This report presents preliminary findings based on the first full year of the Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP) evaluation, begun in the fall of 1978. The analyses described in this report are intended to provide answers to four major questions: (1) What is the nature of the CFRP and how do programs vary from site to site? (2) To what…

The Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP) is a family-oriented child development program initiated by the Administration for Children, Youth and Families to provide support services to low-income families and their children. This report summarizes preliminary findings based on the first year and a half of CFRP evalution. Following the brief…

A longitudinal study investigated some of the home and school influences on the writing development of 20 children. Data collected in all three phases of the research included measures of preschool oral language development, transcripts and interviews concerning parental and child interest in literacy, classroom observations of primary schooling,…

The findings presented here are part of a longitudinal, prospective study investigating factors associated with infants, parents, interactions, and environments which account for developmental outcomes in a sample of high-risk children. In a group of 96 children observed in preschool at age 4 1/2, 31 compliant and 22 extremely noncompliant…

A longitudinal study of full- and part-time credit students was conducted at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC), Palatine, Ill., to provide comparative information on student performance and achievement between 1967 and 1981. A random sample of 200 full-time and 200 part-time students entering WRHC each fall during this period was selected, and…

A research project focused on the impact of different agriculture career awareness programs on minority and disadvantaged high school students. It also studied the effects of client age, sex, geographic location, and ethnicity on program effectiveness. Ninth and eleventh-grade students at eight Missouri high schools comprised study and control…

Reported in this document are the results of a longitudinal study tracing the achievement of nearly 400 students enrolled in the Early Childhood Education Center (ECEC) program for prekindergarten and kindergarten children (from 1976-77 through 1978-79). Progress of these students and their contemporaries was measured by the Portland Public…

The Swedish Media Panel is a research program about children and young persons and their use of mass media. The aim of the ten-year (1975-1985) project is to explain how media habits originate, how they change as children grow older, what factors on the part of children themselves and in their surroundings may be connected with a certain use of…

In 1981 and 1982, pre- and postnatal medical, financial, demographic, and maternal social support data were collected from 220 lower socioeconomic status (SES), "high risk" mothers and their newborn infants. An analysis of data on the oldest 100 children in the sample found that 14 families had been referred to a children's protective services…

The role and effectiveness of compensatory education in Rhode Island was evaluated over a seven year period. An analysis of existing data on Rhode Island compensatory education programs for purposes of describing trends in funding patterns, resource allocations, and the provision of services from 1970 to 1976 was evaluated. Also, an analysis of…

A study of the retention and graduation experience of City University of New York senior college students who have entered since 1970 focused on three groups: (1) SEEK (Search for Education, Elevation, and Knowledge program)students; (2) students who were eligible for SEEK but were rejected by randomization procedures; and (3) ineligible students.…

Fourth in a series of seven volumes reporting the design, methodology, and findings of the 4-year National Day Care Home Study (NDCHS), this volume presents findings obtained from interviews with parents of children attending family day care. The central aim of the parent component of the NDCHS was to obtain descriptions of parents' needs,…

The experience of consultants in a pediatric hospital indicates that infant failure to thrive is almost always associated with strain in the relationships of the infant's caregivers. Consequently, a nontraditional, long-term, home-based, and family-centered model of evaluation and treatment of failure to thrive has been developed which involves…

The document contains the second annual report of findings from a longitudinal study of 17 local education agencies (LEAs) on the implementation of P.L. 94-142 (the Education for All Handicapped Children Act). An introductory section describes the content of the report and design of the study. Chapter II considers the observed changes in the…

Ohio State University's College of Education has created the Student Information System (SIS) as a means of receiving feedback and evaluating its teacher education programs. SIS is based on the documented experiences, from the variety of perspectives of those involved in the teacher education process, and will be used for program planning,…