Evaluated in this report on Project Concern in Hartford, Connecticut, are (1) the cognitive and affective impact of Project Concern in the school year 1982-83; and (2) the sustained cognitive effects of Project Concern from Spring 1981 to Spring 1983. Project Concern began in September, 1966, as an experiment in educational intervention for…

The Mathematics Skills Improvement Project of the Cleveland Public Schools is designed to serve pupils in grades 3-6 (grades 3-8 in nonpublic schools) who have difficulty in acquiring basic math skills. The project provides daily remedial instruction in specially equipped math labs on an individual and small-group basis. Additional project…

A study assessed access and equity with regard to mildly handicapped youth who receive vocationally oriented curricula; it also assessed the extent to which existing data and data systems are reliable indicators of access and equity in vocational education. A random sample of 293 handicapped students from secondary school districts in Illinois…

The problems of education in an inner city environment seem intractable, but this book offers a hopeful prescription. It argues that the problems have appeared insoluble in part because observers have been more committed to certain ideological, methodological, and theoretical fashions than to understanding what might work. On the basis of…

An integrated overview of the processes involved in the establishment of a vocational program of study for the disadvantaged student is provided in this paper. Occupational analysis, the first step in the establishment of such a program, is discussed and divided into three steps: (1) major job tasks; (2) sub-tasks; and (3) specific job functions.…

A study examined the work attitudes of a sample of trade, industrial, and technical education students from one postsecondary and three secondary institutions in Jefferson County, Kentucky, including the city of Louisville. More than 1,300 students participated, including 796 who were characterized as disadvantaged, 226 as disabled, and 350 as…

This research examined the distributional and programmatic impact of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) of 1981, Chapter 2, during its first year of implementation, to determine how it has measured up to meeting the goal for which it was enacted, and whether or not the Reagan Administration's promises regarding block grants…

This document presents in detail the master plans for the 1983-84 school year of the District of Columbia public schools. Priority areas were identified as instruction, management improvement, planning, quality assurance, resource development, and community relations. General statements of long-range objectives and achievement indicators are…

The Targeted Jobs Demonstration Program (TJDP) was a two-year, six-agency demonstration project under which 14 communities received federal funds to encourage local coordination of federal programs to link federally assisted economic development programs with employment and training programs for individuals from minority groups and for…

In the 1980-81 school year, the Title I program in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, initiated research into the effectiveness of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) for mathematics in grades 3-6. Children from two lower socioeconomic area schools, who were one or more years below grade placement but were already making gains of 6-9 months due to an…

This report evaluates the 1982-83 Motivational and Self-Imagery Development/Job Development project in the Cleveland Public Schools. The project's purpose is to present job information to students in grades 11 and 12 and to provide assistance in placing students in fulltime jobs after graduation. Students in grades 8 and 9 are also introduced to a…

School-community collaborations are developing in many cities to respond to the escalating needs of minority and other disadvantaged students. School districts in New York City have developed collaborative programs with health care services, youth agencies, neighborhood family service centers, community organizations and parent groups. Critics…

This study investigated the sustained effects of Project Head Start for disadvantaged, black children in kindergarten and first grade. Participation in Head Start was compared to other forms of preschool experience and no preschool experience for disadvantaged children in two American cities in 1969-1970. Both preprogram background and cognitive…

This observational study examined student and teacher verbal and nonverbal behaviors in microcomputer classrooms in a high school where most of the students are Black, Hispanic, or Asian, and almost half of them are classified as economically disadvantaged. A total of 125 students in grades 9 to 12 were observed, with 47 students in marketing, 18…

Collaborations between high schools and colleges have emerged during the 1980s as a means to increase enrollments and academic success of low-income minorities in higher education although their benefits have yet to be clearly demonstrated. This review surveys the literature on the effectiveness of these collaboratives. The report is comprised of…