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Download full textKent, William P. – 1973
This study represents the first nationwide evaluation of programs funded under the Adult Education Act. Data were gathered across a variety of adult basic education programs (ABE), and a representative sample of 2300 program participants was studied longitudinally through a series of basic skills tests and interviews covering pre- and post-program…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Adults
Harrison, Bennett – 1973
Improvements in the quality of national--and particularly of urban--life will require even greater expenditures than at present on the delivery of crucial services as education, health protection, recreation, waste disposal, and police and fire protection. Simultaneously, the problem of poverty continues to plague millions, even many who are in…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns, Employment Programs, Employment Projections
McMillan, Eunice – 1973
Two agencies of the Columbia, South Carolina community, the Richland County Public Library and the Adult Education office of Richland County School District One, merged their efforts to better serve clients and potential clients of the Adult Basic Education (ABE) program of District One in 1972-73 with the support of a grant channeled through…
Descriptors: Activities, Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Case Studies
Phillips, Nina – 1968
This book was originally developed as a practical manual for use in training volunteers in the New York City School Volunteer Program. In its present form, it is both a manual and a reference book. The book begins with a discussion of the disadvantaged child and the frame of reference in which English is to be taught. Methods and materials are…
Descriptors: Attitudes, Audiolingual Methods, Audiovisual Instruction, Conversational Language Courses
Robinson, Oliver W.; Schmitt, Henry E. – 1971
The basic problem facing school administrators, supportive staff personnel, and school boards is how to successfully implement vocational programs for rural disadvantaged youth. Thus, this document was designed to help school administrators review the key administrative concepts relative to this type of vocational education program. The compact…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Curriculum Development, Differentiated Staffs
Annual Evaluation Report: Title I, Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Fiscal Year 1970.
Virginia State Dept. of Education, Richmond. – 1970
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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education
Huffman, Harry; And Others – 1971
BOOST, Business and Office Occupations Student Training, is a research and development project devoted to the improvement of programs in office occupations for disadvantaged students. The project was designed to discover the perceptions of disadvantaged students concerning office work and to develop a program for modifying those perceptions that…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Business Education, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth
Fox, Sandra J. – 1971
The results of a survey of 13 high school seniors of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe are analyzed in this 1971 study designed to test the impact of an American Indian literature course offered at Cheyenne-Eagle Butte High School. Results of a questionnaire given before and after the literature course are presented in tabular form showing, in…
Descriptors: American Indians, Content Area Reading, Cultural Awareness, Educationally Disadvantaged
Walsh, Huber M., Ed. – 1971
The 50 articles in this anthology were drawn from the Elementary Education Supplement of Social Education. The collection of articles is aimed at teachers, and its purpose is to provide inspiration and worthwhile suggestions for upgrading social studies instruction in the elementary school. The articles for this anthology were selected by a team…
Descriptors: Anthologies, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Fundamental Concepts
Jantzen, Gerrie – 1971
This document reports as innovative film course sponsored by the Pilot Communities Program, an experiment in educational change, consisting of four teams of teacher-advisors, who from 1969 to 1971 have worked in selected schools in Boston (Massachusetts), Bridgeport (Connecticut), Washington (D.C.), and a coastal region in Maine. Their most recent…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Instruction, Black Students, Class Activities, Curriculum Development
Carroll, Stephen J.; And Others – 1970
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,…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Behavior Change, Cost Estimates, Disadvantaged Youth
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1969
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the 1969 summer programs for the District of Columbia Publc Schools. These programs were funded from the regular appropriated District of Columbia budget. There were 23 different programs, involving approximately 12,980 students and using 675,000 dollars of appropriated District of Columbia Public School…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
Lange, Drexel D.; And Others – 1970
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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education
Arizona State Dept. of Education, Phoenix. – 1970
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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education
Vermont State Dept. of Education, Montpelier. – 1970
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…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education
