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Download full textTurker, A. Vural – 1982
Research among ninth graders in Ankara, Turkey, compared individual and family characteristics of socioeconomically disadvantaged versus advantaged students; investigated the educational issues these students faced; and examined major educational and guidance problems of the disadvantaged. Results indicated that, compared to advantaged students,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Aptitude, Academic Aspiration, Administrator Role
Weisberg, Paul – 1984
The development of strong reading competencies in educationally at-risk preschoolers in the Early Childhood Day Care Center (University of Alabama) was established through intensive training with a synthetic phonics approach. Subjects' reading performance was assessed on the basis of criterion-referenced tests and standardized reading tests,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Criterion Referenced Tests, Disadvantaged Youth
Beck, Donald – 1983
The goal of the Home-School-Community Agents (HSCA) Program is to help disruptive pupils make a positive adjustment to those elements in their lives which interfere with their success in school. In 1982-83, 20 HSCA served 8 high schools and 12 middle schools in Columbus, Ohio. Each agent worked in depth with approximately 60 descriptive pupils and…
Descriptors: Adjustment Counselors, Ancillary School Services, Attitude Measures, Behavior Problems
Bailis, Lawrence Neil – 1984
This paper summarizes the results of a National Youth Employment Coalition (NYEC) survey of community-based organizations (CBOs) about the effects of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Findings are summarized in these areas: (1) changes in funding for training disadvantaged youth, (2) changes in service to youth, (3) the role of CBOs in the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Role, Community Action, Community Cooperation
Ehresman, Norman D.; And Others – 1976
A product of a research project designed to improve the teaching effectiveness of vocational teachers of disadvantaged students, this handbook includes the specific procedures and materials that can be utilized in an inservice program for vocational teachers of disadvantaged youth. (The final report of this project is contained in a separate…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Behavior Standards, Classroom Communication, Curriculum Guides
Employment and Training Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Office of Youth Programs. – 1978
Summarizing the first eight months of the planning, design, and implementation of the new federal youth programs created by the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act of 1977 (YEDPA) and the efforts for expansion and enrichment of the Job Corps, this report explains the charters of the two projects and their initial successes in and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Community Involvement, Community Programs, Demonstration Programs
McKinney, John T. – 1977
This report provides achievement information from the Philadelphia, Pa. Follow Through program in Mathematics and Reading for the five years, 1971-1972 through 1975-1976. The data are drawn from cross-sectional analyses, focusing primarily on mean score performance in Total Mathematics and Total Reading on city-wide tests. The principal findings…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education
Cava, Karen – 1977
The Job Placement Center project implements those job placement services outlined in the "School-Based Job Placement Model" (ED 077 959), developed in 1972 by the Pennsylvania Research Coordinating Unit for Vocational Education. The project's purpose was to assimilate and extend this model to meet the job placement needs of 46 suburban…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Career Counseling, Career Guidance, Disadvantaged Youth
Brischetto, Robert; Vaughan, David – 1979
To study the impact of school finance reform on minorities and the poor, researchers gathered data on educational revenues and spending, tax effort, district wealth and income, ethnicity, and urban location in California, Colorado, Florida, Michigan, New Mexico, and Texas. Their data analysis used various measures of educational equity and fiscal…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Equalization Aid
DeLapp, Lynn; And Others – 1981
This technical report details the employment problems of inner-city youth and describes some programs that have successfully met these problems. The first of its three parts describes inner-city youth and enumerates the major employment barriers facing them. (It was found that while inner-city youth tend to be disadvantaged, a subgroup of them…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, County Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Bickel, Vicki Lynn – 1981
The purpose of this annotated bibliography is to increase awareness among educators of changes needed in the educational system to encourage culturally different children to perform to their fullest potential. Culturally different children are defined as children who differ from the dominant cultural group in ethnicity, race, religion, geographic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Failure, Annotated Bibliographies, Compensatory Education
National Advisory Council on the Education of Disadvantaged Children, Washington, DC. – 1978
This is a report of the Council's site visits, assessment activities, and recommendations concerning programs for the educationally disadvantaged. Although most of the programs examined are funded under Title I, other types of compensatory programs are also considered. Particular attention is given in the report to the areas of: funds allocation…
Descriptors: American Indians, Bilingual Education, Community Support, Compensatory Education
Fresno City Coll., CA. – 1978
The results of a five-step curriculum analysis of the licensed vocational nursing program at Fresno City College, California, are provided in this booklet. (An analysis of four other vocational programs are provided in CE 019 817-820.) The products of step 1 include a definition of the employment opportunity for this area and a statement of the…
Descriptors: Affective Objectives, Cognitive Objectives, Community Colleges, Curriculum Development
Storlie, Theodore R.; And Others – 1978
A two-stage model for early identification and selection of gifted children in kindergarden through grade 3 was successfully developed for the Walker Full-time Gifted Program in the Flint, Michigan Community Schools. Using the Nominative Group Process of interactive decision-making, project participants, school administrators, school…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Advanced Programs, Check Lists, Community Involvement
LAWRENCE, PAUL F.; AND OTHERS – 1965
THE MCATEER ACT ESTABLISHED A 2-YEAR PILOT PROJECT IN COMPENSATORY EDUCATION TO AID DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN, THOSE WHO, ALTHOUGH POTENTIALLY CAPABLE OF COMPLETING THE PROGRAM OFFERED BY THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, ARE HINDERED FROM DOING SO BY CULTURAL AND SOCIOECONOMIC HANDICAPS. THIRTY-TWO SCHOOL DISTRICTS ARE INVOLVED. GOALS ARE TO DEMONSTRATE TO PUPILS…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, After School Programs, Community Resources, Compensatory Education
