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McLaughlin, Frank, Ed. – Media Method Explor Educ, 1970
An interview with John Bremer, director of the Parkway Program; illustrated. (RD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Decentralization, Evaluation Methods, Program Design
Peer reviewedGarner, C. William – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 1981
Describes a group education plan for school districts and an individual education plan for the disadvantaged learner, as developed in New Jersey. Elements discussed include formulation of the group education plan and implementation of the individual education plan. (CT)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Disadvantaged, Individualized Education Programs, Minimum Competency Testing
Missouri Univ., Columbia. Instructional Materials Lab. – 1996
This document provides a methodology for reviewing all components of a cooperative vocational education program in order to increase the program's ability to benefit students. An introduction provides an overview of cooperative vocational education. It lists benefits to the student, school, employer, and community and discusses the relationship of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Cooperative Education, Curriculum Development, Educational Change
James, Bill – 1978
This paper examines the effects of Upward Bound Programs upon underachieving minority group members and assesses the various sub-components of Upward Bound Programs. A description of national evaluations as they relate to the programs is presented and a framework is provided that is essential for understanding the history of Upward Bound from the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Counseling Effectiveness, Counseling Techniques
Fisher, Margaret A. – 1981
The purpose of this practicum was to develop and implement a remedial mathematics program to improve the basic mathematics skills of seventh-grade students at Nathan B. Young Junior High School who fail to master the required minimal objectives on the seventh-grade "Criterion Referenced Test" (CRT). Target students were screened for…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Research, Grade 7
Stanford Research Inst., Menlo Park, CA. Educational Policy Research Center. – 1977
Despite the demonstrated need for better basic skills among adolescents and growing public concern over the condition of urban junior high schools, only a small proportion of ESEA Title I money is used to help students beyond the sixth grade. This study was designed to determine what Federal, State and local resources are being used to assist…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Educational Methods, Educationally Disadvantaged
Far West Lab. for Educational Research and Development, San Francisco, CA. – 1978
This document contains an overview of the Far West Laboratory (FWL) model for Experience-Based Career Education (EBCE). (Descriptions of two other EBCE models are included in ERIC documents CE 018 446 and CE 018 449.) Divided into seven sections, this document highlights some of the important features of the model and includes excerpts of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Development, Career Education, Career Exploration
Download full textVice President's Task Force on Youth Employment, Washington, DC. – 1980
This series of fifteen reports reviews available information on youth employment program experience. (It constitutes the third of a three-volume compendium; other volumes examine the causes and dimensions of youth employment problems and cover special needs and problems of youth employment policy--see note.) The youth employment delivery system,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Basic Skills, Business
Mangum, Garth L. – 1983
Despite the fact that, of all the 50 states, Utah has the highest percentage of state and local government expenditures for education and the highest proportion of adults who have graduated from high school, one out of every five adults in Utah lacks basic literacy skills. At present, the following adult literacy programs offer instruction in…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills
