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Download full textOnline Submission, 2013
Each year, Austin Independent School District Department of Research and Evaluation (DRE) staff develop a plan of work to describe the scope of work for the coming year. The plans that make up this document identify programs to be evaluated and services to be provided by DRE staff and provide the blueprints for evaluation that staff will follow…
Descriptors: School Districts, Program Evaluation, Educational Planning, Strategic Planning
Direct linkCowan, John E. – Clearing House: A Journal of Educational Strategies, Issues and Ideas, 2008
In this article, the author introduces a series of practical strategies to support the development of an innovative and technology-rich curriculum. The author begins with the importance of understanding what possibilities for innovation exist given the relationship between curriculum, equity issues, and education reform. The author then discusses…
Descriptors: Alternative Assessment, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Change, Internet
Schwartz, Ronald – Nation's Schools, 1971
Discusses the current state of the Right to Read Program and outlines future developments. (JF)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Federal Programs, Illiteracy, Individualized Programs
Federal Aid Planner, 1973
Every possible resource should be used in the continuing problem of improvement of reading instruction for every child in the nation. Resources may be near at hand through the national, State and local programs sponsored by Right To Read. A report of the program's successes. (Author/JN)
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Educational Needs, Federal Programs, Reading Centers
Bureau of Higher Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1970
This manual describes the special services program for disadvantaged students in higher education, ways in which individual projects can be implemented, and the procedures for making application to participate. The program, which was authorized under the Higher Education Amendments of 1968, is designed to increase the number of disadvantaged and…
Descriptors: Counseling, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedChumley, Phyllis D.; Spille, Henry A. – Innovative Higher Education, 1984
Postsecondary institutions should participate much more in the federal initiative, through their usual functions of teaching, research, and service. Activities could include involving college students in adult literacy education through demonstration programs, tutoring, and student volunteerism. (MSE)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, College Role, College Students, Federal Programs
Mangan, Katherine S. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1989
The federal government's College Assistance Migrant Program provides generous financial aid, counseling, tutoring, and encouragement to the children of migrant workers seeking a college education. While the program takes students only through the freshman year, most return. Both academic and social benefits are substantial. (MSE)
Descriptors: Access to Education, College Freshmen, Counseling Services, Federal Programs
Payne, June – Contemporary Indian Affairs, 1970
Descriptors: American Indians, Curriculum, Federal Programs, Followup Studies
Ashby, Nicole, Ed. – US Department of Education, 2007
"The Achiever" is a monthly newsletter designed expressly for parents and community leaders. Each issue contains news and information about school improvement in the United States. Highlights of this issue include: (1) Fifth Anniversary for "No Child Left Behind"; (2) Empowering Parents: Response Soars for Supplemental…
Descriptors: Federal Legislation, International Education, Parent Participation, Newsletters
Wynne, Ronald D. – 1968
The report summarizes a six-month evaluation (July-December 1967) of 11 community education projects funded by the Office of Economic Opportunity. Major focus is on eight projects which comprised a special series of Section 207 Community Education Demonstration Projects--Appalachian Volunteers, Inc., the Columbia College Citizenship Council…
Descriptors: College Students, Community Education, Decision Making, Demonstration Programs
Gold, Lawrence – 1968
An evaluation was made of the Learning Center, an ESEA/Title III-funded PACE (Projects to Advance Creativity in Education) project designed to develop a diagnostic and tutorial program for severe underachievers, particularly those who manifest the condition of developmental dyslexia. A rating scale and questionnaire were completed by the 13 public…
Descriptors: Dyslexia, Education Service Centers, Federal Programs, Institutional Cooperation
Los Angeles City Schools, CA. – 1963
Summarized are the various educational efforts for disadvantaged students in the Los Angeles, California, school system as of 1963. The information is presented under the headings of elementary, secondary, and adult schools, and other special services, projects, and programs. (NH)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Cultural Enrichment, Educational Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Reisner, Elizabeth R.; And Others – 1989
This document comprises the first volume of a three-volume study, mandated by the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988, on domestic and foreign tutoring programs for disadvantaged elementary and secondary students that involve college students. This volume summarizes the results of…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, College Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
Taylor, Derek B.; Fleming, Margaret – 1973
The Resident Tutor Project, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, was initiated in June 1968, in an effort to prevent skill deficits from progressing to such a point that they are beyond remediation within the relatively short span of a child's school years. The project was designed to provide additional resources to…
Descriptors: College Students, Compensatory Education, Cross Age Teaching, Disadvantaged Youth
Menlo Park Public Library, CA. – 1994
A federally-funded program to train community volunteers in techniques for tutoring students of English as a Second Language (ESL) is reported. The program trained 97 tutors in ESL instruction and 142 in basic literacy teaching. The report describes efforts to recruit and select both volunteers and students, outlines the program's costs, assesses…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Costs, English (Second Language), Federal Programs
