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Hans, Sydney L. – 1987
To assess the long-term effects of an intensive, five-year day care intervention by the Syracuse University Children's Center with children from multi-risk, low-income families, 65 program participants and 54 comparison subjects were questioned when they were in the eighth and ninth grades. Additional data were gathered from their parents and…
Descriptors: Day Care, Early Childhood Education, Followup Studies, High Risk Persons
Hispanic Young Adolescents: Developing After School Programs and Parent Training. A Resource Manual.
National Coalition of Hispanic Health and Human Services Organizations. – 1986
Hispanic youngsters are particularly vulnerable to social pressures and problems such as stress, poverty, and abuse. There is a need for community programs and training materials to meet the needs of this population. This training manual shows how to sponsor training workshops to teach parent educators to work with Hispanic parents and prepare…
Descriptors: Adolescents, After School Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
Download full textHubbell, Ruth; And Others – 1987
Because the transition of Head Start children into elementary school can be a stressful time for children and parents, Head Start implemented a national transition initiative. This study examined the transition efforts of a responding sample of 108 Head Start programs (out of a stratified random sample of 144) and 15 additional Head Start programs…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Day Care
Carson, Betty W. – 1986
A study was conducted to determine whether the General Educational Development (GED) Test credential was acceptable to employers in hiring and promoting employees. Major employers in the Denver Metropolitan area were surveyed to determine (1) whether or not there are policies regarding GED credentials versus high school diplomas in governing the…
Descriptors: Employer Attitudes, Employment Level, Entry Workers, High School Equivalency Programs
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
In 1984-85, the final year of a two-year funding cycle, Project CHASP (Cambodian and Hispanic Achievement for Students and Parents) at Theodore Roosevelt High School in the Bronx, New York, served 75 Hispanic and 71 Cambodian students in Grades 9 and 10. Instruction was provided in English as a second language (E.S.L.) and native language…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Bilingual Education Programs, Cambodians
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
The aim of the New York City Board of Education's Bilingual Materials Development Project was to design and implement a process to produce culturally and linguistically relevant curricula and screening instruments for use with Chinese, Haitian, and Korean students of limited English proficiency (LEP) enrolled in Kindergarten through Grade 2. The…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Instructional Materials, Chinese Americans, Curriculum Development
Sears, James T.; And Others – 1987
This paper is an interim report from a six-year study of the Bridenthal Internship in Teaching (BIT) program; an innovative, reform-oriented teacher education program. The data discussed in this paper were collected during the program's "acclimation" phase (1984-1986) experienced by 17 high ability young people, the Bridenthal Interns,…
Descriptors: Career Development, Higher Education, Internship Programs, Preservice Teacher Education
LaGoy, James H. – 1987
A 2-year project was designed and implemented to improve attendance and academic achievement of targeted elementary (N=69) and secondary (N=78) school students. Teachers reported concerns about a high truancy rate and low grades among some students. The intervention provided for an individualized diagnostic-prescriptive approach in a humanistic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Counseling Services, Educational Diagnosis
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1985
Project Connect operates as an intervention/prevention service for students in grades nine through twelve at risk of abusing alcohol and/or drugs in the Austin Independent School District (Texas). On the average, the 278 students in the Project were seen once a week in individual or group sessions lasting from 5 to 45 minutes. Intervention…
Descriptors: Alcohol Education, Attitude Measures, Counseling Services, Discipline
Dick, John A. R.; And Others – 1983
Intended for use in curriculum planning, course development, and program evaluation, this report contains data from a study of the writing abilities of entering freshman students at the University of Texas at El Paso. The first chapter of the report provides background information concerning the need for systematic assessment of the writing…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Content Area Writing, Curriculum Development, Higher Education
de Jong, John H. A. L. – 1985
In 1983, in the Netherlands' highly differentiated school system, two types of curriculum representing different ability levels were combined as a first step towards a more heterogeneous grouping of student abilities. A study of one aspect of the results of this change compared over 1000 samples of English and German second language listening…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Comparative Analysis, Curriculum Design
Minnesota State Dept. of Education, St. Paul. – 1985
Comprehensive Arts Planning Program (CAPP) grants were awarded to 30 school districts in Minnesota to improve their arts education programs. Each district formed a community-based team of eight persons. Each team was then responsible for planning developing, and promoting comprehensive arts education within the district. Following a brief…
Descriptors: Art Education, Committees, Educational Needs, Elementary Secondary Education
Moss, Jeffrey – 1985
A project was conducted to analyze followup results from completers of secondary vocational agriculture programs in North Carolina, to develop usable materials, and to train others to use these materials. Key questions were asked concerning the utility of vocational agriculture in the state based on the responses of ex-students to the Secondary…
Descriptors: Agricultural Education, Educational Attainment, Employment, Employment Level
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1987
This oversight hearing was held to review the status of the 21-year-old Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) program, which is administered by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement (OERI) in the U.S. Department of Education, and to hear administration proposals for the redesign of the ERIC system. This report of the hearing…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Bibliographic Databases, Clearinghouses, Educational Change
Kolzow, Lee C. – 1986
In spring 1985, a study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of remedial programs at William Rainey Harper College (WRHC) by following the progress of students after they had taken a remedial course. The sample included 223 students who enrolled in communications courses from 1980 to 1982, 299 students who enrolled in developmental…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Community Colleges, Outcomes of Education
