ERIC Number: ED018529
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1968-Feb
Pages: 107
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EDUCATION ACT PROJECT EVALUATION. PART II.
FELIX, JOSEPH L.; JACOBS, JAMES N.
THIS REPORT DESCRIBES AND EVALUATES TWO COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS IN CINCINNATI, OHIO, FUNDED UNDER TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT. IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL REMEDIAL AND ENRICHMENT PROJECT, SPECIALLY EMPLOYED PERSONNEL USED EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES PURCHASED WITH TITLE I FUNDS TO INCREASE THE ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF DISADVANTAGED SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS. EVALUATIVE DATA INDICATED THAT THE PROJECT WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL IN ATTAINING SPECIFIED OBJECTIVES. HOWEVER, SEVERAL SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES APPEARED EFFECTIVE, SUCH AS REMEDIAL ENGLISH INSTRUCTION, HEALTH AND GUIDANCE SERVICES, AND SUMMER READING AND MATHEMATICS REMEDIATION. THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REMEDIATION AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES INCLUDED REMEDIAL INSTRUCTION, ENRICHMENT LEARNING RESOURCE CENTERS, PARENT INVOLVEMENT, AND A SUMMER LEARNING CAMP. MEASUREMENT OF FUNCTIONAL OBJECTIVES REVEALED ONLY OCCASIONAL POSITIVE RESULTS. IN THE EVALUATION OF SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES, ONLY THE LANGUAGE ARTS PROGRAM APPEARED EFFECTIVE. SATURDAY ENRICHMENT CLASSES AND THE SUMMER LEARNING CAMP WERE WELL-RECEIVED, AND THE RESOURCE CENTERS WERE OPERATING EFFICIENTLY. THIS ARTICLE IS PUBLISHED IN THE "JOURNAL OF INSTRUCTIONAL RESEARCH AND PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT," VOLUME 3, NUMBER 3, FEBRUARY 1968. (LB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Students, Enrichment Activities, Federal Programs, Program Administration, Program Evaluation, Public Schools, Remedial Instruction, Resource Centers, Secondary School Students, Self Concept, Services, Statistical Data, Student Attitudes, Summer Programs, Teacher Evaluation, Test Results
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Authoring Institution: Cincinnati Public Schools, OH. Dept. of Instruction.
Identifiers - Location: Ohio; Ohio (Cincinnati)
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Stanford Achievement Tests
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