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Dieterich, Daniel J. – Elementary English, 1972
Resume of several articles that have been written about performance contracts. Articles discuss its history, various facets of performance contracting, favorable positions on it, reasons for opposing it and measurement problems connected with it. (RB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Dropout Prevention, Educational Quality
PDF pending restorationAdwere-Boamah, Joseph – 1975
Project MACK's major goal was to provide a comprehensive school program at McClymonds High School in Oakland, California that would reduce the dropout rate, improve student achievement, reduce absenteeism and class-cutting, and improve student attitudes toward school. Project components included 1) Career Cluster Program, which focused on work…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Dropout Prevention, Educational Improvement
FISHMAN, JOSHUA – 1963
A GREAT NUMBER OF AMERICAN CHILDREN ARE GROWING UP IN SOCIALLY DEPRIVED SURROUNDINGS. THESE DEPRIVATIONS ARE REFLECTED IN LOWER EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT. TEACHERS SHOULD HAVE SPECIAL PREPARATION IN ORDER TO LESSEN THIS WASTE OF EDUCATIONAL POTENTIAL. PROJECT BEACON IS AN EFFORT TO INTRODUCE WITHIN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM A PERMANENT CORPS OF…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Delinquency Prevention, Disadvantaged Environment, Dropout Prevention
HANDY, RUSSELL FRANKLIN – 1965
TO REDUCE THE 35 PERCENT ATTRITION RATE OF FIRST YEAR STUDENTS (1960-61) THE COLLEGE DEVELOPED A BASIC STUDIES PROGRAM TO SALVAGE THOSE WITH LOW ADMISSION SCORES OR SUBSEQUENT ACADEMIC DIFFICULTIES. THIS STUDY EXAMINED THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PROGRAM BY COMPARING THREE GROUPS--(1) THOSE WHO TOOK THE BASIC STUDIES REMEDIAL COURSES BEFORE ENROLLING…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Doctoral Dissertations, Dropout Prevention
Download full textSaint Cloud Board of Education, Minn. – 1968
Evaluations of 2 experimental programs developed by the St. Cloud, Minnesota, school system with funds from Title III, Elementary and Secondary Education Act are given in this report. Section 1 describes the Junior High Development Center, a program designed to help students who had very low basic education skills and showed signs of becoming…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Problems, Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention
CHAMBERLIN, GORDON L.; CATTERALL, CALVIN D. – 1963
A GROUP OF 25 OVERAGE UNDERACHIEVING PUPILS WHO HAD REPEATED A GRADE AT LEAST ONCE COMPLETED BOTH THE SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE DURING AN EXPERIMENTAL 1 YEAR PROGRAM. RESULTS FROM THE METROPOLITAN ACHIEVEMENT TESTS (MAT) ADMINISTERED IN FEBRUARY AND JUNE OF THE EXPERIMENTAL YEAR REVEALED INCREASED MOTIVATION AND ACHIEVEMENT IN ALL BASIC SUBJECTS.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Age Grade Placement, Counselor Evaluation
