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Prather, Margaret Boyce – 1982
The final report of a five-year federally-funded bilingual education program in four schools of the the Sunnyside School District in Tucson, Arizona, is presented. The following areas are addressed: (1) student enrollment patterns, (2) the instructional program for kindergarten through fifth grade and its development, (3) staff development efforts…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Agency Cooperation, Bilingual Education Programs, Community Organizations
Berney, Tomi D.; Stern, Lucia – 1990
Chapter I/Pupils with Compensatory Educational Needs programs in English as a Second Language (ESL) served students at 78 high schools in New York City, supplementing tax-levy-funded ESL classes in those schools serving limited-English-proficient (LEP) students. Chapter I of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act funded ESL and…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Compensatory Education, Eligibility, English (Second Language)
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General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1990
Pursuant to a request from a U.S. Senate committee, this document reviews the implementation of the Drug Free Schools and Communities Act of 1986, whose major purpose was to help schools and communities establish drug abuse education and prevention programs. Information gathering efforts were conducted in large urban school districts within five…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Drug Education, Drug Legislation, Elementary Secondary Education
Saginaw Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation Services. – 1990
Results of the 1989-90 product evaluation of the Chapter 1 prekindergarten program of the Saginaw, Michigan School District are reported. The purpose of the program is to provide educationally disadvantaged, inner-city 4-year-olds with an environment that will enable them to develop skills needed for success in school. In 1989-90, the program…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Educational Finance, Federal Programs
Morris, Donald R. – 1985
Education Consolidation Improvement Act (ECIA) Chapter 2 funds have been used in the Dade County, Florida, computer education program since 1982, primarily for the acquisition and support of computer stations and related hardware for the schools. Objectives for the 1984-85 school year were: continued development of a computer information system,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Consortia, Electronic Mail
Schell, John W.; Brauchle, Paul E. – 1986
Process evaluation has great potential to meet the needs of managers who are charged with operating employment and training programs under the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). One adaptation of process evaluation could make use of a personal computer to enhance the cost-effectiveness and quick turn-around time of this method of assessing the…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Employment Programs, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Utilization
Ruggles, Patricia; Michel, Richard C. – 1987
This report examines participation rates in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) program. TRIM2, a microsimulation model that simulated the eligibility and benefit rules of the AFDC program on a state-by-state basis, showed that there had been a dramatic decline after 1981 in the rate at which AFDC families were applying for and…
Descriptors: Census Figures, Eligibility, Family Financial Resources, Family Programs
Minnesota State Office of the Legislative Auditor, St. Paul. Program Evaluation Div. – 1987
This report examines the effectiveness of employment and training programs in Minnesota and discusses the impact of the 1985 Jobs Bill state legislation. Chapter 1 provides an introduction to Minnesota's programs and to studies of employment and training programs conducted nationwide. Chapter 2 studies the use of Job Training Partnership Act funds…
Descriptors: Career Education, Employment Programs, Employment Services, Federal Programs
Clark County School District, Las Vegas, NV. – 1981
The Bienvenido Bilingual Education Project was funded under Title VII of the Elementary Secondary Education Act and implemented in kindergarten, first and second grade classrooms of two elementary schools in Clark County, Nevada. The project aimed to provide for the bilingual educational needs of Spanish speaking students which had not been met by…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Educational Objectives, English (Second Language)
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1982
The U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Special Services for Disadvantaged Students program was reviewed during 1977-1980 using a sample of 11 grantee institutions. Attention was directed to the management of the program, whether program goals were being met, and progress of students in the program. The program's goal is to increase postsecondary…
Descriptors: Accountability, Ancillary School Services, College Programs, Disadvantaged
Freeman, Howard E. – 1982
Given the fundamental program changes that have occurred in the nation's social programs since President Reagan took office, federal evaluation activities need to be rethought and redirected. It is critical that the utility of programs be documented, economical delivery services be developed, and redundancy of interventions be reduced to optimize…
Descriptors: Accountability, Block Grants, Educational Finance, Evaluation Needs
Snow, Charles W. – 1982
The purpose of this study was to assess the characteristics of inservice day care training programs in the United States. The study covers programs which were partially or totally supported with federal funds. Questionnaires were sent to 161 programs which were in operation during the 1980-1981 fiscal year. Responses were obtained from 70 programs…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Day Care, Delivery Systems, Early Childhood Education
Weber, George – 1982
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is a federally funded, nationwide survey of educational achievement in 10 academic fields. The program is examined to determine whether viable alternatives exist to measure educational achievement. The information produced by NAEP concerns the educational achievement of 9-year-olds;…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment
Gottfredson, Gary D., Ed. – 1982
This report focuses on the School Action Effectiveness Study (SAES), the national evaluation of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention's Alternative Education Program. It presents the history, start-up activities, successes, and problems encountered during the first year of the 17 action projects. In the first section, the…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Delinquency Prevention, Demonstration Programs, Educational Objectives
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1982
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Association of American Universities are conducting an experiment in research grant administration designed to respond to the perceived needs of universities for more flexibility while assuring appropriate accountability for Federal research funds. The experiment delegates most grant administration…
Descriptors: Accountability, Chemistry, College Science, Federal Aid
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