ERIC Number: ED283927
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 22
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Looking at Chapter 2: 1985-86.
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation.
This report describes and evaluates nine Chapter 2-funded programs in the Austin (Texas) Independent School District. The major positive findings were the following: (1) disciplinary actions have decreased since the implementation of Project ASSIST (Assisting Special Students in Stress Times); (2) extra transportation has allowed some reassigned secondary students to participate in extracurricular activities; and (3) Outdoor Learning study trips have helped students develop social interaction skills and have complemented science and social studies units. In addition, the following problems were uncovered: (1) Project PLUS (Progress and Learning for Underachieving Students) participants showed gains that were below predicted levels in reading and mathematics; (2) the Writing to Read program did not provide instruction to students until the end of the school year; (3) Chapter 2 Formula-funded bus monitors did not actively supervise students on the secondary portion of the run, even though they were paid for this time; and (4) at four of the schools with Spanish as a Second Language, instruction did not begin until the second semester of the school year. A bibliography is appended. (PS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Cross Age Teaching, Discipline, Dropout Prevention, Educational Improvement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Persons, Field Trips, High Risk Students, Reading Instruction, School Community Relationship, Student Transportation
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 2
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