This paper, one of a series of four initial reports, discusses the rationale for each proposed National Institute of Education (NIE) program. It considers the educational goals to be achieved, variables that can be manipulated to reach the goals, the current practice and status of R&D on the variables, new R&D programs that might lead to…

Prepared by the National Institute of Mental Health staff and grantees, this report gives not only the quantitative research data, but also demonstrations of community mental health efforts that serve as excellent models for other communities to follow. Chapter I presents An Introduction: The Setting and an Overview; Chapter II, Studies of Rural…

A transcript of the U.S. Senate's public hearings on S.2724, the Comprehensive Indian Education Bill, is presented. The purpose of S.2724 is to establish a national American Indian education program by creating a National Board of Regents for Indian Education, carrying out of a national Indian education program, the establishment of local Indian…

This evaluation sampled 150 pairs of schools (50 pairs of high schools and 100 pairs of elementary schools) eligible for ESAP funds, randomly designating one school from each pair as a control school to receive no ESAP funds and using a flip of the coin to so designate. The first volume of the report comprises four chapters and seven appendices.…

Since July 1970 the Training Center for Community Programs (University of Minnesota) has produced 11 interim reports on Menominee education in Wisconsin. This summary is the 12th and final report on this American Indian tribe's progress since Federal trusteeship was terminated in 1965. The Menominees, now citizens of Wisconsin, still have more…

The primary purpose of this study was to determine the relationships among selected characteristics to attitudes held by students relative to various aspects of the educational program at Phoenix Indian High School (PIHS), Sherman Indian High School, and Stewart Indian High School. A secondary part of the study compared Indian students' attitudes…

This manual covers basic policies and procedures governing four student loan and scholarship programs administered within the Bureau of Health Manpower, National Institutes of Health. An introductory chapter provides definitions, procedures, and reporting common to all programs, and this is followed by chapters describing: (1) The Health…

This evaluation attempts to measure the extent and effectiveness of ESEA Title I programs designed to meet the needs of disadvantaged children and apprizes the public and the legislature of program outcomes. In keeping with USOE requirements for evaluating Title I programs, this document is constructed of (1) responses to USOE probes by…

Updating the findings reported in Colorado Legislative Publication No. 72, "Migratory Labor in Colorado," published in December of 1962, this 1970 staff report describes existing economic conditions of both growers and seasonal farm workers, governmental and private services available to the migrants, and some of the major migrant issues…

This evaluation report covers all ESEA Title I projects in the New York City Public Schools. Background material includes a descriptive overview of the school system; sources, purposes, and legal functions of funding; eligibility and selections of participants; overall objectives of the programs; and, planning and administration of programs. Each…

The main purpose of this project is to evaluate the success of the Los Angeles Women's Job Corps Center in helping girls rise out of poverty by improving their attitudes and economic status. A second objective is to estimate the cost of each service provided to a girl. Based on comparisons of outcomes among girls as individuals rather than groups,…

This evaluation attempts to measure the extent and effectiveness of ESEA Title I programs designed to meet the needs of disadvantaged children and apprizes the public and the legislature of program outcomes. In keeping with USOE requirements for evaluating Title I programs, this document is constructed of (1) responses to USOE probes by…

This evaluation attempts to measure the extent and effectiveness of ESEA Title I programs designed to meet the needs of disadvantaged children and apprizes the public and the legislature of program outcomes. In keeping with USOE requirements for evaluating Title I programs, this document is constructed of (1) responses to USOE probes by…

This evaluation attempts to measure the extent and effectiveness of ESEA Title I programs designed to meet the needs of disadvantaged children and apprizes the public and the legislature of program outcomes. In keeping with USOE requirements for evaluating Title I programs, this document is constructed of (1) responses to USOE probes by…

This document presents statistical data with evaluative commentary on the various aspects and activities of the Clark County, Nevada, Title 1, ESEA Project. The activities evaluated include: (1) social experiences for language development, (1a) summer extension of social experiences for language development, (2) bilingual language development…