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Becker, Wesley C; And Others – 1979
The focus of future Follow Through research should be oriented toward showing what can be done in order to offer information to both federal and local planners on which systems of curriculum design, classroom management, and parent involvement appear to be most effective. To assure this goal, the issues of program efficacy and implementation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Analysis of Covariance, Control Groups
Rosario, Jose; And Others – 1980
This volume is the first of a series reporting evaluation findings on the impact of Project Developmental Continuity (PDC) on institutions, classroom staff, parents and children from the time the children entered Head Start through the first grade. PDC was begun in 1974 with the purpose of ensuring that disadvantaged children receive continuous…
Descriptors: Child Development, Class Activities, Control Groups, Cooperative Programs
Harris (Louis) and Associates, Inc., New York, NY. – 1967
THIS INTERIM REPORT OF PRE- AND POST-JOB CORPS STATUS FOR TERMINATIONS (GRADUATES, DROPOUTS, AND DISCHARGES) IS THE SECOND PART OF A CONTINUING EVALUATION OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF JOB CORPS TRAINING. OF 4,649 TERMINATIONS FOR THE PERIOD, 1,254 WERE PERSONALLY INTERVIEWED. SOME OF THE SURVEY HIGHLIGHTS WERE--(1) FEWER THAN HALF OF THE TERMINATIONS…
Descriptors: Age, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
KARNES, MERLE B.; AND OTHERS – 1966
IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT 91 EXPERIMENTAL SUBJECTS FROM LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS HOMES, PROVIDED WITH A CAREFULLY DESIGNED 2-YEAR VOCATIONALLY ORIENTED EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM AND PREVOCATIONAL DIVISION OF VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION (DVR) COUNSELING, WOULD HAVE SIGNIFICANTLY SUPERIOR ACHIEVEMENT TO THAT OF A MATCHED CONTROL GROUP ENROLLED IN A REGULAR…
Descriptors: Career Counseling, Comparative Analysis, Control Groups, Delinquency
Wyoming State Dept. of Education, Cheyenne. – 1967
THIS BRIEF SUMMARY OF WYOMING'S TITLE I PROJECTS REPORTS THAT USING SUBPROFESSIONAL TEACHER AIDES WAS THE MOST EFFECTIVE APPROACH FOR TEACHING THE DISADVANTAGED AT ALL GRADE LEVELS. THE AIDES ENABLED TEACHERS TO WORK WITH SMALL GROUPS AND TO GIVE MAXIMUM INDIVIDUAL ATTENTION. THREE PROJECTS WERE SUCCESSFUL WITH DEVELOPMENTAL READING IN…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Annual Reports, Compensatory Education, Developmental Reading
GOODMAN, RICHARD H.; WILSON, MICHAEL J. – 1967
DETAILED STATISTICAL AND PROCEDURAL INFORMATION IS PRESENTED ON (1) 1966 TITLE I PROJECTS IN NEW ENGLAND (INCLUDING PROJECTS OPERATED BY INSTITUTIONS FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN), (2) THE DISTRIBUTION AND EXPENDITURE OF TITLE I FUNDS, AND (3) DATA COLLECTING AND PROCESSING PROCEDURES FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE PROJECTS. IT IS FELT THAT THE OFFICE OF…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Charts, Compensatory Education, Computer Programs
Raelin, Joseph A. – 1980
This book analyzes the impact of out-of-school youths' first job experiences on later occupational attainment and job satisfaction, explores the effects of prior attitudes and status, and charts the varying career paths of white males, white females, black males, and black females. It also interprets the findings in light of public policy…
Descriptors: Age, Background, Blacks, Disadvantaged Youth
Cage, Bob N.; And Others – Research in Education, 1977
Career education needs improvement at all educational levels in Mississippi according to summarized results of a 1976 survey of students and faculty in public schools and in schools for the blind, deaf, and crippled students. Among sixth grade students, 64% feel their parents can best advise them regarding a career, while 49% of twelfth grade…
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Education
FELIX, JOSEPH L.; JACOBS, JAMES N. – 1968
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES AND EVALUATES TWO COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS IN CINCINNATI, OHIO, FUNDED UNDER TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT. IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL REMEDIAL AND ENRICHMENT PROJECT, SPECIALLY EMPLOYED PERSONNEL USED EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES PURCHASED WITH TITLE I FUNDS TO INCREASE THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Students
Griffith, Lynda W.; And Others – 1971
A Head Start Program operating in Kansas City since 1965 was viewed as inadequate because enrollment was limited to about 600 children per year. The Model Cities Agency determined to provide a program for the remainder of the children in the Model Cities neighborhoods. The programs developed were differentiated administratively for the purposes of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Childhood Needs, Disadvantaged Youth
Holland, David Lee – 1974
This paper explains the method used to locate low-income inner-city participants and describes progress during the first fiscal year of the endeavor. Several educational programs are described briefly. Among them are the archaeological summer camp, 4-H teams' participation in a basketball league, 4-H clubs' in the low-income inner-city target…
Descriptors: Archaeology, Area Studies, Articulation (Education), Disadvantaged Youth
Lysiak, Fae; Evans, Charles L. – 1976
Results from this two-year study of seven kindergarten curricula in 1973-74 support the hypothesis that structured programs produce greater cognitive gains for disadvantaged children. The study also suggests that a structured program may be more beneficial for high socioeconomic children. The six curricula described and evaluated are: Lippincott's…
Descriptors: Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Evaluation, Disadvantaged Youth
Hanford, George H. – 1976
The College Entrance Examination Board's (CEEB) internal review of its efforts to develop and implement programs to expand educational opportunities for minorities and the poor revealed that the Board had not been as successful as it had hoped. Most of the Board's efforts to ensure equal access to higher education focused on guidance programs,…
Descriptors: Career Education, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations, Disadvantaged Youth
Bothwell, Robert O.; And Others – 1976
In Serrano v. Priest, the California Supreme Court in 1971 initiated a modern era of elementary and secondary school finance reform. This paper first examines the present problems of urban school finance to ascertain why urban adjustments are necessary today in the new school finance formulas. All urban school finance adjustments in use at the…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Finance
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1972
Through Title III of the Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965, six programs were funded in Washington, D.C. public schools to meet the educational needs of handicapped disadvantaged children. One of the programs, the Columbia Road Pre-School Pilot Project was designed to serve as an experimental model for early childhood education for…
Descriptors: Children, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Assessment, Educational Innovation
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