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Davis, Dan; Kugelmass, Judith – 1974
The Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) is evaluated in this research report with respect to the effects of home environment. The main data of an original HIPPY study consisted of the children's performance in various tests of mental ability. In the present study, the same sample is used, but the focus of research is on the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Family Environment, Home Instruction
Download full textMCDAVID, JOHN W. – 1968
THE HEADSTART PROGRAM, NOW 3 YEARS OLD, IS AN ATTEMPT TO BREAK INTO THE SELF-PERPETUATING "CULTURES OF POVERTY." THE EVALUATION WHICH HAS ACCOMPANIED THIS SOCIAL EXPERIMENT HAS BEEN DIRECTED TOWARDS IDENTIFYING EFFECTIVE AND PROFITABLE KINDS OF INTERVENTION. THE OBJECTIVES OF HEADSTART ARE NOT SOLELY ACADEMIC BUT SEEK BROAD IMPROVEMENTS…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Enrichment Activities, National Programs
Peer reviewedMoore, Beatrice D. – American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1978
The director of the EPSDT (Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis, and Treatment) Program discusses the role of developmental assessment within the EPSDT program, and describes efforts to develop implementation guides for this component. (Author/CL)
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Disabilities, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged
Appalachia, 1971
Descriptors: Economically Disadvantaged, Education, Homemakers, Homemaking Skills
Peer reviewedMcGroarty, Daniel – Public Interest, 1994
Critiques the criticism leveled at Milwaukee's (Wisconsin) four-year-old Parental Choice Program, a program designed to open private school choice through a voucher program. It discusses John Witte's reports which criticize the program and how these reports are flawed and inaccurate depictions of the program's progress and impact. (GLR)
Descriptors: Criticism, Economically Disadvantaged, Financial Support, Private Schools
White, Larry J.; Hixson, Nate; Hammer, Patricia Cahape; Smith, Diana L.; D'Brot, Juan – West Virginia Department of Education, 2010
A study examined the impact of the "Closing the Achievement Gap" (CAG schools) program on the academic achievement of students in 30 schools serving high percentages of African American and economically disadvantaged students in West Virginia (WV), 2004-2008. The program assigned experienced educators, "CAG liaisons", to the…
Descriptors: African American Students, School Culture, Focus Groups, Economically Disadvantaged
Brokering, P. Beth – 1981
This document describes a demonstration project in film education, employment training, and research which included an education and employment training program offered to 26 economically disadvantaged youths ranging in age from 14 to 19. For nine months, these students met for four hours each working day to work both on individual personal films,…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Programs
Sorensen, Philip H. – 1974
Drawing heavily upon the experiences of the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) and its experience in a longitudinal evaluation of the national "Follow Through" program (a program devised to provide developmental and educational services for poor children), this paper is written in reference to the development of early childhood education…
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Differences, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Office of Higher and Professional Education. – 1974
This research study conducted by the Bureau of Higher Education Opportunity Programs and supported by the Bureau of Research in Higher and Professional Education attempted to gain a longitudinal perspective on the effectiveness of Higher Education Opportunity Programs (HEOP) established in 53 private institutions of higher education aimed to the…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Assessment
Smith, J. Vernon; And Others – 1969
The Concerted Services in Training and Education (CSTE) program was designed at the federal level to coordinate the resources of all appropriate federal and state agencies in rural development. The pilot Arkansas program focused on the problems of a rural outmigration area characterized by low income, underemployment, and lack of industry.…
Descriptors: Adult Vocational Education, Agency Cooperation, Coordination, Economically Disadvantaged
Chambers, Bette; Chamberlain, Anne; Hurley, Eric A.; Slavin, Robert E. – 2001
The implementation of a comprehensive reform model for early childhood programs, Curiosity Corner, developed by the Success For All Foundation at the request of the New Jersey Department of Education, is evaluated in this study. The program was implemented in 27 child care and preschool classes in 4 high poverty urban areas and outcomes were…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Comparative Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Quality
Peer reviewedHandler, Ellen – Education and Urban Society, 1972
Graduates of programs with primarily custodial goals were higher than the graduates of programs with primarily educational goals in elementary school achievements; this effect was attributed to differing structural characteristics affecting the socialization process, especially duration of school day. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Day Care, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Programs
Taggart, Robert – Thrust: The Journal for Employment and Training Professionals, 1980
Outlines some of the achievements of the Summer Program for Economically Disadvantaged Youth (SPEDY) during the summer of 1978. Four programs in Virginia, Minnesota, Texas, and Washington are examined not because they are exemplary but because they illustrate what is happening in some of the better youth employment programs around the country. (CT)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Job Training
Direct linkRaphael, Steven; Stoll, Michael A. – Evaluation Review, 2006
This article examines the effect of the Massachusetts workforce development system on the earnings of disadvantaged adults using nonexperimental data from the late 1990s. The authors construct a comparison sample for program participants using individuals who apply for and are offered services yet do not participate in a training program. They…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Labor Force, Attendance, Economically Disadvantaged
North Central Technical Inst., Wausau, WI. – 1975
The third party evaluation report focuses on the second year activities of a three-year exemplary project in career education conducted by the North Central Technical Institute (NCTI). The project was designed to provide career education activities to the adult population of an economically depressed rural area in north-central Wisconsin. Job…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Career Education, Developmental Programs, Economically Disadvantaged
