Outlines the remedial program at Quinsigamond Community College in Worcester, Massachusetts, which is designed to reduce the high dropout rate in junior colleges. Bibliography. (RW)

Low-income fifth and sixth graders who had completed the full three years of a first- through third-grade Direct Instruction Follow Through program were tested. Students appeared to retain the knowledge and problem-solving skills they had mastered in the primary grades. (Author/BW)

Four evaluation studies concerning the relationship between parent behaviors/attitudes and child achievement are presented. In each study, parental data were obtained either by direct observation or lengthy face-to-face interviews. In all four studies, significant relationships were found between parental measures and child achievement. (Author/LC)

Discusses faculty and student contributions to student academic failure, suggesting changes in the chemistry curriculum to accommodate increased numbers of non-traditional students. Also suggests creating compensatory programs, leaving content and teaching system intact for traditional students. Factors in developing such programs are considered.…

The Head Start program has survived two decades of fiscal and policy challenges because of its multi-faceted character. Head Start sits astride an intellectual divide, contradicting both liberal and conservative social policy dogma. (Author/GC)

Describes the Mercy Tutoring Services Program, which provides individualized instruction in basic academic and life skills for high school dropouts, suspended or expelled students, those assigned to the program by Juvenile Court, or students with chronic truancy or behavioral problems. Suggests ways of implementing the model elsewhere. (AYC)

Holds that, despite claims to the contrary, Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act does not provide compensatory education for disadvantaged students. Proposes a model for improving minority educational opportunities based on a reversal in Federal policy, which would reward school districts with financial aid for increased student…

A study of the sustained effects of Title I compensatory education programs used local test data to demonstrate that student achievement gains made during the school year were largely lost over the summer. The study also shows that students gaining the most during the school year registered the largest losses during the summer. (Authors/PP)

Reviews the background, intent, and provisions of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA), a law designed to simplify and consolidate 30 Federal elementary and secondary education assistance programs. Asserts that significant deregulation will not occur under ECIA, and that the Act will create as many problems as it solves. (GC)

In 1981, community college enrollments increased by 3.2 percent. Nearly all the growth has come in career, compensatory, and community education rather than in traditional college studies. Liberal arts must be fit to the realities of an institution and a reformation of instruction in the liberal arts is proposed. (MLW)

Examines the reasons behind and the effects of standardized and minimum competency tests. The authors conclude that the tests lead towards lower performance expectations for disadvantaged students, and increasingly rigid tracking along class, cultural, and racial lines. (AM)