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Schwartz, Ronald – Nation's Schools, 1971
Discusses the current state of the Right to Read Program and outlines future developments. (JF)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Federal Programs, Illiteracy, Individualized Programs
Peer reviewedMeeks, Jane Warren – Reading Horizons, 1982
Concludes that Title I has suffered from a politically bad image that might be due in part to unrealistic expectations. (FL)
Descriptors: Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Program Evaluation
Allen, Gary G. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1971
The Federal-State-local, public-private right to read effort is evaluated by the former acting director of the Right to Read National Reading Center. (JF)
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Federal Programs, Illiteracy, Reading Comprehension
Phi Delta Kappan, 1971
The new director of the Right to Read Program answers criticisms of that program by its former director. (JF)
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Federal Programs, Illiteracy, Reading Comprehension
Download full textDraper, Arthur G., Ed. – 1970
This is an evaluation report of ESEA Title I programs in St. Louis, Missouri which maintains that despite the decline in funds, St. Louis' Title I children held their own. In 1970, these students scored about two months higher on achievement tests than they had in 1966. The fact that Title I students are not losing ground is considered a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Lunch Programs
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1980
This fifteenth annual report provides a summary of activities offered in Ohio through Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Information presented includes (1) statistics for fiscal 1980, (2) participation trends, (3) instructional impact, (4) expenditure and staffing patterns, (5) parent involvement, and (6) five-year trends. The…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation
Sigel, Efrem; Sobel, Myra – 1971
This report explores the evolutionary process of the concepts of accountability and performance contracting from their inception through mid 1970-71. Six major topics are discussed: (1) ideological, managerial, and pedagogical underpinnings, (2) definitions and history of the concepts, (3) five performance contracting projects, (4) the political…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Educational Economics, Educational Experiments
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1990
This document is a process evaluation of the Academic Achievement (A2) program, a compensatory education reading and mathematics program in Saginaw (Michigan) funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 and Article 3 of the Michigan State School Aid Act. Information was gathered from questionnaires…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Federal Programs, Formative Evaluation, Grade 1
Crawley, Nora S. – 1980
Atlanta Public Schools received $604,250 to operate a program under the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA). The program provided remedial reading and mathematics to eligible students. Students were selected on the basis of scoring 90 age achievement quotient points or below on the "Iowa Test of Basic Skills." Four objectives were included…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Financial Support
Kilian, Lawrence J.; Kagen, Edward – 1981
The effect of Title I reading instruction was examined in a group of students as they progressed from grade two through grade six. The number of students who fell below the twenty-third percentile on a reading achievement test (the criterion for Title I participation) was tabulated for each year to determine the program's effectiveness both in…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs, Longitudinal Studies
Claus, Richard N.; Quimper, Barry E. – 1989
This report presents the results of a process evaluation of the Saginaw (Michigan) 1988-89 elementary and secondary Academic Achievement (A2) compensatory education programs in reading and mathematics. Funding is provided by the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) Chapter 2, and by the State. Goals are the following: (1) provide…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedMcGill-Franzen, Anne – Reading Research Quarterly, 1987
Argues that federal policy decisions have shaped a particular configuration of services for low achieving readers at the school level because prevailing definitions conceptualize reading failure as a disability rather than as a disadvantage. Notes that reading researchers must be aware of this if low achieving children are to benefit from advances…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Educational Researchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
HAKKARAINEN, EDWARD A. – 1967
A REMEDIAL READING INSTRUCTION PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE SKILLS OF HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS IS EVALUATED. CENTERS WERE ESTABLISHED AT THREE SITES TO SERVE 750 DROPOUTS REFERRED BY VARIOUS COMMUNITY AGENCIES. THE PROJECT WAS STAFFED BY SIX REMEDIAL READING TEACHERS, SEVEN COMMUNITY AIDES, AND ONE LIAISON WORKER. INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION USING A VARIETY…
Descriptors: Attendance, Case Studies, Dropout Programs, Enrollment
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1970
Prepared for a White House Conference on Children (December 1970), this report describes the Corrective Reading Program of Wichita, supported in target areas by funds from ESEA Title I and considered an effective large-scale remedial program which operates in the public schools. Special classes are held in each school building in which the program…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Compensatory Education, Comprehension, Corrective Reading
National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2006
This is one of three documents constituting the mandated Interim Report on the National Assessment of Title I. This Executive Summary describes the studies that comprise the National Assessment of Title I and provides executive summaries of the findings of Volumes I and II. Volume I, Implementation of Title I, focuses on implementation of key…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Federal Legislation, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
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