Differences in language proficiency between social classes and races were studied to determine the effect of familiarity of the testing situation. Results showed no natural setting language differences. (ST)

Reported is a study on the nutritional status of a cross-sectional sample of 5,300 children, 1 to 6 years of age, in 3,850 families in the U.S. during 2 years (1968 to 1970). (MC)

Students participating in the DISCUS program achieved a better understanding of science and improved their attitudes toward themselves, their teachers and the school than did non-participating students. (PB)

This is the Teacher's Commentary for Mathematics for the Elementary School, Book 1 (Part 1), Special Edition. The writers have relied on the existing SMSG kindergarten and first grade materials as a framework. This special edition is designed to meet the needs of disadvantaged children. Included in the Commentary are background information to the…

This is the seventh annual evaluation report submitted to the Congress by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on behalf of the U.S. Office of Education (OE). Prepared by OE's Office of Planning, Budgeting, and Evaluation, it reviews approximately 90 programs administered by OE and provides the following information for nearly all…

The executive summary briefly restates the results of a 17-month excursion into the realm of compensatory education of older disadvantaged youth. During September 1976 through January 1978, System Development Corporation conducted a project to conceptualize models for compensatory educational intervention at the secondary and postsecondary levels,…

System Development Corporation conducted an extensive project of conceptualization and planning of models for compensatory educational intervention for older disadvantaged youth. This volume treats the two intervention strategies developed to provide the framework for comprehensive compensatory education projects at the secondary and postsecondary…

A major objective of this three year national Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) study was to evaluate the impact of ESAA programs by comparing schools that received ESAA funds with those that did not. Student growth in reading and mathematics were compared. To identify what kinds of schools (what allocations of resources, and what types of…

In an attempt to discover exactly how much of the school day was being used for instructional activities, the Austin Independent School District Office of Research and Evaluation undertook an intensive study in the areas of time use. Two hundred twenty-seven students across seven grade levels in 32 schools were randomly selected for observation on…

The judgment of whether or not a city's Title I reading program is a success is dependent upon the length of time used in the evaluation. This study's findings that estimates of achievement rates and judgments of success were dramatically affected by the length of time used in the evaluation was consistent across all the compensatory education…

The impact of achievement testing on a Spring-Spring vs. a Fall-Spring basis in evaluation of compensatory education programs is examined. The effects of the summer vacation period and crossing test levels were examined. Significant decreases in achievement test scores were found, at all grade levels, between Spring and Fall test administrations.…

Argues that economic methodologies can be of great assistance in framing the problem of how much more should be spent on the educationally disadvantaged student than on his more advantaged counterpart, and in contributing to studies that address it; and outlines a simple macro-economic model of society which incorporates educational expenditure as…

Focuses on alternate ways of helping the disadvantaged, ways of determining the optimal level, if any, of compensatory education expenditures, the meaning of "equality of opportunity", the use of cost ratios, egalitarianism as a social goal, the problem of when to compensate the disadvantaged child educationally, and the need to identify and…