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Somers, Gerald G., Ed. – 1968
Case histories evaluate the effectiveness of recent and current retraining programs for unemployed workers under Federal, state, municipal, and union-management auspices, judging them by their success in placing workers in useful employment in distressed economic areas. Data on various aspects of retraining programs under a wide variety of…
Descriptors: Blacks, Cost Effectiveness, Course Content, Educational Benefits
Download full textMahan, Thomas W. – 1968
This supplementary report on Project Concern, an educational intervention program in Hartford, Connecticut, which buses inner city minority group children to suburban schools, deals with the nonacademic aspects of the experiment. Described briefly is the typical low socioeconomic background of the elementary school children. The reaction of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bus Transportation, Disadvantaged Youth, Experimental Programs
LONDON, H.H. – 1967
THIS STUDY EXAMINED THE SOCIOECONOMIC BACKGROUND CHARACTERISTICS OF MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT AND TRAINING ACT EX-TRAINEES, THE SOCIOECONOMIC CHANGES THAT OCCURRED AFTER TRAINING, THE LONG- AND SHORT-RANGE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SERVICES RECEIVED UNDER THE MDTA PROGRAM, AND HOW THESE MAY BE IMPROVED. FOR APPROXIMATELY 500 PERSONS WHO COMPLETED AN MDTA…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Educational Background, Employment Experience, Family Characteristics
Mahan, Thomas W. – 1968
The final technical report summarizes the development, operations, and effectiveness of Project Concern, Hartford's program of suburban school placement for inner-city children. This approach to educational improvement through busing disadvantaged students to neighboring towns was funded in part by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bus Transportation, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropouts
Wenrich, Ralph C.; And Others – 1968
The vocational education leadership behavior of graduates from an 8-week summer workshop who completed a year-long internship was observed to evaluate the training program and to develop an objective formula for selection of personnel for effective leadership roles. The 71 graduates for the school years 1964-67 were compared with the 48 member…
Descriptors: Administrators, Bibliographies, Control Groups, Experimental Groups
Gallagher, James J. – 1966
Research is summarized and analyzed in this revision of the author's 1960 "Analysis of Research on the Education of Gifted Children," which was used as a guide in the construction and implementation of the Illinois Plan for Program Development for Gifted Children. Information is provided on identification and definition and on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administration, Administrative Organization, Ancillary Services
Hebeler, Jean R. – 1968
An analysis of questionnaires completed by 413 recipients of U.S. Office of Education graduate fellowships in mental retardation under the provisions of Public Law 85-926 was conducted. Recipients of university and state fellowship awards were included in the sample. The findings indicated that 95% of the fellowship recipients had had prior…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, Exceptional Child Education, Federal Aid
McClellan, George B. – Modern Language Notes, 1967
Attention is focused on the 10-year (grades 3-12) Spanish sequence in the Hackensack schools. Program expenses, student test scores, and a subjective evaluation of the project's effectiveness are included. Also discussed are enrollment trends, students who discontinue studying Spanish, the transference value of language skills, and the reasons for…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), Educational Finance, Educational Objectives, FLES
Bradberry, Helon Styles – 1967
Questionnaires sent to participants and their principals were used to evaluate the academic year institute programs attended by 572 secondary teachers of science and mathematics at selected Southeastern universities. Some 348 participants responded. Of these 148 were no longer teaching at the secondary level. More than two-thirds of the…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Inservice Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Institutes (Training Programs)
Prescott, Elizabeth; And Others – 1967
The purpose of this study was to describe fully day care programs, to find factors predictive of differences in programs, and to evaluate the effectiveness of day care centers. Teachers in 50 randomly selected day care centers in Los Angeles were observed for four 20-minute periods daily for 10 days. The results indicated the following points:…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Behavior Rating Scales, Child Caregivers, Child Development
General Electric Co., Washington, DC. TEMPO. – 1968
The aim of the study was to provide the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare with evidence as to the productivity of compensatory education (CE) programs for disadvantaged children, particularly the effects of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 during its first year and a half. Data were collected on pupil performance and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Community Characteristics
Broadbent, William A. – 1977
Five programs in developmental reading at Leeward Community College (Hawaii) were studied to determine their effectiveness. The programs were: (1) general reading using individualized exercises; (2) an integrated skills approach combining reading and basic English skills; (3) a curriculum designed for each student from diagnostic testing; (4) a…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Programs, Developmental Reading
A Study of Remedial Algebra Courses Taught At Queensborough Community College: Spring and Fall 1973.
Cohen, Edward G.; Diamond, Arnold H. – 1975
A study of 159 students assigned to remedial algebra courses was initiated at Queensborough Community College to determine levels of improvement in algebraic skills and the effects of regular, programmed, and modular teaching methods. All students studied the same material with the following differences: (1) regular instruction used no programmed…
Descriptors: Algebra, Analysis of Covariance, College Mathematics, Community Colleges
Libaw, Frieda, Comp.; And Others – 1977
Consolidating 1976 survey findings re: the 10 Comprehensive Employment Training Act (CETA) Title III Urban Indian Prime Sponsors, this document focuses upon the development of 4 CETA models aimed at CETA objectives and providing background information for development of CETA films to train Prime Sponsor staff. Based on site visit interviews and…
Descriptors: Ancillary Services, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Objectives, Employment Programs
Detroit Lakes Public Schools, Minn. – 1977
During the 1976-77 school year, the program's priorities were (1) to hire a Home School Coordinator to provide counseling services for the child and to be a liaison between the school and the home; (2) to hire Instructional Aides to work closely with the teacher providing any type of assistance which would make school easier and more enjoyable for…
Descriptors: Academic Education, American Indians, Cultural Activities, Cultural Awareness
