Information about the utilization of Chapter 1 funds in South Carolina is presented for the years 1982-86. Tables and descriptions illustrate the impact of Chapter 1 programs and identify those projects exhibiting the greatest gains in terms of student achievement. Projects covered readiness, reading, and mathematics. The following types of data…

The summary descriptions of state programs in compensatory education (SCE) contained in this report update information presented in the 1981 Bay Area Research Group (BARG) report. A more restrictive definition of compensatory education is used in this current report, whereby only programs in which a specific target population is named and in which…

Prescription Learning is a multimedia diagnostic prescriptive program providing individualized instruction coordinated by Prescription Learning Corporation. One high school, nine elementary schools, and four middle schools provided this supplemental reading and mathematics instruction to students covered by the provisions of Chapter 1 of the…

The research reported in this paper investigated the efficacy of the use of comprehensive computer-based instruction (CBI) for providing basic skills remediation to educationally disadvantaged student populations. Thirteen CBI programs placed in 26 elementary and secondary schools throughout the New York City school system were evaluated during…

This report evaluates the 1984 Search for Elevation, Education & Knowledge (SEEK) prefreshman summer program at Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY), and describes its curriculum, staffing, recruitment of students, and objectives. Ninety-four students were enrolled: 73.4% were 18 or 19 years old; 73.0% were women; 90.4% were…

Recent attempts to reduce the adverse impact of examinations have focused on alternatives to written tests. The present report, however, demonstrates how the adverse impact of written tests can be reduced by correcting for the degree to which a job applicant had been educationally and/or economically disadvantaged or deprived. A measure of…

Responding to a need indicated by President Reagan's 1983 Initiative on Adult Literacy, this monograph considers the past, present, and future uses of television technology in literacy programs. Recognizing the amount of time Americans spend viewing television and the new possibilities for service delivery offered by such technological…

Employer demands for college education rise as enrollments fall. (Author)

Authors considered some implications of preparing for an expansion of nursery provision. (Author/RK)

Discusses some of the problems, theories and methods involved in helping poor and minority group children progress to higher levels of educational achievement and makes several concrete suggestions to this end. (SF)

Discussed the process of modernization in society and how it affects individuals; in this case adolescents are considered, and what must be done to ensure the necessary skill development in order to survive in society's brisk pace. (RK)

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…

The idea of utilizing vouchers in the U.S. educational system has been suggested by a number of scholars. Most discussions regarding vouchers have addressed questions at the elementary and secondary educational levels. In this paper the New York State Tuition Assistance Plan (TAP) is examined as a voucher system for higher education. TAP's impact…

This document provides a description of the needs assessment component for an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I program. The needs assessment model is based on the principle that to be effective, instruction must be tailored to meet the unique needs of the individual child. Other principles of growth and development are also…