The papers in this monograph reflect different approaches used in the assessment and evaluation of bilingual education programs. Doctors Harry Berendzen and Katherine Bemis provide some practical considerations for implementation of evaluation. They list responsibilities of an evaluator and offer an evaluation management plan which takes into…

This resource guide is written for Head Start Directors, Component Coordinators, other staff and parents who share in the task of developing program plans. In the introduction, the concept of participatory management is defined. Advantages and disadvantages of participatory management and required skills for the effective use of participatory…

An outline is given of the contents of learning kits for the Families Learning Together Program. Descriptions are provided of learning activities engaged in jointly by parents and children on the subjects of reading, mathematics, occupational knowledge, consumer economics, community resources, health, and citizenship. Ordering information for…

The tenability of the equipercentile growth assumption was investigated. This assumption is the basis of the norm referenced evaluation model (Model A) for Title I program evaluations, and supposes that a cohort of students, given no special educational intervention, will maintain the same percentile rank over the course of a school year, as…

An assessment of Groton-Lowell Upward Bound (GLUB) Program focuses upon the role and effects of counseling within the six week summer program. The analysis is chronological beginning with the initial pilot program of the summer of 1966, and ending with a review of subsequent programs through the summer of 1977. Brief outlines are presented…

Literature on urban and minority education which is accessible through the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) system is listed in this bibliography. Included are references on topics such as bilingual education, compensatory education, school integration, the education of specific ethnic and racial groups, and problems of inner city…

THE CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILD, ALTHOUGH VERY VERBAL IN HIS LOCAL ENVIRONMENT, IS USUALLY VERBALLY DEFICIENT WITH RESPECT TO SOCIETY AS A WHOLE. PART OF THE ANSWER TO PROVIDING A MORE EFFECTIVE LANGUAGE EDUCATION TO THE CULTURALLY DEPRIVED YOUTH IS ENRICHMENT OR COMPENSATORY PROGRAMS LIKE HEAD START. TO INVESTIGATE THE EFFECT OF THE AUSTIN…

RECOGNITION OF THE EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS OF CULTURALLY AND SOCIALLY DEPRIVED CHILDREN TOGETHER WITH THE GROWING EVIDENCE OF THE EFFECTS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT ON LATER EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT HAS LED TO THE PROPOSING OF LARGE-SCALE PROGRAMS TO ATTACK THESE PROBLEMS. IT SEEMS THAT SPECIAL NURSERY SCHOOL AND KINDERGARTEN PROGRAMS OFFER THE…

THIS REPORT REVIEWS AND EVALUATES THE COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROGRAMS ESTABLISHED IN TWO WASHINGTON COUNTIES. SECTIONS OF THE REPORT DESCRIBE THE COMMUNITY ACTION COUNCIL'S ROLE IN TITLE I, THE INTENT OF TITLE I, AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN WHO CONSTITUTE THE TITLE I TARGET POPULATION. STATISTICAL DATA ARE PROVIDED ON…

PRESENTED ARE GUIDELINES FOR THE EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS FUNDED IN THE PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOLS UNDER TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT. SPECIFICALLY DISCUSSED ARE GUIDELINES FOR THE LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES TO USE IN REPORTING THE MEASURING INSTRUMENTS AND EVALUATION TECHNIQUES USED IN THE EVALUATIONS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE…

THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS THE PROPOSAL PUT BEFORE THE PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR THE CREATION OF THE "MOBILE EDUCATION DEMONSTRATION (MOBED)," WHICH WOULD CONSIST OF A TEAM OF EDUCATOR-ARTISANS WHO WOULD TRAVEL TO DISADVANTAGED SCHOOLS TO PRESENT INSTRUCTIONAL UNITS IN A STIMULATING WAY. THE PROGRAM WOULD BE DERIVED FROM TRADITIONAL…

Described are the compensatory programs in some of the inner city schools in Kansas City, Missouri. The efforts included reading programs, after-school recreational activities and study centers, cultural enrichment, community and parent involvement, teacher seminars, and speech improvement. (NH)

A survey of research and development studies currently needed in early childhood education stresses child development and its relation to instruction. Topics which have been discussed are perception, oral language, concept formation, learning set, motivation, and the psychology of learning. Universities and public school systems working together…

Detailed case studies of each of the 5 school district participating in an evaluation of compensatory education (CE) programs under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 are contained in this volume. Technical features and the methodology used in the 1965-66 and 1966-67 school year programs are described. The description…

To contribute to a more differentiated description of the cognitive status of young disadvantaged children, a comparative study was made of achievement test performance of disadvantaged and middle class groups of children. On the basis of published reading test scores, test data were gathered from nine public schools, four of which were selected…