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Murray, Stephen L.; Braverman, Marc T. – 1983
This paper describes and illustrates a decision theory model to analyze student selection strategies in Chapter 1 programs. The relationship between the method and the practice of moral evaluation activity is based on viewing justice as a fundamental moral concern in distributing resources, one which is accomplished, in part, through student…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Decision Making, Educational Research, Educationally Disadvantaged
Ekey, Doyle – AEDS Monitor, 1985
Presents an overview of computer assisted instruction (CAI) as an instructional technique; describes studies on CAI effectiveness in compensatory education; discusses elements that need to be addressed to create a positive relationship between CAI, compensatory education, and achievement gains; and reviews evaluation designs appropriate in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Stringfield, Sam; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1991
To determine local educators' responses to being targeted for program improvement, questionnaires were sent to principals of all schools identified for Chapter 1 improvement in three states. Approximately 104 (84 percent) of the responding schools supported the legislative provisions for improvement and could focus on the issues of improvement.…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Compensatory Education, Educational Change, Educationally Disadvantaged
Barrozo, Aurora C. – 1986
The instructional needs of compensatory education students are not being properly met. The ways in which compensatory education students are being instructionally shortchanged include the following: (1) compensatory education students may not be getting their fair share of district services; (2) compensatory education services are perhaps being…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Educational Policy, Educationally Disadvantaged
Bempechat, Janine; Ginsburg, Herbert P. – 1989
Research on academic achievement and high risk students over the past 30 years indicates that the home, the school, or the community can be the source of insufficient educational experiences that contribute to educational disadvantage. About 30 percent of the present school population is estimated to be at risk of failure, and demographic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Influence, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged
Jakubowski, David; Ogletree, Earl J. – 1993
The effects of Chapter 1 (Education Consolidation and Improvement Act) reading pull-out programs on the reading achievement of participating students was studied for 30 fifth- and sixth-grade students from a Chicago (Illinois) elementary school serving a low socioeconomic neighborhood with a minority enrollment of 99 percent. Fifteen students had…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth