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| Hamilton, Jack A. | 2 |
| Mitchell, Anita M. | 2 |
| Brown, M. Mae | 1 |
| Darkenwald, Gordon G. | 1 |
| Koenig, Del M. | 1 |
| Land, Kenneth C. | 1 |
| McCormick, Richard | 1 |
| Petersilia, Joan | 1 |
| Robbins, Pam | 1 |
| Wolfe, Pat | 1 |
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| Reports - Descriptive | 5 |
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| Reports - Evaluative | 3 |
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| Education Amendments 1974 | 2 |
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Peer reviewedPetersilia, Joan – Evaluation Review, 1989
The 11 programs and sites participating in the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) Intensive Supervision Demonstration Project are described. The demonstration was designed to assess the effects and costs of sentencing convicted felons to community-based programs. The evaluation by the Rand Corporation and data collection methods and random…
Descriptors: Community Programs, Correctional Rehabilitation, Criminals, Demonstration Programs
Peer reviewedRobbins, Pam; Wolfe, Pat – Educational Leadership, 1987
A California school district used the Hunter teaching model for a study to measure the effect of the model on teachers and students in two schools over a four-year period. Evaluation shows that student achievement and teacher behavior improved during the first three years then dropped during the fourth. (MD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Demonstration Programs, Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education
Peer reviewedLand, Kenneth C.; And Others – Evaluation Review, 1990
An evaluation of a North Carolina supervision program for juvenile offenders--the Intensive Protective Supervision Project--is presented. The program involves extensive and proactive contact between the court counselor, offender, and offender's family. Statistical and field-based evaluation suggest that the project is successful in preventing…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Delinquency Prevention, Demonstration Programs, Field Studies
Hamilton, Jack A.; Mitchell, Anita M. – 1978
The overall goal of this project was to examine the effectiveness of career education by identifying some of the best of the current career education programs and practices which were referred to in Public Law 93-380 and which have been objectively evaluated. The specific objectives were to: (1) gather and analyze reports of career education…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Hamilton, Jack A.; Mitchell, Anita M. – 1978
A study was conducted to identify and describe evaluated, exemplary activities in career education (K-12) which represent the best of the current career education programs and practices referred to in Public Law 93-380. The major tasks of the study were to: (1) establish criteria for identifying evaluated, exemplary activities; (2) search for…
Descriptors: Career Education, Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Download full textDarkenwald, Gordon G.; And Others – 1974
The study focuses on the Special Projects Program authorized under section 309(b) of the Adult Education Act of 1966 and analyzes the 309(b) program to determine why dissemination of results to local adult basic education (ABE) programs has been less effective than desired. The document contains: (1) An examination of the policies and activities…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Demonstration Programs
Koenig, Del M.; McCormick, Richard – 1978
The North-South Dialogue Videotape Communication Project was an applied research program designed to assess the use of video programming as an aid to intercultural communication between isolated northern Canadian communities and southern educators. Project staff produced five video programs focusing on the culture and interests of northern people;…
Descriptors: Audiences, Canada Natives, Communication Problems, Cooperative Planning
Brown, M. Mae; And Others – 1993
The OSAP High Risk Youth Demonstration Program of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians is directed toward the prevention of substance abuse through experiences offered in an after-school program. This is the second year that the program has been implemented in the six elementary schools and one middle school of the Mississippi Choctaw…
Descriptors: After School Programs, American Indians, Cultural Activities, Data Collection
