Intake placement data were collected from the files of 1,966 students labeled and served as learning disabled in Child Service Demonstration Centers (CSDC) in 22 states. There appeared to be a lack of consistency in the characteristics of students labeled learning disabled. (Author)

This report examines the effectiveness in 1979-80 of a Title VII bilingual (Spanish-English) demonstration project carried out for third and/or fourth graders in four public and two private schools in Dallas, Texas. Included are a list of evaluation questions and description of results. Information is provided on the ethnic characteristics of…

Data from the first two years (1975-76 and 1976-77) of a three year study of Demonstration Compensatory Education Projects are presented in this report. The demonstration study was designed to produce evidence about proposed changes in the allocation of Title I funds. Of the thirteen districts chosen for the study, eleven elected to change their…

The paper, originally given at a 1986 Ethnic and Multicultural Symposium, reports the findings of school-based research in California to identify effective bilingual special education programs and instructional practices. The educational program at one model site (Azusa Unified School District) is described including the elementary school…

Described is the Psychoeducational Agency/School System (PASS) Model Project which is providing full or partial services to approximately 152 learning disabled (LD) elementary school children. It is explained that the project involves planning, implementing, and evaluating a replicable delivery system of resource and special class services…

The report of sampling techniques used in "A Study of the Sustaining Effects of Compensatory Education on Cognitive Skills" is briefly summarized. The sustaining Effects Study is a large, multi-faceted national study of issues in the compensatory education of elementary school students. Data describing the characteristics of the students…