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Download full textArmon, Edward F., Ed.; And Others – 1972
The East Cleveland "Enriched and Extended School Year" program, funded by Title III of the 1965 Elementary Education Act, is an attempt to organize the educational activities of a school around the needs and learning patterns of its pupils. The major premise of the program states that children possess different rates and styles of…
Descriptors: Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Legant, Jean; Eakens, Doyle R. – 1970
Contents of the New Mexico State Annual Evaluation Report for ESEA Title I Projects, for fiscal year ending June 30, 1970, include: New Mexico allocations for 1969-70; school districts allocations for 1969-70--basic statistics, state education agency staff visits to local education agencies, changes in the effect of state agency procedures, effect…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Ancillary Services, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Equal Educational Opportunity. – 1971
Two witnesses presented testimony: Dr. Michael Kirst, School of Education and Business Administration, Stanford University; and Dr. Stephen Bailey, chairman, Policy Institute, Syracuse University Research Corporation, and Regent of the State of New York. An article by Dr. Kirst, "Delivery System for Federal Aid to Disadvantaged Children:…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Finance
Bergenn, Victor W. – 1976
The primary objective of the College Discovery and Development Program (CDD), funded under the Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I, has been the discovery and development of the college potential of high school youth who are academically and financially disadvantaged. This program was designed to improve the reading and mathematics…
Descriptors: College Bound Students, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Bloom, Dan – 1999
A study focused on results from seven of the earliest state welfare reform initiatives with some form of welfare time limit. Four programs--Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, and Wisconsin--- included benefit-termination time limits triggering cancellation of a family's entire welfare grant. Arizona and Indiana imposed benefit-reduction time limits,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demonstration Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Bialeschki, M. Deborah; Younger, Teresa; Henderson, Karla; Ewing, Dawn; Casey, Mary, II – Camping Magazine, 2002
A camp serving the New York City area provides year-round support and educationally based experiences for economically disadvantaged children. Evaluations indicate that campers and parents were aware of the psychological, social, and physical benefits of camping; parents and the community benefitted from children's camping experience; and setting…
Descriptors: Camping, Caregiver Child Relationship, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
Sperazi, Laura; And Others – 1990
An evaluation of the second year of services of the Massachusetts Adult Education with Homeless Persons Project documented different program models evolving out of diversely defined partnerships between adult education organizations and shelters for homeless people. Site visits to all nine programs and subsequent profiles were supplemented with…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Coordination, Demography, Economically Disadvantaged
James Bell Associates, Inc., Arlington, VA. – 1994
The Job Training for the Homeless Demonstration Program (JTHDP) was evaluated to assess its implications for providing effective employment and training services for homeless persons. Findings indicated that it is feasible to establish employment and training programs at the local level to serve the general homeless population and specific…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Demonstration Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1994
The General Accounting Office (GAO) examined the procedures used by various federal agencies to monitor the performance and effectiveness of their programs of employment training assistance to economically disadvantaged persons. The study revealed that, although most of the employment training programs had some form of oversight or monitoring…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods
Gross, Beatrice; Gross, Ronald – 1982
This conference report identifies research needs in evaluating and documenting large scale school improvement efforts to serve disadvantaged populations. Summaries of the conference presentations are provided, grouped into three sections. The first section examines the basis of conducting evaluations. Several basic assumptions are challenged,…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Facilities Improvement
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1979
Assessed in this report is the Department of Labor's Summer Program for Economically Disadvantaged Youth. It is asserted that the future employability of many of the most needy youths was not improved because the Department's efforts to assure that State and local governments were operating quality programs were not successful at the sites visited…
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Federal Programs
MITCHELL-BATEMAN, M.; AND OTHERS – 1966
PROJECT HEAD START (HS), FEDERALLY-SUPPORTED AND OPERATING UNDER FEDERAL REGULATIONS WHICH PERMITTED NO MORE THAN 10 PERCENT OF ENROLLED CHILDREN TO BE FROM FAMILIES WITH INCOMES ABOVE THE PRESCRIBED POVERTY LEVEL, WAS CONDUCTED DURING THE SUMMER OF 1966 IN ALL 55 WEST VIRGINIA COUNTIES. IN 7 OF THESE COUNTIES, SUPPLEMENTARY STATE FUNDS WERE…
Descriptors: Action Research, Community Support, Disadvantaged, Early Experience
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1968
A project was designed by the San Jose Unified School District and the education division of the Lockheed Missiles and Space Company to treat learning problems experienced by eighth and ninth grade students with underdeveloped reading and mathematics skills. The students were largely Mexican American and were from predominately disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Grade 8, Grade 9
Roby, Wallace R.; And Others – 1974
This report investigates the question of whether a combination of attitude and achievement results of pupils can be used in an objective way to identify the more effective reading and math compensatory programs in a state. This question is held to have particular relevance in Connecticut since two-thirds of the state's compensatory programming is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Measures, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged
Brimer, M. A. – 1971
The stated purpose of this paper is to review some of the critical issues that arise in the planning and conduct of the evaluation of action programmes amongst the socially and educationally disadvantaged, and to suggest the means that might be adopted to overcome the inherent difficulties. The discussion first focuses on the characteristics of…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Programs, Educationally Disadvantaged
