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Download full textAscher, Carol; Flaxman, Erwin – 1988
Recent evaluations of Federal compensatory education programs funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, Title I, and maintained by the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981, Chapter 1, point to qualified effectiveness in the targeting of services, program structures, and classroom arrangements for increasing the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Delivery Systems, Educationally Disadvantaged
Shumow, Lee – 2001
The current emphasis on performance standards and testing has led schools to look to the after-school hours as time that can be spent developing children's academic skills. This Spanish-language digest describes types of after-school programs and discusses recent research on who participates and the effects of participation on children's school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Programs, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Shumow, Lee – 2001
The current emphasis on performance standards and testing has led schools to look to the after-school hours as time that can be spent developing children's academic skills. This digest describes types of after-school programs and discusses recent research on who participates and the effects of participation on children's school performance. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Programs, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Lewelling, Vickie W. – 1991
The academic achievement of limited-English-speaking (LEP) students has long been a major national educational concern. This digest focuses on: (1) factors that promote or inhibit academic achievement in a second language; (2) the length of time needed for LEP students to achieve at comparable levels in school with their native English-speaking…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Bilingual Education Programs, Elementary Secondary Education
Keimig, Ruth Talbott – 1983
Improving the quality of learning is basic to raising academic standards. Research on postsecondary learning improvement has provided a base of practical knowledge to guide faculty and planners. Successful learning improvement programs share two essential characteristics: they are more comprehensive in the range of students' needs met, and they…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Change Strategies, Decision Making
Walqui, Aida – 2000
This book describes the characteristics of secondary schools in the United States that make it difficult for immigrant students to succeed. These include the following: fragmented school days and instructional programs in which English-as-a-Second-Language and content area teachers work in separate departments and rarely interact; the complex…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Access to Education, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language)
Christian, Donna; And Others – 1997
This monograph discusses issues in the design and implementation of two-way immersion, or two-way bilingual education programs, and describes three exemplary programs. An introductory section examines briefly the rationale for two-way immersion and the extent of its use in the United States. Three school program profiles follow: (1) Francis Scott…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrative Organization, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment
