Strength-based assessment of behaviors in preschool children provides evidence of emotional and behavioral skills in children, rather than focusing primarily on weaknesses identified by deficit-based assessments. The Preschool Behavioral and Emotional Rating Scales (PreBERS) is a normative assessment of emotional and behavioral strengths in…

TRIO programs exist for students who need guidance through the academic systems that exist. TRIO programs began in 1964, when Lyndon Johnson signed the Educational Opportunity Act into law (McElroy and Armesto, 1998). This started the TRIO programs to help disadvantaged students enroll and complete college. TRIO programs, including Talent Search…

AS PART OF THE "ROOMS OF 20" PROJECT IN THE ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, PUBLIC SCHOOLS, A BOOK-OWNERSHIP PROGRAM HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO MOTIVATE DISADVANTAGED PUPILS TO READ AND LEARN. CHILDREN IN THIS PROGRAM ARE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO "EARN" BOOKS BY SHOWING THE TEACHER THAT THEY OWN A PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD OR BY HAVING READ TWO…

Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (the Act) provides for federal funding of special programs for educationally deprived children in both public and private schools. Respondents, parents of children attending nonpublic schools in Kansas City, Mo., brought this class action, alleging that petitioner state school officials…

THIS EXTENSIVE REPORT, WHICH CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF SEPARATE APPENDIXES, PROVIDES A COMPREHENSIVE DESCRIPTION OF COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS IN MISSOURI FUNDED UNDER TITLE I OF THE ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT. THE FIRST APPENDIX CONTAINS A PROPOSAL FOR THE ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA FROM THE PROJECTS. THE CATEGORIES OF…

MISSOURI'S TITLE I PROJECTS ARE DESCRIBED AND EVALUATED IN THIS REPORT. OPERATION AND SERVICE PROBLEMS INCLUDED LACK OF SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL AND OF STAFF TO PLAN FOR THE DISSEMINATION OF SIGNIFICANT INFORMATION AND TO HELP THE DISTRICTS IN PROJECT DEVELOPMENT. STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OFFERED ONLY LIMITED ASSISTANCE IN ESTABLISHING…

This evaluation attempts to measure the extent and effectiveness of ESEA Title I programs designed to meet the needs of disadvantaged children and apprizes the public and the legislature of program outcomes. In keeping with USOE requirements for evaluating Title I programs, this document is constructed of (1) responses to USOE probes by…

Described in this report are the problems faced by the St. Louis public schools. Financing difficulties, the poverty of about 70 percent of public school pupils, the inadequacy of state aid, the shortage of well-qualified teachers, the exodus of whites to the suburbs, and the concentration of Negroes in the inner city are some of the issues which…

School-family partnerships (SFPs) have been the focus of research, policy, and practice efforts for several years. Increasing the interest in SFPs has been the finding that when schools and families cooperate closely, children benefit. The more supportive links there are between settings, the more potential there is for healthy development. Such…