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Ross, Wendy Middlemiss; And Others – 1990
Efforts were undertaken to develop a parental interview for determining parenting style of parents of children of all ages and children within several subcultural groups. The interview provided mothers with descriptions of common situations in the home and asked the mothers to choose specific responses representing the following parenting styles:…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Child Rearing, Correlation, Economically Disadvantaged
Download full textNechworth, John; And Others – 1990
This report examines the impact of instructional programs funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act on the academic achievement of students served in the Houston (Texas) Independent School District during the 1989-90 school year. The Chapter 1 programs provided supplemental remedial instruction in reading/language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Analysis of Covariance, Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education
California Employment and Training Advisory Council, Sacramento. – 1983
This report summarizes employment and employment training activities in California during 1981-82; provides a retrospective view of programs operated in California under the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act of 1973 (CETA); discusses the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 (JTPA), the Federal Program that replaced CETA and is expected to…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Equal Opportunities (Jobs)
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1983
Information is provided for educators concerning the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA), a federal training-for-employment act replacing the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. The bill is reviewed, and its major provisions and titles are listed. Common terms of the JTPA are provided. Discussion follows of the governance structure at the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Career Education, Economically Disadvantaged
Knuti, David E.; Humphrey, Kathleen. – 1983
Keyed specifically to the needs of community-based organizations (CBOs) and employment and training delivery agencies, this manual provides information on the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Emphasis is placed on the problems of representation of CBOs in the planning process and on obtaining contracts to ensure operational roles under JTPA.…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, Agency Role, Career Education, Community Organizations
Urban, Cynthia M. – 1986
Recent reports have revealed that inequalities exist between males and females, racial minorities and whites, and rich and poor in accessibility to and use of computers. This study reviews the research in the field of computer-based education to determine the extent of and reasons for these inequities. The annotated research articles are arranged…
Descriptors: Computer Science Education, Computer Uses in Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Discrimination
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
Career Advancement through Bilingual Educational Skills (Project CABES) completed the second year of a 3-year funding cycle at Seward Park High School on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Project CABES serves 233 recently immigrated, predominantly low-income, ninth through twelfth grade, Hispanic students of limited English proficiency (LEP). Included…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Education, Dropout Prevention
Knuti, David; And Others – 1986
This guide is intended to assist community-based organizations (CBOs) in developing Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs that will provide needed services to their constituents. First, the history and implications of JTPA are summarized from a CBO viewpoint. Discussed in a chapter on JTPA funding categories are such topics as allocation…
Descriptors: Accountability, Check Lists, Community Organizations, Economically Disadvantaged
Solow, Katherine; Walker, Gary – 1986
This study describes and assesses the early years of implementation of Title II-A of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) in regard to its services to women. Title II of JTPA is the major Federal program intervention--funded at about 1.8 billion dollars annually--aimed at providing employment and training services for the economically…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Displaced Homemakers, Early Parenthood, Economically Disadvantaged
Cunningham, Donna; And Others – 1985
A third-party evaluation of the Texas coordinated vocational-academic education (CVAE) program was conducted in 1984-85 to determine the effectiveness of CVAE as a vocational program for meeting the needs of secondary students who are unsuccessful in traditional academic programs. A project advisory committee was established, a review of…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Basic Skills, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Hollenbeck, Kevin – 1986
A study examined the effects of the Targeted Jobs Tax Credit (TJTC) on employment patterns among those eligible for and those ineligible for TJTC. The rate at which TJTC-eligible persons penetrated the labor market and the resultant displacement of persons not eligible were examined in terms of TJTC-related variables, personal characteristics, and…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Disabilities, Disadvantaged, Dislocated Workers
Odden, Allan – 1987
This paper reviews the economic and political science literature, and the literature on Chapter 1/Title I in order to identify policy options that retain adequate fiscal accountability as well as insure program quality. Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 is the successor to Title I of the Elementary and Secondary…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Quality
Barltrop, Jenny – 1988
A study explored issues regarding job choice and the types of career information available in relation to a sample of Year 9 high school students in Sydney, Australia. Another objective was to determine the impact of gender, level of academic achievement, and degree of social disadvantage upon the choices made and the career information obtained…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Education, Career Planning
Read, Sherry – 1983
An evaluation of the TRIO/Special Services program at the University of Minnesota, General College, is presented. Descriptions are provided of program operations, services offered, the program participants, and student eligibility. Program effectiveness is also assessed in terms of student outcomes, and individual program services are examined as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, College Students, Developmental Studies Programs
Michigan State Univ., East Lansing. Non-Formal Education Information Center. – 1982
The lead article in this issue discusses how linkages at any level from local to national government can help put into practice changing concepts of education and development. The 72-item annotated bibliography and the 12 project descriptions provide resources on the topic of linking formal and non-formal education. Examples from the literature on…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Developing Nations, Economically Disadvantaged
