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MacKay, D. A.; Doherty, M. – 1982
In 1979, a special program was implemented for junior high students unable to benefit from regular programming due to a failure to cope with regular school courses, irregular and non-attendance, disruptive behavior, or poor self-concept. Quantitative and qualitative data were obtained from site visits, achievement tests in reading and mathematics,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Foreign Countries, High Risk Students, Junior High School Students
Suarez, Tanya M., Ed.; Vandiviere, Patricia, Ed. – 1978
The report presents a series of guidelines for the evaluation of demonstration projects funded by the Bureau of Education for the Handicapped under the Handicapped Children's Early Education Program (HCEEP). Focus is on four program areas: services for children, services for parents, staff development, and demonstration/dissemination. A…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Exceptional Child Services, Handicapped Children, Information Dissemination
OTHS, FLORENCE V.; STRUMPF, BENJAMIN E. – 1961
SPECIAL PROGRAMS FOR THIRD-, FOURTH-, AND FIFTH-GRADE STUDENTS IN THE BRONX SCHOOLS WERE PREPARED. CURRICULUM AREAS FOR GRADES 3 AND 4 WERE--HEALTH, LANGUAGE ARTS, MUSIC, MATHEMATICS, AND SCIENCE. IN SCIENCE, FOR EXAMPLE, THE SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS OF THE COMMUNITY AND SCIENCE IN EVERYDAY LIVING WERE EXPLORED. NEW TEACHERS WERE ORIENTED TO THE PROGRAM…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Enrichment Activities, Grade 3
Download full textHannafin, Michael J. – 1978
This program description and evaluation outlines the first year of operating ADAPT (Alternative Direction for Adjustment and Personal Training), an interdisciplinary four-hour daily approach to "total education" for behaviorally/emotionally handicapped high school students. It describes the program's curriculum, which provides a values…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Emotional Disturbances, Handicapped Children, Individual Needs
Kiefer, Charles C.; Voelkner, Alvin R. – 1975
A variety of special needs programs were funded by the Michigan Department of Education in 1972. Data collection instruments were developed to evaluate these programs and data were gathered. This initial effort was important in the movement toward implementation of a more sophisticated evaluation design. Specifically, the paper discussed the final…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Needs, Evaluation Methods
American Indian Consultants, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ. – 1972
An analysis of efforts being undertaken by the federal government to provide much needed manpower and financial resources necessary to tackle unemployment plaguing American Indians, this study inventories ten manpower services being operated on reservations. The programs and services evaluated include: (1) concentrated employment program, (2)…
Descriptors: American Indians, Career Development, Employment Programs, Federal Programs
Siperstein, Gary N. – 1975
Presented is the evaluation of a program designed to improve the skills of 2,700 handicapped students (5-16 years old) in the areas of reading and mathematics, using intensive individual and small group instruction and supplementing the special education academic program. Among findings listed are that brain-injured and physically handicapped…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Handicapped Children, Individualized Instruction
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1991
Project BETA (Bilingual Education Talented Academy), a program of the New York City Public Schools, served (in 1990-91) 342 talented and gifted high school students who were classified as limited English proficient. The project provided instruction in English as a Second Language and Native Language Arts, and offered bilingual instruction in…
Descriptors: Academic Education, Bilingual Education, English (Second Language), Gifted
Tuttle, Frederick B., Jr.; Becker, Laurence A. – 1980
The document on program design and development, is the second book in a multimedia program, "Educating the Gifted and Talented," a series designed to provide background information, supplementary materials, workshop activities, and discussion questions for individuals and teachers working with or preparing to work with gifted students. Chapter 1…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Counseling, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education
Alabama State Dept. of Education, Montgomery. Div. of Vocational Education and Community Colleges. – 1975
The handbook presents a series of implementation suggestions for vocational education special needs programs generally, and in Alabama. Special Needs Programs for Disadvantaged Students defines the term disadvantaged student and provides criteria for their identification, with form information. Special Needs Programs for Handicapped Students lists…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Facilities, Guidelines, Handicapped Students
Rebert, Robert J.; And Others – 1974
Consultations with 100 representative people from the Choctaw and Chitimacha schools and tribes and the Choctaw Agency constitute the basis of this formative evaluation, which is organized in terms of the following evaluation provinces: planning; curriculum; evaluation; special programs; support services; communication; personnel; and dormitories.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Ancillary Services, Communication (Thought Transfer), Curriculum
Brown, Edward K. – 1975
Previous studies have reported that disadvantaged children tend to loose the skills and abilities they had acquired in special and/or intervention programs when they are placed in education settings which do not support their needs. Since the 1970 census data tended to indicate that the pupil composition of the schools had changed, it became…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Census Figures, Cognitive Development
Calgary Univ. (Alberta). Faculty of Education. – 1973
The document evaluated the first year (1972-73) of operation of the Indian Students' University Programme (ISUP) at the University of Calgary in Alberta, Canada. Early in 1972 a plan was developed with the Department of Indian Affairs whereby the University was to receive up to 50 non-matriculated American Indian students in September 1972.…
Descriptors: American Indians, College Programs, Curriculum Design, Financial Support
Dishart, Martin – 1970
This report evaluates the 1970 Summer Enrichment Programs for the Public Schools of the District of Columbia. There were 35 programs with a very wide range of purposes, involving 21,555 students. These much needed programs for student achievement and enrichment could only have taken place during the summer. A few were exemplary programs, but some…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Program Evaluation
Neiswender, Lenore – 1972
The paper describes a current research project now being conducted by the Experimental Manpower Laboratory at Mobilization for Youth (MFY-EML) in New York City. The overall objective of the MFY-EML is to develop and test new methods of teaching vocational skills to hard-to-employ youth. The MFY-EML is involved in developing a program to teach…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Career Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Industrial Training
