ERIC Number: ED302487
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1988-Jul
Pages: 36
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Participation in Government Issues and Values Project: 1986-1987, End-of-Year Report. OEA Evaluation Report.
Mei, Dolores M.; And Others
The Issues and Values Project was designed as a pilot program to develop and implement a law-related education curriculum for New York City (New York) private and public school 12th grade students. This booklet describes the curriculum project's: (1) purpose, background, objectives, and evaluation; (2) program implementation; and (3) student outcomes. The report concludes that teachers were generally satisfied with the training they received and the curriculum model; implementation was not possible in all types of New York City schools because of limited participation by active nonpublic school teachers; most of the participating students were 10th and 11th, not 12th grade, students; and the lack of a control group of non-project students made it impossible to determine whether changes were due to program participation or to other factors. Recommendations include suggestions that the curriculum model contain a comprehensive table of contents, stipulate minimal course requirements in terms of student skills, knowledge, behaviors, and out-of-class projects and that project administrators and the New York City Office of Educational Assessment develop a strategy for assessing students' attitudes and knowledge. Appendices contain: (1) a list of participating schools; (2) a list of schools included in various testing samples; and (3) an item analysis of student examination and attitude surveys. Tables are included. (JHP)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Curriculum Evaluation, Experimental Curriculum, Experimental Programs, Grade 12, High Schools, Law Related Education, Pilot Projects, Program Attitudes, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation, Secondary School Curriculum, Social Studies
Office of Educational Assessment, New York City Board of Education, 110 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201.
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment.
Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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