program funded individual institutional programs focusing on higher education access and success for the inner-city poor, including remediation of basic skills, academic counseling and diagnosis of learning problems, and information services to help individuals make program choices. Three institutional programs are reported. In…
Descriptors: Academic Advising, Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Basic Skills
Kellogg, Larry James – 1980
A community volunteer program was developed for Miami Southridge Adult Education Center in Dade County, Florida. The program was designed to serve a variety of needs, including providing remedial training for students preparing to take the General Educational Development examination, providing supervisory and tutorial services for the children of…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs
Barshis, Don – 1979
The Loop College's Individual Needs (IN) Program is a total support service and academic program for high-risk students during their first semesters at the college. This descriptive report begins by describing IN's personnel requirements and the duties of the program director, the program advisor, the senior tutor/Developmental Learning Manager…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Basic Skills, College Programs, Community Colleges
Pipho, Chris – 1980
The movement towards state-mandated minimum competency testing peaked in 1977-1978. Activity now centers on implementation: most programs will be implemented by 1980-81. To initiate programs, twenty-four states have used the state board approach, 20 enacted legislation, and six have passed both board and legislation mandates. Only Maine, Kansas,…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Board of Education Role, Disabilities, Educational Trends
MACAULAY, BARBARA D., ED.; SLOANE, HOWARD N., JR., ED. – 1968
INTENDED FOR SPEECH THERAPISTS, THEACHERS OF THE MENTALLY RETARDED, AND OTHERS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, THE COLLECTION CONTAINS REPORTS BY VARIOUS AUTHORS ON SPEECH AND LANGUAGE MODIFICATION ATTEMPTS THAT HAVE UTILIZED OPERANT CONDITIONING PROCEDURES, AS WELL AS SEVERAL PAPERS ON BACKGROUND TOPICS. BACKGROUND PAPERS ON TEACHING TREAT ENVIRONMENTAL…
Descriptors: Aphasia, Articulation (Speech), Autism, Behavior Change
Fund for Perceptually Handicapped Children, Evanston, IL. – 1963
THE PROCEEDINGS OF A 1963 CONFERENCE OF THE FUND FOR PERCEPTUALLY HANDICAPPED CHILDREN, INC., ARE PRESENTED. ADDRESSES GIVEN INCLUDE "BEHAVIORAL DIAGNOSIS AND REMEDIATION OF LEARNING DISABILITIES" BY SAMUEL A. KIRK, "PERCEPTUAL-MOTOR PROBLEMS OF CHILDREN" BY NEWELL C. KEPHART, "TWO PLUS TWO = FIVE" BY MAMIE JO JONES, "EMPHASES FOR THE FUTURE" BY…
Descriptors: Behavior, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Community Attitudes
Pointer, Avis Y.; Fishman, Jacob R. – 1968
This manual is an introduction to the New Careers Program, a program developed to train the unemployed and/or underemployed in entry-level skills for nonprofessional jobs in the human services ("the fields of public service in which a person-to-person relationship, crucial to the provision of services, exists between the receivers and the…
Descriptors: Accreditation (Institutions), Audiovisual Aids, Career Planning, Certification
Sax, Gilbert – 1974
In the first section of this chapter the meanings of the terms "test,""measurement,""evaluation," and "standardization" are discussed. Because the purpose of this chapter is to relate published tests, particularly those that are norm-referenced, to their use in evaluation, the nature of norm-referenced tests and criterion-referenced tests are…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Admission Criteria, Criterion Referenced Tests, Curriculum Evaluation
Manzo, David – 1997
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 gives states the opportunity to devise unique welfare programs that include client participation in educational activities. States receive block grants rather than funds earmarked for certain kinds of programs. Pennsylvania's welfare reform plan permits welfare clients to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Agency Cooperation, Basic Skills
