The inclusion of a position on standardized testing in the 1980 Democratic Party platform established testing as a political and legislative issue. Testing regulations have been introduced in 20 states and in Congess, involving critics and supporters such as: the National Education Association, Nader's Public Interest Research Groups, and the…

Adult education programs can ameliorate the structural causes of urban poverty by organizing the poor for community development and literacy and cultural education. (SK)

From a review of studies of the relationship between cultural experience and language development, it is evident that ways must be found to aid children from impoverished backgrounds to use their basic intelligence to operate in the verbally oriented tasks demanded in the academic domain. (Author/EB)

Outlined are some considerations for designing curricula for children of low educational attainment. Appreciation of such children's characteristics and the underlying causes of low educational attainment may contribute to better accommodation, in curricula, of the needs of these children. (Author/RE)

Gypsy children have been disadvantaged in education by poor attendance and parental attitudes toward education and child rearing. The Portland Schools' Gypsy Education Project attempts the gradual mainstreaming of Gypsies into regular classrooms through special group instruction within a normal elementary school environment. (SK)

Ten models are proposed for predicting a student's final grade placement in a computer-assisted instruction curriculum from the time the student spends taking lessons. Two of the simplest models, using only the most recent point and parameters estimated for the whole group, are best at prediction. (Author/RD)

The article discusses the provision of appropiate services to exceptional minority children. The identification of exceptional minority children is reviewed, and some suggestions are made for fostering the determination of relevant issues. (DLS)

Two remedial, basic skills programs at two predominately Black colleges-- Miles College in Birmingham, Alabama, and Tougaloo College in Mississippi--are compared by Tougaloo composition teacher John Monro, formerly a dean at Harvard. He argues that such programs are justified by their successes. (JMF)

The growth of adult basic education (ABE) is reviewed and projections are made as to its role in the future of providing services to the educationally disadvantaged adult. (TA)

A procedure for investigating intradistrict distributions of educational inputs is presented and applied to data for the Philadelphia school district. The relationship among public schools of a large number of inputs and the distribution among the schools of the proportion of blacks and the proportion of low-income pupils is examined. (Author/EC)

This study sought to supply evidence that educationally disadvantaged children learn more when the socio-emotional climate in the classroom is nonthreatening. (MM)

Reveals the lack of educational standards in America's poor urban public schools and explains why poor children are getting beyond third grade without being able to properly read. Promotional policies are discussed as well as the teacher's role in promotional decisions. It argues for adoption of explicit, commonly shared, grade-by-grade academic…

Highlights the unique needs of students with disabilities who are homeless, legislative mandates for serving these students, and promising practices for overcoming obstacles to service delivery. The practices focus on developing collaborative relationships at multiple levels, creating responsive systems, and providing students with the social and…

An analysis of about 10 years of efforts to increase the number of disadvantaged students who graduate from Michigan State University business programs and the experiences of 845 disadvantaged students suggest that the special sections developed for these students have helped increase graduation rates. (SLD)

Describes the Suffolk County (MA) Sheriff's Department's correctional education programs and discusses the new Mandatory Literacy Law which links literacy with parole and other institutional privileges. Suggests that the success of these tightly controlled and highly structured programs may provide important lessons for those responsible for…