Schools and districts across the country are being subjected to some of the fiercest budget cuts in recent history, even as principals are held increasingly accountable for significantly improving student achievement, particularly in schools labeled "persistently low-achieving." For the 5,000 lowest-performing schools, there is the…

The Title I Program in the Fremont Unified School District is located at two target schools. Currently there are 39 instructional aides employed. Aides were recruited through letters to parents and notices on shopping center bulletin boards in the target area. A committee including the principals of the two schools, the resource teachers, and a…

A REVIEW OF THE FIRST YEAR OF OPERATION OF TITLE I, THIS BOOKLET IS LARGELY A COLLECTION OF TABLES, GRAPHS, AND MAPS. DURING THIS YEAR, 17,500 LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES EXPENDED $987,596,000 FOR 22,200 PROJECTS WHICH SERVED 8,299,900 CHILDREN. (AF)

Training in design and test development may not be of much help in dealing with the evaluation of Federally funded projects in a large city school system. Planning and carrying out evaluation in a large urban school system requires that much skill and time be spent on typically managerial pursuits. Therefore, a specialist in evaluation and…

THIS REPORT CONTAINS EVALUATIONS OF 22 TITLE I PROJECTS IN THE MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, PUBLIC SCHOOLS. THERE WERE PROGRAMS IN SIX AREAS--(1) SUMMER AND AFTER-SCHOOL COMPENSATORY EDUCATION WHICH PROVIDED ENRICHMENT AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT, (2) CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT AND EXPERIMENTATION, (3) HEALTH AND WELFARE, (4) SPECIAL EDUCATION FOR PHYSICALLY…

in fiscal year 1975, Idaho's migrant program involved 30 school districts. There were 3,799 students (preschool through grade 12) enrolled during the regular school term; 3,489 students (preschool through age 14 or over) were enrolled during the summer term. Approximately 81 percent of Idaho's migrant students were interstate transfers; of these,…

This document discusses various aspects of the training and utilization of "teacher aides" (used here to refer to the paraprofessional, lay assistant, nonprofessional, teacher helper, assistant teacher, or auxiliary personnel whose work may include "all those functions the non-certificated person might perform in the educational…

The Oregon State Plan for Migrant Education consists of 4 components: the district project programs providing direct services to migrant children; the Migrant Education Service Center; the Eastern Oregon College Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program; and project supervision. During fiscal year 1970, 4,293 students in 16 regular and 11 summer…

Written in compliance with Federal requirements, this Idaho State Evaluation Report describes the progress of Idaho's migrant educational activities implemented under Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA), as amended in 1966 under Public Law 89-750. The report is a summary of the 28 local district project evaluations. Enrollee…

This State of Mississippi annual evaluation report on programs, projects, services, and activities funded in whole or in part under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I is organized into 10 parts. Part 1 is an "Introduction." Part 2 specifies the "Number of School Districts and Participants.""Total Allocation and…

This annual evaluation report for Fiscal Year 1975 of North Carolina Title I, Elementary Secondary Education Act programs is organized into nine sections. These sections focus on, respectively: basic state statistics, state education agency Title I visits to local education agencies, changes in state educational agency Title I procedures, effects…

This 1967 Annual State Summary Report of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I Projects describes Maryland's objectives for educating disadvantaged children. Projects were aimed at improving reading and language arts skills, test performance, verbal and nonverbal communication and strengthening the student's concept of himself and his…

During fiscal year 1971, the Oregon State Migrant Education Program, funded by the Title I Migrant Amendment, enrolled 6,099 students in grades K-12. Of these, 4,092 were enrolled in the regular school term and 2,007 were enrolled in summer programs. The Migrant Education Service Center expanded on its provision of diagnostic and prescriptive…

The Title I Evaluation and Reporting System (TIERS), a part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, provides models for uniform evaluation procedures and criteria to be used by local and state agencies and aggregated into a cohesive Federal report. The report of data collected from 56 states and territories to the U. S. Department…

Educational programs for migrant children in Kansas have been gradually increasing in quality and quantity since 1972. The Kansas State Department of Education has responded to the educational needs of migrant children by (1) establishing goals and objectives for instructional and supportive services; (2) acquiring increasing amounts of Title I,…