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Download full textOlsen, Robert; Seftor, Neil; Silva, Tim; Myers, David; DesRoches, David; Young, Julie – US Department of Education, 2007
To help address continuing disparities in academic achievement and under-representation of disadvantaged groups in math and science majors and careers, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) established a math and science initiative in 1990 within Upward Bound, a federal grant program known as Upward Bound Math-Science (UBMS) designed to provide…
Descriptors: Program Evaluation, Mathematics Education, Science Education, Program Effectiveness
Direct linkFifer, Molly E.; Krueger, Alan B. – Brookings Institution, The: Brown Center on Education Policy, 2006
Even in early grades, a large gap in skills exists between students from economically advantaged and disadvantaged families. Evidence suggests that a substantial share of this skills gap emerges during the summer months, when school is not in session. Children from disadvantaged families experience greater losses in skills during summer vacations…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Economically Disadvantaged, Mathematics Skills, Elementary School Students
Brooks, Margaret G. – 1981
This report discusses a number of academic and recreational activities carried out under the Atlanta Public Schools 1981 Summer Program. Included are summer high school courses, remedial programs, alternative and work study programs, enrichment activities, and community vocational and recreational programs for elementary, middle and high school…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities
Schiel, Jeff – 1998
Duke University's Talent Identification Program invites seventh graders who score in the top 3% on nationally normed, standardized tests to participate in the Talent Search. A small number of these students subsequently qualify, on the basis of relatively high ACT Assessment or SAT scores, for the Summer Residential Program (SRP), which provides…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Advanced Students, College Entrance Examinations, Enrichment Activities
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Evaluation. – 1978
During 1977-78 the Texas Migrant Education Program provided supplementary instructional and support services to 85,302 children of migratory parents. Title I Migrant funds of $30,330,453 were expended for regular term programs by 271 participating Texas school districts and four nonprofit organizations. Supplementary instruction was provided to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Ancillary Services, Annual Reports, Educational Finance
