Reprinted from "The New Republic, April 26, 1969.

The statistics presented in this report reflect the new formula introduced by the New Jersey State Board of Education for calculating student eligibility and funding school districts to operate supplemental State compensatory education programs. Tables provided show 1976-1977 and 1978-1979 compensatory fund allocations for twenty-eight school…

THE NEED FOR COMPENSATORY EDUCATION IN AND THE NECESSITY OF PROVIDING OUTSTANDING TEACHERS AND COMMUNITY WORKERS FOR DEPRESSED AREAS ARE DISCUSSED. DISADVANTAGED YOUTH ARE CHARACERIZED BY THEIR NONPURPOSEFUL ACTIVITY, INDIFFERENCE TO RESPONSIBLITY, POOR HEALTH HABITS, POOR COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND READING HABITS, LIMITED EXPERIENCES AND CONTACTS…

PRESENTED IS AN EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR DISADVANTAGED YOUTH WHICH WILL INSURE MEANINGFUL GROWTH, GIVE A SENSE OF ACHIEVEMENT AND ATTAINMENT, HELP CHILDREN ACCEPT AND FACE THEIR LIMITATIONS AND DEVELOP THEIR STRENGTHS, AND INSTILL HEALTHY ATTITUDES TOWARD SCHOOL AND SOCIETY. CURRICULUM CHANGES RATHER THAN ADMINISTRATIVE ARRANGEMENTS, ARE ADVOCATED.…

The purpose of this Supplement is to provide the reader with an historical summary of the key findings reported in the Annual Evaluation of 33 projects funded by the Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I since 1975. Each project summary contains the 1980-1981 management information, the key findings for 1975-1980, preliminary findings for…

The purpose of this dissertation was to determine the need for alternative administrative patterns in elementary schools which receive State and Federal compensatory education funds. Findings show that: (1) compensatory education principals indicated that they spent a significantly greater amount of time than did noncompensatory education…

THIS REPORT LISTS TITLE I PROJECTS IN NEW YORK STATE AND NOTES THEIR EXPENDITURES DURING THE FISCAL YEAR 1966. TITLE I FUNDS, MORE THAN $109 MILLION, WERE SPENT ON SPECIAL COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS. (LB)

Eleven papers describe and evaluate state and city programs which appear to have been successful in helping the educationally disadvantaged realize their potential. To pinpoint possible factors which hinder achievement, the papers also identify some of the characteristics of these students and their homes and communities. (NH)

Prior experience with Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I programs has provided evidence that school districts are implementing supplementary programs funded by Title I which are separate and distinct from the base education programs. The focus of this study is on the relationship between the Title I supplementary programs and the base…

This research utilizes Brookover's social-psychological theory of learning by evaluating the level and/or change in self-concept-of-academic ability, significant others, and academic significant others of 121 black and white compensatory education students. As a result of exposure to compensatory education there was a significant positive change…

This document, prepared for a symposium on preschool compensatory programs, makes preliminary comments on the difficulty of program assessment and tight experimental design, on the necessity of in-depth involvement, and on the need for vigilance in maintaining an experimental condition. A number of studies in preschool intervention are reviewed…

The Pennsylvania Advancement School (PAS) opened for its first group of students in October 1967; since then, numerous programs and activities have given the school publicity. In this paper, general information about the school's activities is presented. The paper is divided into three sections: (1) activities that constitute PAS's core program;…

In this brief discussion of the evaluation of compensatory education, the author analyzes why it has been difficult to discover whether compensatory education has succeeded; in addition, why the causes of success or failure are difficult to assess. In particular, the author points out that the political and economic circumstances of programs make…