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Wilson, Diana A. – New Outlook for the Blind, 1974
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Exceptional Child Education, Individualized Instruction, Institutional Environment
Download full textCarrasquillo, Angela; And Others – 1986
A study surveyed first-year community college students enrolled in remedial English reading, to determine the perceived benefits of a remedial reading class. The study was specifically designed (1) to obtain a profile of the student population, (2) to identify students' reasons for taking remedial reading, and (3) to identify the relationship of…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Compensatory Education, Reading Attitudes, Reading Difficulties
Moore, Mary T.; Funkhouser, Janie – 1990
This report provides information about the use of extended time strategies by local Chapter 1 programs and offers practical guidance for district and school staff who are considering adoption of the strategies. The report focuses on five basic strategies for extending instructional time for Chapter 1 students: (1) extended day kindergarten; (2)…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Case Studies, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education
Berrueta-Clement, John R.; And Others – 1984
This study is the eighth in a series of reports of longitudinal research on the long-term effects of participation versus nonparticipation in a program of high quality early childhood education, on 123 black youths from families of low socioeconomic status, who were at risk of failing in school. The study finds that young people up to 19 years of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Case Studies, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education
Thomas, Phyllis M. – 1989
The 1987-88 Compensatory Language Experiences and Reading-Recovery (CLEAR-RR) Program of the Columbus, Ohio Public Schools was implemented to provide early intervention to 393 underachieving first-grade pupils in Columbus, Ohio schools who appeared unlikely to learn to read successfully without intensive instruction. The program's two major goals…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Grade 1, Individualized Reading, Primary Education
Pancrazio, Sally B. – 1989
This report reviews prekindergarten programs in fiscal years 1987-88 in Illinois, where an estimated 112,000 children of 3-4 years of age are at risk of academic failure. Each year, State Board of Education staff collect data on prekindergarten programs and the children they serve in order to answer four primary questions: (1) What are the…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, At Risk Persons, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Ediger, Marlow – 1990
This paper discusses issues pertaining to at-risk students at the primary level, suggesting what can be done to keep pupils in formal schooling with an optimal achievement level. Topics discussed include: (1) probable at-risk primary pupils; (2) the domestic and societal causes of high risk in primary pupils; (3) approaches to guiding pupil…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Berney, Tomi D.; Stern, Lucia – 1990
Chapter I/Pupils with Compensatory Educational Needs programs in English as a Second Language (ESL) served students at 78 high schools in New York City, supplementing tax-levy-funded ESL classes in those schools serving limited-English-proficient (LEP) students. Chapter I of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act funded ESL and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Compensatory Education, Eligibility, English (Second Language)
Sorensen, Monica, Ed. – 1990
This publication presents a collection of true stories that demonstrate the ways in which children's and parents' lives have been enriched as a result of their involvement with Project Head Start. The stories describe remarkable achievements, often made in the face of great disadvantages and difficult circumstances, which illustrate, through…
Descriptors: Community Benefits, Compensatory Education, Disabilities, Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1990
A hearing was held for the purpose of receiving testimony on the reauthorization of the Head Start Act on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Head Start program, which was first implemented in 1965 to ensure that economically disadvantaged children begin school on an equal basis with their more advantaged peers. Opening remarks by…
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Compensatory Education, Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged Youth
McNeil, Keith – 1990
Often there is a desire to evaluate a program, but there is no comparable comparison group available. This paper focuses on an evaluation model that can be used when there is no comparison group and when there is no pretest. The method--Model A--used by the Chapter 1 compensatory education program is described. Model A, which uses a…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Content Analysis, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Objectives
Berrum, Phyllis – 1990
This report describes 11 effective compensatory education programs in Oregon schools funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act. One high school, four middle school, and six elementary school programs are profiled. Each profile includes the following information: (1) demographics; (2) staffing; (3) parent…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Saginaw Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation Services. – 1990
Results of the 1989-90 product evaluation of the Chapter 1 prekindergarten program of the Saginaw, Michigan School District are reported. The purpose of the program is to provide educationally disadvantaged, inner-city 4-year-olds with an environment that will enable them to develop skills needed for success in school. In 1989-90, the program…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Educational Finance, Federal Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1987
This General Accounting Office (GAO) report provides information on school officials' selection of students for the chapter 1 program of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. The following was determined: (1) how chapter 1 children were selected; (2) whether they met Federal, State, and local selection requirements; and (3) how…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Admission Criteria, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged
Ellis, Barbara H.; And Others – 1983
The first purpose of this study was to investigate the use of home learning tasks by participants and nonparticipants of the Parent Education Follow Through Program (PEFTP) in Richmond, Virginia. The second purpose was to examine the relationship within the PEFTP sample between parents' use of home learning tasks and two areas of student…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Compensatory Education, Educational Innovation, Grade 1
