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Download full textTu, Jho-Ju; Shih, W. K. – 1992
This document is a directory of current and newly expired projects funded under the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services Secondary Education and Transition Initiative. Projects included address the following areas: self-determination projects, family networking projects, follow-up and follow-along projects, training and…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs
National Association of State Coordinators of Compensatory Education, Middletown, CT. – 1991
This compilation presents narratives describing Chapter 1 program improvement and innovation efforts across the nation at state and local levels. The survey responses summarized in this report were submitted by State Coordinators of Compensatory Education. Responses were received from 48 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia. The…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Improvement, Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education
Romero, Carol J.; And Others – 1991
Re-employment experiences were analyzed for dislocated workers who used the services of the Employment Service (ES) during the 1980s under the Economic Dislocation and Worker Adjustment Assistance Act (EDWAA). Data came from administrative records in three states--Pennsylvania, California, and Missouri--noteworthy for differences in their…
Descriptors: Adults, Compliance (Legal), Dislocated Workers, Eligibility
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (ED), Washington, DC. Compensatory Education Programs. – 1992
This booklet is a guide to assist school districts in administering Chapter 1 projects funded through the 1988 Elementary and Secondary School Improvement amendments and focuses on areas of flexibility in Chapter 1 funding. An overview of Chapter 1 flexibility emphasizes that the legislation is designed to best meet the special educational needs…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged
CSR, Inc., Washington, DC. – 1991
This handbook is for administrators of programs in higher education settings which deal with alcohol and other drug (AOD) related problems. Chapter 1, "Defining the Problem, Issues, and Trends" examines the problem from various perspectives and presents the latest statistics on the extent of AOD use on campuses, specific problems…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Alcohol Abuse, Campuses
Hagen, Jan L.; Lurie, Irene – 1992
This report presents the findings from the first of three rounds of research in a projected 3-year study of the way state governments have begun to implement the new Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Training Program (JOBS). JOBS is a part of the Family Support Act of 1988 and provides employment, education, and training services that recipients…
Descriptors: Administrative Change, Adult Education, Agency Role, Basic Skills
Millsap, Mary Ann; And Others – 1992
This interim study was conducted to provide descriptive and analytic information about Chapter 1 program operations during the second year of implementation of the Hawkins Stafford Act amendments to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Data were collected through a mail survey administered to Chapter 1 coordinators in 1,600 school…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Attitudes, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged
Drazen, Shelley – 1991
Associations between school district poverty and achievement and Chapter 1 programs are studied. The allocation formula in the legislation states that funding is to be distributed in direct proportion to poverty and regional cost. Dependent variables include Chapter 1 funding, the number of district participants in compensatory education…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Sacramento City Unified School District, CA. – 1992
The long-term effects of state compensatory education (SCE) and Chapter 1 programs on the development of basic skills and academic achievement of Sacramento (California) were studied for a sample of over 6,000 SCE and Chapter 1 students in grades 2 through 5. Follow-up and retroactive approaches were used to ascertain the degree to which thinking…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Black Students
RMC Research Corp., Denver, CO. – 1991
This publication is a guide with the materials necessary for leading a workshop session on the role and responsibilities of paraprofessionals in Chapter 1 Program classrooms. Following a list of the transparencies and handouts used in the workshop as well as an outline of the 3- to 4-hour session, a note to the presenter discusses the advantages…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Techniques, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education
Commission on Chapter 1, Baltimore, MD. – 1992
This report presents an interim analysis by an independent commission of current moves to reform Chapter 1 of the Hawkins/Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988. Chapter 1 is the largest federal assistance program to elementary school and secondary school education. The report responds to questions on strengthening…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Advisory Committees, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Gittleman, Mark – 1992
This publication presents compilations and an overview of state profiles describing Chapter 1 program improvement and innovation efforts across the states. Chapter 1 is a provision of the federal Hawkins-Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Improvement Amendments of 1988. This report reviews key aspects of implementation of the 1988 Amendments…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change, Educational Innovation
Seaman, Don; And Others – 1992
Fifteen literacy programs, structured as partnerships between Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) Service Delivery Areas (SDAs) in Texas and nonprofit literacy councils, were reviewed. Interviews were conducted with students, tutors and instructors, program directors and other staff, and partners to study program effectiveness in establishing…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Agency Cooperation
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Health, Education, and Human Services Div. – 1994
The General Accounting Office examined the spending, outcomes, and performance of the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) and Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) programs. Federal expenditure data were analyzed, legislation and regulations specifying data collection/reporting requirements and performance standards for the programs were…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Economically Disadvantaged
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1993
This document records the oral and written testimony of witnesses at a Congressional hearing held in April 1993 to assess the costs and outcomes of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA). Witnesses included officials from the U.S. Department of Labor, the General Accounting Office, consultants retained to evaluate the program, and several local…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Disadvantaged, Education Work Relationship, Employment Programs
