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1976
Along with the expansion of adult education has come an increased awareness of the needs of adults for information on career development and on the role education can play in that development, and for assistance in locating the specific courses or curricula which meet their needs. This report is directed to policy-makers in Federal and state…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Vocational Education, Career Development
Kansas State Dept. of Education, Topeka. – 1979
The major focus of this report is on the Kansas State Department of Education's (KSDE) plan for the expenditure of Title I funds in Kansas. Specific information provided includes: (1) an overview of Title I administration; (2) Federal, State, and local school district reponsibilities for Title I; (3) KSDE's monitoring and enforcement plan; (4) a…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Finance, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textForgione, Pascal D., Jr.; And Others – 1979
A comparative case study to evaluate the administration of Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I programs was conducted in eight state departments of education and 32 school districts. Interviews were supplemented by review and analysis of documents and available data at each site. General findings included: (1) evaluation was…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1979
A study was conducted to examine federally assisted employment and training programs in the Tidewater, Virginia, area during fiscal year 1977. The General Accounting Office found forty-four programs with similar goals attempting to assist virtually the same people. These were authorized through sixteen separate legislative authorities, creating a…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Disadvantaged, Educational Needs
HAKKARAINEN, EDWARD A. – 1967
A REMEDIAL READING INSTRUCTION PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE SKILLS OF HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS IS EVALUATED. CENTERS WERE ESTABLISHED AT THREE SITES TO SERVE 750 DROPOUTS REFERRED BY VARIOUS COMMUNITY AGENCIES. THE PROJECT WAS STAFFED BY SIX REMEDIAL READING TEACHERS, SEVEN COMMUNITY AIDES, AND ONE LIAISON WORKER. INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION USING A VARIETY…
Descriptors: Attendance, Case Studies, Dropout Programs, Enrollment
Committee on Administration of Training Programs, Washington, DC. – 1968
The Committee studied the administration of training under federal programs including Manpower Development and Training, Economic Opportunity, Adult Basic Education, Vocational Education, Work-Study Program, Social Security, Vocational Rehabilitation, and National Apprenticeship Training Acts, as well as selected administratively established…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Apprenticeships, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Mangum, Garth L. – 1967
As a part of a larger project under grant from the Ford Foundation to evaluate federal manpower policies and programs, this evaluation of the training efforts under Title II of the Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) made use of data provided by the Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare. By the end of fiscal 1967, 1.2…
Descriptors: Apprenticeships, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Grell, Darrell Dean – 1967
This study evaluated the effectiveness of the Manpower Development and Training Program (MDTP) as conducted by the Vocational and Adult Education Department of the Lincoln, Nebraska Public Schools during its first three years of operation. The sample consisted of 389 MDTP students in the clerical, practical nursing, and dental assistant programs,…
Descriptors: Clerical Occupations, Curriculum, Dental Assistants, Doctoral Dissertations
Griessman, B. Eugene, Ed. – 1968
In 1965 Concerted Services in Training and Education (CSTE) began operation in three selected rural counties of New Mexico, Arkansas, and Minnesota with objectives of: (1) developing general operational patterns for alleviation and solution of occupational education problems, (2) identifying employment opportunities and occupational education…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Change, Community Development, Coordination
Jacobs, James N., Ed.; Felix, Joseph L., Ed. – Journal of Instructional Research and Program Devel., 1966
This evaluation of Cincinnati's Title I projects for the disadvantaged public school students notes that definitive statements about measurable results are unrealistic because the projects were evaluated after only 5 months in operation. However the evaluation establishes baseline data. Information about the 13 Title I projects was gathered from…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Compensatory Education, Data
Philadelphia School District, PA. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1977
This volume compiles technical reports of Title I Elementary and Secondary Education Act project evaluations conducted during the 1976-77 academic year in the school district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The reports include rationale, expected outcomes, mode of operation, previous evaluative findings, current implementation, and attainment of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Valdes, Alice L.; Helms, David C., Jr. – 1975
The research design discussed here focuses on four major questions: (1) what the relative effectiveness of well-implemented "individualized" instruction vs. well-implemented "standardized" instruction for recipients of compensatory education in terms of reading achievement, mathematics achievement and classroom climate is; (2)…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Data Collection, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Church, John G. – 1975
Coordination, planning, legislation, parent involvement, handling complaints, applying affirmative action and employment practices, preparation of program guides, contribution to consolidated regulations, preparation of materials for the State Board of Education, and other factors involved in the administration of the compensatory education…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Educational Innovation, Educational Opportunities
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. – 1974
This working paper, bringing together a variety of materials related to "Food Program Technical Amendments," and compiled by the staff of the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs," is organized into three chapters. Chapter One, "USDA's (United States Department of Agriculture's) Authority to Purchase Commodities…
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, Delivery Systems, Federal Aid, Federal Government
Contemporary Research, Inc., Los Angeles, CA. – 1975
The National Institute of Education is in the process of designing and conducting a study of compensatory education in accordance with the Education Amendments of 1974. Special attention will be devoted to examining the relative effectiveness of "standardized" versus "individualized" instructional programs. The stated purpose of this report is:…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Elementary Education
