This compendium provides secondary school teachers, administrators, and Chapter 1 directors with descriptions of effective practices in Chapter 1 programs. The focus is on managerial and instructional strategies that promote success for poor and/or educationally disadvantaged students. The compendium is divided into five chapters: an introduction…

The report discusses a field study of the implementation of major requirements of P.L. 94-142, the Education For All Handicapped Children Act, by rural districts, and presents detailed case studies of five districts' responses. The first volume introduces the naturalistic model of inquiry, noting its philosophical underpinnings and basic…

The Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act of 1984 mandates that the U.S. Department of Education conduct a National Assessment of Vocational Education. The National Assessment, designed following staff research and the input of experts who met in Washington, D.C. in September 1986, will focus on five broad areas: implementation of the Perkins…

The inability of the schools to meet the educational needs of economically disadvantaged minority children has prompted efforts to identify alternatives to the traditional school curriculum. One such alternative emphasizes the use of the arts in developing basic academic skills. Research indicates that the arts can be used to develop perceptual…

This report describes the Project Parents Program of the Office of Bilingual Education in the New York City Public Schools. The project, developed for parents with children in, or eligible for, bilingual education programs, provided reinforcement of education in the home and encouraged parental involvement in their children's schooling. The report…

A project was undertaken to explore the prospects of conducting employer followup surveys concerning the graduates of a selected vocational program and to devise a procedure that would categorize the small number of employers to be sampled in such a way that useful data for possible program change could be obtained and analyzed. During the…

This volume, third in a series evaluating the Child and Family Resource Program (CFRP), provides an overview of the evaluation, documents the first 6 months of the study, and examines initial program impact on families. Chapter 1 briefly summarizes the design of the CFRP evaluation and addresses the issues of sample selection and attrition, data…

This report discusses Title I programs currently operating in the St. Louis, Missouri, public schools and analyzes various budgeting options that would permit administrators to maintain educational quality in the face of reduced funding. Detailed descriptions, including data on pupil achievement, cost effectiveness, and implementation problems,…

A project was conducted by the University of Southwestern Louisiana in cooperation with local adult education programs to develop a delivery system for adult education through expanded outreach opportunities using computer-assisted instruction (CAI) and computer-managed instruction (CMI). During the 3-year project, a homebased CAI delivery system…

Efforts to evaluate the use of technology in education tend to be inconclusive because they lack specificity about what types of technology are being considered, what types of evaluation are being used, or both. While different evaluative studies focus on different valid objectives, the studies will provide generalizable information of practical…

The Catalyst Training Package was developed by project On The Other Hand, a 16-month project which used two rural Vermont high school districts to field test materials focused on educating youth to reach their full potential, and the roles of men and women in society. Three basic strategies were used to improve educational equity in rural high…

The third phase of a three-cycle evaluation process designed for the Primary Education Program (PREP) of the Hillsborough County Public Schools (Tampa, Florida) was undertaken by evaluation teams in April 1981. Evaluation involved different data collection techniques. First, interviews with principals and curriculum intervention specialists at…

The methods and activities used by the Pittsburgh Area Center for Teachers (PACT) to involve teachers in continuing professional development activities are described in this paper. PACT's operating principle is that inservice programs must be planned with and conducted by teachers. Inservice education activities include internships, topical…

Project LOUVERTURE is a bilingual education program offering instructional and non-instructional services to Haitian high school students of limited English proficiency who have been identified as potential dropouts. Instruction includes English as a second language, native language skills, basic skills, content area subjects, and cultural…

In its first 18 months of operation the Centre has undertaken research on major issues and problems in rural education. Its publications have been received favorably, both in Australia and overseas. Visiting scholars from Alaska and Canada have made valuable contributions to the Centre's activities and have increased its links with agencies…