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Download full textOrlich, Donald C.; Murphy, Ronald R. – 1979
The purpose of this manual is to provide vocational educators with evaluation elements and tested models which can assist them in designing evaluation systems. Chapter 1 provides several sets of criteria for inclusion in any general program evaluation. The eleven general areas for which criteria are included are administrative procedures,…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Data Collection, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
Educational Planning and Research, Boston, MA. – 1978
Boston's Title I High School Reading Program (1977-78) was intended to meet the needs of educationally deprived children from low-income families. Although few test scores were available, it appeared that 50 percent of the program students achieved the designated one-year gain in reading comprehension. Only 4 percent of the approximately 425…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, High Schools
Mangino, Evangelina; Ligon, Glynn – 1983
This report presents the evaluation findings for the 1982 Austin Independent School District's State Compensatory Education Summer School Program. It contains a description of the program, information about the data collection procedures employed in the evaluation, and a discussion of the student outcomes achieved by the program. Achievement…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Data Collection, Evaluation Methods
Monkowski, Paul G.; Kelley, Marie E. – 1979
An individualized program for teaching writing skills was initiated for high school students in a writing laboratory program. The major goal was to develop a systematic, individualized approach for teaching 300 specific writing skills. Major characteristics of the program included evaluation of student writing to diagnose and prescribe…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Educational Research, Individualized Instruction, Learning Laboratories
Madawaska School District, ME. – 1982
Project CAPABLE (Classroom Action Program: Aim: Basic Learning Effectiveness) is a classroom approach which integrates the basic learning skills with content. The goal of the project is to use basic learning skills to enhance the learning of content and at the same time use the content to teach basic learning skills. The report evaluates the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Content Area Reading, Instructional Improvement
Graves, Michael F. – 1977
A tutoring program has been developed for the purpose of teaching reading to secondary school students seriously deficient in reading skills. The first section of this paper describes the highly structured instructional program that is employed. It also notes preliminary results of the tutoring, which indicate that 17 of the 25 students tested…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Peer Teaching, Program Evaluation, Reading Instruction
Dailey, John T.; Neyman, Clinton A., Jr. – 1967
Contents of this evaluation of ESEA Title 1 programs for the District of Columbia, 1966 and 1967, include: development of a statistical model for the evaluation; programs and procedures; patterns of program participation; data-gathering instruments developed for analysis of Title 1 Programs; relationship of program participation to pupil…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged
Foster, L., Comp.; And Others – 1980
The Multilingual Project is a model of bilingual education that uses a student-centered approach specifically designed for the multilingual classrooms of Australia. The aim of this evaluative investigation was to demonstrate gains in learning that take place as a result of the use of multilingual units, and to identify the characteristics of…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Formative Evaluation, Instructional Materials, Models
Denton, Jon J.; Norris, Sherrill A. – 1979
Utilization of learner cognitive attainment as a measure of student teacher effectiveness is employed in this study of 2,540 secondary school students and 21 student teachers. Five conceptual research models are developed to determine the teaching skill level of the education majors through examination of their students' academic achievement.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Gains, Cognitive Measurement
Peer reviewedLadouceur, Robert; Armstrong, Jean – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1983
Describes and evaluates a multifaceted behavioral treatment program designed to increase academic performance (grades). Assigned high school students to one of four groups. Mathematics, French, and general point average were assessed four times during the academic year. Results showed behavioral intervention was efficient on the three measures…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Behavior Modification, Behavioral Objectives
Houston Independent School District, TX. Dept. of Research and Accountability. – 1997
The Juvenile Justice Alternative Education Program was developed to provide an education for students who were expelled from school or who were adjudicated to attend an alternative school. The program was operated by the Harris County Juvenile Board, but the Houston Independent School District contracted with the county to place expelled students…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attendance, Delinquency, Expulsion
Abramson, Jacob – 1976
The CAPISCO Bilingual Program at New Utrecht High School in New York is designed to offer bilingual instructional and supportive services to predominantly 9th and 10th grade Italian students. The target population consists of approximately 150 Italian language dominant students receiving intensive instruction in English as a second language…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism
Legant, Jean; Eakens, Doyle R. – 1970
Contents of the New Mexico State Annual Evaluation Report for ESEA Title I Projects, for fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, include: New Mexico allocations for 1969-70; school districts allocations for 1969-70--basic statistics, state education agency staff visits to local education agencies, changes in the effect of state agency procedures, effect…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Ancillary Services, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Joiner, Lee – 1971
The Title I program in Schools for Socially Maladjusted and Emotionally Disturbed Pupils, funded under the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, is a federally supported enrichment program which provides library services, art, science, health education, remedial reading, remedial mathematics, instructional materials, curriculum improvement,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education
Baenen, Nancy R.; Yonan, Barbara – 1988
Title VII federal funds have been used in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District (AISD) since 1985-86 to enhance the regular secondary bilingual and English-as-a-second-language programs for Hispanic limited English proficient (LEP) students. The four secondary campuses involved were those with the highest concentrations of Hispanic LEP…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language)
