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Merkoski, Kay – 1988
This manual is intended to guide the development of a primary grade gifted and talented program called Project EAGLE. The program focuses on lateral enrichment, higher level cognitive domain skills, creative thinking, self-directed learning, self-awareness and acceptance, and interpersonal relationships. Students complete assignments in…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Curriculum Development, Enrichment Activities, Gifted
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1990
Project BETA (Bilingual Education Talented Academy--Gifted and Talented) is a federally funded project serving gifted and talented limited-English-proficient students at two high schools in the Bronx, New York. The project focused in particular on Spanish-speaking students but also served students of at least 11 other language groups. Students…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Curriculum Development, English Instruction, English (Second Language)
Case, Elizabeth J.; Bearman-Bucher, Isabel – 1987
The therapeutic swimming program of the Albuquerque (New Mexico) Public Schools (APS) for severely handicapped students was evaluated to determine its impact and effectiveness. The program is funded under Public Law 94-142, Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Data were collected by interviews, surveys, review of records, and observation. A…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
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Case, Elizabeth J.; Bouchard, Donald – 1986
Overall effectiveness and impact were evaluated for the Alternative Transportation Program (ATP) of the Albuquerque (New Mexico) Public Schools, funded under Public Law 94-142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act. Two specialists implemented the ATP, which developed and presented curricula and assemblies tailored to handicapped students…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Assembly Programs, Behavior Problems, Bus Transportation
Slaughter, Helen B.; Haussler, Myna – 1984
The Chapter 1 Language Enrichment Communicative Skills Project served students in eleven Tucson Arizona elementary schools in the primary grades during the 1983-84 school year. The project provided supplementary instruction in oral language interaction and developmental reading and writing in small groups. Students were selected on the basis of…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Communicative Competence (Languages), Federal Programs, Formative Evaluation
Roberts, Jo Ann; Szafraniec, Carleen – 1980
In order to review the first year of implementation of the Title I 89-313 federally funded Speech Assistant Program for severely/profoundly handicapped students in the Chicago public schools, data was gathered by interview, questionnaire and observation methods from speech assistants, speech pathologists (who supervised assistants), a…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Disabilities, Mental Retardation, Needs Assessment
Tuttle, Frederick B., Jr. – 1978
The author examines research in the field and answers questions about educating gifted and talented students. (Sections focus on the following topics: characteristics of gifted individuals; identification procedures (including standardized group tests, creativity tests, and parent nomination); recommended identification procedures; misconceptions…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Cultural Differences, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
Applied Urbanetics, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1978
Descriptive summaries of twenty-two rural and urban school systems throughout the United States are presented in this report. Data for each summary include: (1) an introduction which describes the school's student population, the school's desegregation strategy (court ordered or voluntary), grants received by the school, and problem areas focused…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Compensatory Education, Educational Improvement, Educationally Disadvantaged
RICHMAN, VIVIEN – 1966
THE DEVELOPMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES IN THE PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SCHOOLS DURING 1965-66 IS REVIEWED. THE HISTORY, PHILOSOPHY, OBJECTIVES, AND PROGRAM COMPONENTS, INCLUDING INFORMATION ON STAFF, VARIETIES OF CLASSES PROVIDED, AND THE ACTIVITIES OF MENTAL HEALTH TEAMS ARE PRESENTED. THE ADJUSTMENT CLASSES AND RESOURCE ROOM FOR EMOTIONALLY…
Descriptors: Ancillary School Services, Case Studies, Children, Emotional Disturbances
REYNOLDS, MAYNARD C., ED. – 1962
RESEARCH AND SCHOOL SYSTEM POLICIES ON EARLY ADMISSION ARE REVIEWED IN THIS PUBLICATION. ARTICLES INCLUDE (1) "THE EARLY ADMISSION ISSUE" BY MAYNARD C. REYNOLDS, (2) "REVIEW OF RESEARCH ON EARLY ADMISSION" BY MAYNARD C. REYNOLDS AND OTHERS, (3) "THE BROOKLINE MASSACHUSETTS PROGRAM OF EARLY ADMISSION TO KINDERGARTEN"…
Descriptors: Acceleration, Administration, Admission Criteria, Admission (School)
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
Alameda County School Dept., Hayward, CA. – 1969
Several school districts participated in a project providing orientation and mobility instruction to 50 visually handicapped students. Students received four to five lessons a week and were instructed in long cane usage. Tactual maps were used for orientation. Evaluation by their instructor and an outside expert rated 21 of 27 students as having…
Descriptors: Blindness, Case Records, Exceptional Child Research, Mobility Aids
Borich, Gary D. – 1972
Fifty-one instruments obtained from eleven projects are listed in this handbook and categorized by: (a) the program for which the instrument was constructed (participant, program, and pupil evaluation); (b) the respondents for whom the instrument is intended (teacher, parent, pupil, participant, etc.); and (c) the behavioral domain which the…
Descriptors: Affective Measures, Attitude Measures, Cognitive Tests, Evaluation Methods
Rasp, Alfred, Jr.; And Others – 1987
The State of Washington school districts spent 89 percent, $6,814,516.00, of the $7,682,569.00 awarded to them for planned 1985-86 Chapter 2 program expenditures. The two largest budget categories in terms of dollars spent were for instructional materials, 26 percent, and capital outlay, 27 percent. Most of the capital outlay expenditures were…
Descriptors: Educational Finance, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
Rasp, Alfred, Jr.; Plato, Kathleen C. – 1988
The State of Washington received a Chapter 2 award of $8,224,052.00 for the school year 1986-87, a decrease of 3.3 percent from 1985-86. Of that award, $1,249,323.00 (20 percent) was used by the Superintendent of Public Instruction to identify and meet critical education needs in the state and provide technical assistance to local school…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid
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