The state-funded compensatory education program instituted in the Austin Independent School District in Texas in 1975 consisted of a basic skills component (communication skills/reading and math) for students meeting ESEA Title I criteria, and a bilingual component designed to mesh with the ESEA Title VII Bilingual Project. Enthusiasm for the…

This study, mandated by Congress in the Education Amendments of 1974, was designed to produce estimates which describe the goals of compensatory programs, program operating characteristics, and evaluation techniques in use in compensatory programs. For the purpose of the study, the population sample was defined as all operating public school…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact of the implementation experience on an educational innovation. The topic suggests that users impact innovations just as innovations impact the user. The study's paradigm for implementation has three components--program specifications, the procedures specified for the innovation; user…

In designing the evaluation of year round schools (YRS) in Cherry Creek, four questions dealing with major concerns in determining the effectiveness of YRS were posed: What are the characteristics of school programs associated with YRS? What is the reaction of parents to the YRS, its inconveniences and conveniences? What are the effects of YRS on…

This study of primary school inspection in Nigeria was carried out in May and June 1973. Questionnaires on the organization, staffing, and duties of the primary inspectorate were sent in advance to the Chief Inspectors of Education in five of Nigeria's 12 states. Information gathered through these questionnaires, supplemented by personal…

After a discussion of the innovation adopted (diagnosis of student learning difficulties, individualized instruction, and differentiated staffing) and its success, the authors examine the reasons for the program's successful maintenance. The objectives of the study were to identify the factors the staff perceived as influential to the maintenance…

During the 1970-71 school year the Pontiac School District operated a vocational career development program to increase the occupational knowledge and self-concept of students. Evaluation of that first year pertained to context, input, process, and product. A description of the program, its results, and research procedures is included. Three major…

This report describes the conception, development, introduction, refinement, evaluation, and expansion of a K-3 public alternative school model covering a three-year period from 1974-1977. Each action stage of development ranging from site and staff selection to program implementation and refinement is outlined to provide the reader with a…

Pakistan's effort to achieve universal primary education is described in this study. Chapter One briefly traces economic and social developments, the growth of knowledge, and considers educational priorities. Chapter Two offers an historical perspective, focusing on the re-orientation of the schools after independence, the first national plan, the…

Provides some constructive suggestions for music teachers through an innovative program designed to give students a wide breadth of musical experiences. (RK)

Describes a field test and results of a new didactic teaching method involving resource-based learning to teach various aspects of mathematics and science (fractions, magnetism, planets) to elementary aged hearing impaired student in Iraq. The dramatic improvements in language for learners is described and implications of the methods are…

This study describes the provision of elementary education in Papua New Guinea. Chapter One briefly discusses streams of primary education, hiring of teachers, education boards, and the ministry of education. Chapter Two describes the existing education system in terms of compulsory education, the structure of the education system, educational…

Of the 31 migrant projects funded in fiscal year 1974 (FY 74), 27 (11 regular term and 16 summer term) were classroom programs. There were 365 children enrolled during the regular term and 1,601 during the summer. Children were recruited through: visits by school personnel to the migrant camps, information supplied by other project participants,…

Initiated in Lincoln County, West Virginia, in 1971, the study is the result of the collection and analysis of data from 1233 students in grades 1-10, 794 parents of students in grades 1-12, 78 teachers of students in grades 1-12, and 30 business and industrial personnel. In Part One of the report, the emphasis is on the career education treatment…

Evaluation reports for 10 of the 23 1971 Summer Migrant Projects in North Carolina are presented in Volume I of this compilation. Each report contains the following information: (1) descriptive statistics and results of student achievement; (2) description of the project as obtained from site team reports and other available information; and (3)…