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Hatala, Catherine C. – 1982
A program designed to improve the reading, writing, and thinking skills of low achieving poverty level high school juniors was developed for use in a Pennsylvania high school. The program uses the Pennsylvania Reading Comprehension Plan's four critical experiences of (1) responding to literature, (2) self-selected and sustained silent reading, (3)…
Descriptors: College School Cooperation, Content Area Reading, Critical Thinking, Disadvantaged Youth
Cromer, Fred E. – 1978
This report documents,in detail, student achievement in Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) programs. Its purpose is to provide reference or baseline data for ESAA and other compensatory program administrators and researchers working with disadvantaged students. The data tables and figures can be used to answer the following types of questions: (1)…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education
Sprengel, Donald P.; Tomey, E. Allan – 1974
The experimental Vocational Exploration in the Private Sector (VEPS-I) program, 1971-72 was intended to provide dropout-prone Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) youth with intensive counseling, supportive services and work experience in the private sector, to encourage completion of high school, and to assist in obtaining full-time employment upon…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Black Students, Career Counseling