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Download full textBloom, Dan; And Others – 1991
An analysis of Ohio's Learning, Earning, and Parenting (LEAP) program focused on the first 18 months of program operations. The 12 randomly selected research counties contained about two-thirds of the statewide teen population targeted by LEAP. The analysis relied on field research, supplemented by data collected from county human service agencies…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Ancillary School Services, Attendance
Gueron, Judith M.; Pauly, Edward – 1991
This study synthesizes completed and current studies about the impact and cost effectiveness of welfare-to-work programs and the different approaches used in various local contexts and for important groups of Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) recipients. Chapter 1 sets forth conclusions and policy implications from the completed…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Basic Skills, Cost Effectiveness
Wircenski, Jerry; Just, David – 1983
A project was undertaken to develop an inservice staff development program for vocational teachers working with disadvantaged students in local school districts in Pennsylvania. The focus of the inservice activity was on the improvement of instructional approaches such as individualized instruction, teaching and reteaching, small group…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged, Educational Strategies
Hadley, Carolyn – 1989
This report records the accomplishments of single parent/homemaker vocational education programs in California, mandated by the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984. These programs assist single parents/homemakers in their progress from poverty and public assistance toward personal empowerment and economic self-sufficiency. The report…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Community Programs, Demonstration Programs
Slavin, Robert E.; And Others – 1990
This paper describes the second year of the Success for All program, which tries to assure that each student in an inner-city school succeeds in acquiring basic skills in the early grades. The program was first implemented in the 1987-88 school year in Abbottson Elementary School in Baltimore. First year results revealed substantially higher…
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Resources, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
Illinois State Council on Vocational Education, Springfield. – 1989
The Illinois Council on Vocational Education evaluated the adequacy and effectiveness of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) in Illinois. Three categories of programs were offered: Title IIA Employment and Training Services to economically disadvantaged youth and adults and Older Individuals Programs; Title IIB Summer Youth programs; and Title…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Dislocated Workers, Economically Disadvantaged
Rosica, Thomas C. – 1986
The papers presented at this conference review current research on effective educational practices for low-achieving students and identify those that might be applied to programs funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act of 1981. A function assumed by several conference participants was to act as reactor to papers…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Compensatory Education, Data Collection
Darkenwald, Gordon G.; Valentine, Thomas – 1984
This report describes a self-contained, problem-centered workshop designed to help parents, especially undereducated parents, learn how to facilitate the elementary school success of their children. The workshop is predicated on the belief that parents themselves are able to identify the educational needs and help to solve the school-related…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students, Parent Attitudes
Harlow, James D. – 1981
A self actualization and career education project was conducted by Cedar Valley College, one of the colleges in the Dallas County Community College District (Texas), for residents of the Dallas County Boys' Home. An instructor from the college's counseling center conducted programs on both campuses, and in addition to this linkage, the project…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Education, Community Education, Cooperative Programs
Johnson, Steven D. – 1980
The data presented in this report provide insight into employer involvement at 29 Exemplary In-School Demonstration Projects. Twenty of these programs actively sought work experiences for their youth participants, and an additional six programs contained work experience components that did not necessitate employer identification/participation. The…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Employer Attitudes
PDF pending restorationManpower Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Job Corps. – 1983
As part of a multiphased evaluation of vocational training provided by the Job Corps in fiscal year 1982, an assessment was made of the relative effectiveness of current Job Corps training operations. To arrive at an estimate of overall effectiveness, the researchers weighed the following factors: job-placement percentage, average wage of job,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Demand Occupations, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Patterns
PDF pending restorationTallmadge, G. Kasten; Wood, Christine T. – 1976
This guidebook concentrates primarily on describing the impact-assessment component of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I evaluation and reporting system for users of the system. Three general evaluation models are presented, along with implementation information for each. The first model, a norm-referenced design, may be…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Control Groups
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Federal Programs. – 1988
This report presents a summary of the State of South Carolina's utilization of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I and Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Chapter 1 funds as a resource for educationally disadvantaged students during the past 5 years, and identifies those projects exhibiting the greatest gains in terms of student…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
Lefkowitz, Bernard – 1982
During January, February, and March 1982, 283 people in 17 cities were interviewed regarding those strategies and policies designed to provide access to employment for disadvantaged youth that should be preserved, changed, or rejected. Participants included program operators and practitioners, program participants, elected and appointed officials,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs
Hick, Thomas L.; And Others – 1977
As part of a longitudinal study of the New York State Experimental Prekindergarten Program (PreK), several measures were administered to the four-year-old children in the fall of 1975 and to a sample of the same children in the spring of 1976. Analyses of covariance were carried out on three measures of cognitive development with one of five…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Analysis of Covariance, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Tests
