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Download full textNew Orleans Public Schools, Louisiana. Dept. of Educational Accountability. – 1993
The California Achievement Test (CAT) has been administered in Orleans Parish (Louisiana) annually each spring to gauge performance of New Orleans Public Schools students since 1989. In 1992, the CAT was given to students in kindergarten and grades 3, 5, and 8. With few exceptions, median percentiles for New Orleans students were below the 40th…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Attendance, Compensatory Education
Clinton, Barbara; And Others – 1990
This report discusses the results of a qualitative evaluation of the Maternal Infant Health Outreach Worker (MIHOW) project which served over 500 low-income women from 1982 through 1990. The MIHOW project provides outreach services to low-income families in rural communities in Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, and West Virginia. Working in…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Child Rearing, Counselor Client Relationship, Economically Disadvantaged
Cameron, J. M. R., Ed.; Griffith, D. A., Ed. – 1992
This document summarizes the proceedings of a national forum for persons with an interest in and commitment to research into issues affecting people living in rural and remote areas across Australia. The six sub-themes of the conference were: (1) the role of the community in teacher preparation; (2) the quality of education in rural Australia; (3)…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Community Involvement, Educational Research, Educationally Disadvantaged
Herrick, Susan C.; Epstein, Joyce L. – 1991
This publication includes two reports describing the development and beginning evaluations of two separate programs of the Baltimore (Maryland) School and Family Connections Project designed to increase parents' involvement in their children's learning in urban elementary schools. The first report, "Reactions of Parents and Teachers to…
Descriptors: Educational Improvement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students, Elementary Schools
Ryan, Katherine E. – 1992
Whether specification of focal group membership based on ethnicity as well as educational opportunity affects differential item functioning (DIF) of test items was studied. Subjects were 4,342 freshmen admitted to a large midwestern university who completed the 40-item Advanced Mathematics Placement Examination in the spring of 1991. There were…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement, Black Students, College Freshmen, Comparative Testing
Brouwer, Jani; Martinic, Sergio – 1991
The Bernard van Leer Foundation sponsors nontraditional, nonschool programs designed to improve the chances that preschoolers will enroll in school. In these programs and other informal education efforts, the community facilitator plays an important role. Typically, the facilitator is a member of the community who works without remuneration as a…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Community Development, Community Education, Developing Nations
Bever, Vicki – 1994
This report describes a program for improving academic productivity in an elementary school in Rockford, Illinois. Students were unmotivated, unproductive, and uninvolved in academic life, as measured by teacher observation and student behavior. Examination of teacher records revealed that the learning disabled or behavior disordered resource…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Passow, A. Harry – 1992
It is more than a quarter century since Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965, the first major Federal legislation authorizing funds for compensatory education for the disadvantaged, came into effect. In 1981, Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) replaced Title I. Some Federal funding…
Descriptors: Accountability, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Context Effect
Manitoba Dept. of Education and Training, Winnipeg. – 1993
Public schools in Manitoba (Canada) are encountering an increasing number of students who are considered to be educationally at risk. This paper addresses the provision of effective services relating to at-risk youth and the prevention of early school dropouts. The paper's first section covers the circumstances and conditions associated with early…
Descriptors: Criteria, Curriculum Enrichment, Dropouts, Early Intervention
Saint Paul Foundation, St. Paul, MN. – 1993
This newsletter describes the 6-year Supporting Diversity in Schools (SDS) project that seeks to create school environments free of racial prejudice and privilege. It briefly describes the program's working themes: (1) giving a voice to people who have traditionally been silent in the shaping of classroom practices; (2) developing pride in…
Descriptors: Community Coordination, Community Involvement, Cooperation, Cultural Pluralism
North Carolina Legislative Research Commission, Raleigh. – 1993
This document summarizes the proceedings of meetings held by the North Carolina Legislative Research Commission's Committee on Students at Risk in autumn 1992. Presenters were representatives of North Carolina governmental agencies and other organizations or programs. Findings include the following: (1) The term "students at risk" places…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education
Bruno, Paula – 1993
This report assesses the Acquisition of Learning by Facilitating Academics (Project ALFA), which is designed to assist the academic progress of Haitian students at Lafayette High School in Brooklyn, New York. Project ALFA served a total of 62 students of limited English proficiency who had attended an English-speaking school system for less than 5…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Objectives, Educationally Disadvantaged
Marshall, Patricia L. – 1991
Schools fail to meet the schooling needs of many nonwhite students. Afrocentricity, a new curricular movement that looks through African eyes, focuses on improving schooling experiences for African-Americans. Some proponents view it as an answer to African-American student underachievement and say it enhances self-esteem, achievement levels,…
Descriptors: Afrocentrism, Black Students, Black Teachers, Cultural Awareness
Arkansas State Dept. of Education, Little Rock. – 1990
Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 is the largest federally-funded program designed to provide services to educationally deprived elementary school and secondary school students who live in areas with a concentration of children from low income families. Annual needs assessment and evaluation are requirements of…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Delinquency
Bryson, Mary; Scardamalia, Marlene – 1991
Cognitively-based writing instruction for educationally disadvantaged students is examined, focusing on epistemic writing. The object of epistemic writing is to inquire into a particular topic and to familiarize/persuade the reader with the fruits of the investigation. In reviewing the distinctions between novice and expert writers, two models of…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries
