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King, Joseph M.; Chiariello, Elaine – 1989
A goal of the Maximizing Achievement Potential toward Excellence Program is that there be no statistically significant differences related to race or socioeconomic status in the areas of academic achievement, placement, and academic participation in kindergarten through 12th grade. The program is supported by a primary school objective which…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Objectives
Pomper, Marlene M.; Brown, Sandra – 1989
Written by instructors who not only accept but also elect the challenge of teaching basic skills classes in reading and writing to freshmen at the community college and technical college level, this paper examines, first, the basis for the pedagogy employed: the theoretical concepts and the actual students on which the teaching of developmental…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Classroom Environment, Compensatory Education
Laurence, Mary Ann; And Others – 1990
Collected in this report are context, input, process, and product evaluations of the early childhood education (ECE) programs of the Des Moines Independent Community School District. Context evaluations concern: (1) the Des Moines Preschool Program; (2) the School-age Child Care Program; (3) the Cowles Children's Center, a full-day preschool/child…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Formative Evaluation
Download full textGainer, William J. – 1987
This report provides testimony on results of a General Accounting Office (GAO) study of Chapter 1 Compensatory Education programs, Chapter 2 Education Block Grant programs, and dropout prevention programs. The report covers the following: (1) Chapter 1 student selection; (2) Chapter 1 fiscal provisions; (3) Chapter 2 data collection and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Compensatory Education, Data Collection, Dropout Prevention
Olmsted, Patricia P.; And Others – 1982
The major purposes of this study were (1) to collect evaluation information from parents concerning their perceptions of aspects of the Parent Education Follow Through Program (PEFTP), and (2) to collect information from parents concerning their opinions of how the program may have affected their families and their relationship with their…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Family Relationship, Low Income Groups
Haenn, Joseph F.; And Others – 1983
Like the Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I, the Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1 requires school districts to determine at least once every 3 years whether Title I achievement gains are sustained over a period of 12 months or more. A local education agency (LEA) has considerable flexibility in the approach it takes in…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Data Collection, Educational Legislation
Wallace, Sherry – 1985
For 17 years, the Fort Worth Independent School District has offered full-day prekindergarten for educationally disadvantaged children residing in Chapter I attendance areas. During the 1984-85 academic year, the program was offered to 1,936 children who were four years old prior to September 1, 1984 and scored seven or fewer items correct on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Differentiated Staffs, Educational Objectives
McKey, Ruth Hubbell; And Others – 1985
Including all Head Start research (both published and unpublished) and using, when possible, the statistical technique of meta-analysis, this final report of the Head Start Evaluation, Synthesis, and Utilization Project presents findings on the impact of Head Start on children's cognitive and socioemotional development, on child health and health…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education
Flores, Alfredo; And Others – Metro Impressions (Region VI), 1985
Articles in this serial publication highlight the past, present, and possible future of Project Head Start and celebrate the project's 20th birthday. "Head Start: Today and Yesterday" (Alfred Flores) emphasizes the goals of Head Start. "Why Head Start Is a Winner" (Mary Tom Riley and Jamie Tucker) reports the results of…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Programs, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education
Adams, Marilyn Jager – 1986
This paper discusses ways that students can better be taught to think. It argues that poor/low-achieving students served by Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981 could genuinely profit from instruction on thinking and that, for maximum impact, such instruction should be introduced as a course in itself, separate from…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes, Compensatory Education
Doyle, Walter – 1986
This conference reaction paper tracks some of the common themes that run through five papers presented at the same conference at the session on curricular and instructional issues in compensatory education with special reference to Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. The reaction paper attempts to interpret the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Educational Objectives
de Kanter, Adriana; And Others – 1986
This paper proposes a new emphasis on home-based parental involvement, one that takes a realistic approach to the roles accessible to parents of low-achieving children, given potential limitations on their skills and time. This approach is based on encouraging parents to use everyday activities in the home to develop in their children behavior and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Educational Objectives
Philadelphia School District, PA. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. – 1988
The major purpose of this inquiry is to examine the impact of Chapter 1 services on the School District of Philadelphia since the inception of the program in 1965-66. In addition, the study provides an overview of the Chapter 1 program's impact as the school district's largest and most long-standing remediation program. More specifically, the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Decision Making, Educational Planning
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1984
The 1983-84 State Compensatory Education (SCE) Program in the Austin Independent School District included several components at the elementary and secondary levels. In 18 elementary schools, 16 full-time and one half-time SCE teachers provided assistance to students at or below the 30th percentile in either language arts/reading or math.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Teachers, Compensatory Education, Counseling Services, Elementary Secondary Education
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Federal Programs. – 1983
This report consists of several tables which are intended to illustrate the impact that Title I has exerted on South Carolina schools and describes 23 Title I/Chapter 1 projects in operation in the State. The preliminary summary provides data for 1978-1982, delineating (for each year) funds allocated, number of students participating, participants…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrollment
