Federal funds authorized under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and Title IV-A of the 1967 Amendments to the Social Security Act provided compensatory programs and family services. The English-Reading Activity under Title I consisted of intensive reading instruction and health-medical services for the lowest achievers.…

American public schools historically have used a range of differentiating mechanisms to meet the needs of diverse groups of students. Examples from Title I service delivery include pullout, in-class, add-on, and replacement programs. These models have elements that differentiate the educational experience of Title I students to varying degrees and…

The purpose of the Social Skills Curriculum Model is to improve the social climate level of parent participation, and academic achievement in inner city elementary schools The approach was developed at Martin Luther King School in New Haven, Connecticut. It is a preventative mental health model which focuses on the organization of the school. The…

Students participating in special programs funded under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act may experience a fragmented and disjointed instructional program. Case studies of ten schools in New York City were conducted to identify the ways in which special programs were coordinated with classroom instruction. Summaries of the case…

IN THIS REPORT TO THE COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS, THE NATURE AND IMPACT OF EXISTING COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROGRAMS ARE EVALUATED, GENERAL CRITERIA FOR THE SUCCESS OF SUCH PROGRAMS ARE DETERMINED, AND THE COST FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFECTIVE PROGRAMS IS ESTIMATED. AFTER A REVIEW OF NINE CURRENT COMPENSATORY PROGRAMS THE REPORT CONCLUDES THAT…

This "how-to" book details the practical issues involved in converting from a traditional to a nongraded elementary school. Chapters discuss staff preparation, curriculum reorganization, grouping, use of teacher aides, and team teaching. Included also are chapters on an Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I project, the role of…

The 111th Street School is successfully educating black students K-6 in inner-city Los Angeles. The key to the program's success is a form of organization designed to functionally support an ungraded system of learning centers devoted to attainment of specific educational objectives. Two Directories, this for the classroom teacher and a separate…

This book is an analytical assessment of what is known at present about the determinants of educational effectiveness. The literature reviewed is representative of the body of published work from 1950 through 1973. After the introduction and a chapter on measuring educational outcomes, the study is organized according to five approaches:…

The One Hundred Eleventh Street Elementary School of the Los Angeles Unified School District, located in the heart of the black community of Watts, attracts visitors from other schools and school districts throughout the nation. The instructional program at 111th Street School is completely ungraded, with teachers, resource personnel, and…

This book, divided into three sections, comprises papers delivered at a conference on "Alternative Strategies in Compensatory Education," convened by the staff of the National Assessment of Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act and designed to aid Congress in its 1987 reauthorization of Chapter 1. The introduction,…

THIS REPORT EVALUATES THE PROGRESS OF 14 PILOT INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLS ORGANIZED IN SEPTEMBER 1966 INTO EITHER A 6-7-8 OR A 5-6-7 GRADE STRUCTURE. NINE OF THE SCHOOLS SERVE CHILDREN IN ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED AREAS. A SPECIALLY REVISED CURRICULUM WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE PILOT SCHOOLS AT THE SIXTH-GRADE LEVEL. EXTENSIVE TEACHER TRAINING PRECEDED…