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New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Higher Education Opportunity Programs. – 1991
This report describes the activities of the Higher Education Opportunity Programs (HEOP) at the independent colleges and universities in New York State for the 1990-91 academic year. HEOP is a program that helps academically and economically disadvantaged students earn college degrees. Highlights of the report include the following: (1) in 1990-91…
Descriptors: American Indians, Blacks, College Students, Economically Disadvantaged
Download full textMartinez, Carlos – 1991
Identification of schools for improvement of Chapter 1 Programs raises the challenge of selecting the best technical procedures meeting the law and usefully guiding improvement efforts. Failure to demonstrate gains in student achievement has been operationalized on two levels: aggregate performance and desired outcomes. Aggregate performance…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Rating, Compensatory Education
Wyer, Doug; And Others – 1992
Children of families in the Showmen's Guild of Australasia have traveled throughout Australia for generations as their families followed show circuits. Educational provision for these children has varied enormously in the past. In 1992, the Queensland Department of Education assigned three teachers at the School of Distance Education (Brisbane) to…
Descriptors: Cultural Isolation, Distance Education, Educational Needs, Educationally Disadvantaged
PDF pending restorationHenderson, Allison; And Others – 1990
This report presents national summaries and state-by-state descriptions of the types and results of achievement information submitted by state educational agencies on the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) Chapter 1 Migrant Education Program for the 1987-88 school year. Thirty-six states (out of 49) provided statewide achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Annual Reports, Educationally Disadvantaged
Duke, Charles R.; Sessoms, Isaiah – 1991
This study collected data pertinent to instructional effectiveness at the secondary educational level with the population of students enrolled under the Pennsylvania Higher Education Equal Opportunity Act (ACT 101) which provides financial assistance to post secondary institutions serving academically disadvantaged students through tutoring and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Educationally Disadvantaged, High Schools, Higher Education
St. John, Edward P.; And Others – 1992
The Louisiana Accelerated Schools Project (LASP) is a statewide network of schools that are changing from the traditional mode of schooling for at-risk students, which stresses remediation, to one of acceleration, which stresses accelerated learning for all students. The accelerated schools process provides a systematic approach to the…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), At Risk Persons, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. Student Services Section. – 1992
This profile of counties in Oregon covers factors that may predispose youth to grow up at risk of dropping out of high school or not acquiring the skills needed for adult life. The profile presents data on human resources and educational and economic indicators that were collected from state agencies and organizations. For the state as a whole,…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Demography, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged
Hebrew Univ. of Jerusalem (Israel). National Council of Jewish Women Research Inst. for Innovation in Education. – 1993
The first international research seminar based on the Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) brought together researchers involved in national studies relating to HIPPY, educators, policy planners, and HIPPY staff. This seminar proceedings begins with the opening remarks of Chaim Adler, Benjamin Amir, Avima Lombard, and Tonny…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Educational Research, Educationally Disadvantaged, Followup Studies
Newark City School District, OH. – 1994
Chapter 1 In-Class programs are designed to improve the curriculum and instruction for Chapter 1 students, increase coordination and student time on task, enhance student self-esteem, and increase the student's academic achievement and test scores. This report describes a Chapter 1 In-Class Service model used within the Newark (Ohio) school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Cooperative Planning, Disadvantaged Youth
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1993
A study was done to assess implementation of the Chapter 1 program improvement provisions of the Hawkins-Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988. Chapter 1 is the largest federal education program for educationally deprived school children, and the Hawkins-Stafford Act was designed to ensure that individual schools…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Educational Objectives, Educationally Disadvantaged
Imel, Susan – 1991
In 1966, Congress approved the first adult education act, and the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system was established. Monies to support adult education research and delivery systems became available at the same time as a mechanism was put in place to collect and disseminate results of these activities. The Adult Education Act…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Clearinghouses, Databases
Palincsar, Annemarie Sullivan; Klenk, Laura J. – 1991
Reciprocal teaching is an instructional procedure designed to teach heterogeneous groups of learners, including the educationally disadvantaged, how to approach text in a thoughtful manner. In reciprocal teaching, teachers and students take turns leading discussions about shared text to achieve joint understanding through the application of the…
Descriptors: Dialogs (Language), Discussion (Teaching Technique), Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
California State Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento. – 1989
The Mathematics, Engineering, Science Achievement (MESA) Program was established in 1970 to increase the number of American Indian, Black, Mexican-American, and Puerto Rican students who graduate from a California university prepared to enter mathematics-based careers. Developed initially with an exclusive focus on high school students, MESA…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, College Preparation, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Federal Programs. – 1990
This publication presents a summary of South Carolina's use of funds provided by Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act as an educational resource for educationally deprived children from 1985 to 1989, and identifies projects exhibiting the greatest gains in student achievement during fiscal year 1989. The report consists of…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Educational Resources, Educationally Disadvantaged
Schoenenberger, William J.; Tompkins, John F. – 1981
The Title I math program in Des Moines served 1483 students in grades 1-8, during the school year 1980-81. During this same year, the elementary program was identified by the National Dissemination Review Board as an exemplary program, indicating that it is effective and able to be replicated in other districts. The program had an impact on…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attendance, Attitude Change, Compensatory Education
