THIS REPORT SUMMARIZES EVALUATION OF PROGRAMS FOR DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN AND YOUTH FUNDED UNDER CONNECTICUT PUBLIC ACT 523 IN SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN TOWNS NOT SERVED BY TITLE I OF THE 1965 ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT. IN GENERAL, THE PROGRAMS ATTEMPTED TO IMPROVE THE STUDENTS' READING, LANGUAGE ARTS, AND BASIC SKILLS AND TO CHANGE THEIR…

This report describes the development, implementation and evaluation of an Australian follow-through kindergarten year one program for children who had participated in an individualized, experience-based preschool program. Follow-through program development focused on planning a program that offered experiences compatible with those offered at…

The Classroom Activity Files and Day Care and Home Learning Activities Files contain approximately 900 learning activites each, and were designed to promote competencies in children at different developmental ages. Twelve Head Start, kindergarten and preschool programs participated in a field study to evaluate the usability, content, and…

Various programs listed under the categories of instructional components, supportive components, and summer activities are evaluated here. Programs under instructional components include corrective reading programs, primary-intermediate mathematics, neglected children's institutional programs, business education for delinquent children, and…

This evaluation report identifies recent trends of Title I and examines their cost. The question said to be addressed is whether Title I financed activities in Georgia have any positive effect on the learning outcomes of participating children. Chapters deal with basic statistics for FY 74, pupil participation, expenditures, impact on achievement,…

The Preschool Rating Scale (PRS) consists of twenty Guttman scaled items which assess a preschool child's personal-social development. Experience gained over the past two years indicate that it can be used: (1) for screening; (2) for program evaluation; (3) as a guide to the teachers in identifying specific areas of development which may need…

Preschool, elementary, and secondary programs are evaluated in this report. Part 1 of the report consists of the following 1975 statistics: operation and services, dissemination, evaluation, a listing of major problem areas, the interrelationship of Title I with other federal programs, nonpublic schools, a general evaluation of the projects,…

Enrichment programs conducted in Missouri state schools for trainable mentally retarded (TMR) children under Title I funding in 1967 are evaluated. Charts give the progress of 153 TMR pupils in the physical fitness programs conducted in three schools while case histories indicate improvement of six children in a prekindergarten enrichment program.…

This report evaluates the participation of nearly all public school districts in Ohio in ESEA Title I programs. The evaluation aims to provide a basis for determining whether programs are to be modified, intensified or shifted in terms of objectives and activities. The report focuses on: the size, scope and effectiveness of all Title I programs;…

This report summarizes the findings of previous technical reports on the immediate changes in child development associated with Head Start and presents a statement of the extent to which these changes have been enhanced or attenuated by different program experiences for different children. Background information presented includes an overview of…

This plan for the longitudinal evaluation of a group of five different kinds of preschool programs involves a project conducted in a predominantly disadvantaged Australian community over the period 1975-79. Main project goals are (1) the determination of conditions under which particular preschool programs are most effective and (2) the evaluation…

This is the final report of the Southern University Head Start Evaluation and Research Center. It is a statement of activities engaged in since September, 1969. Chapter I contains an introduction and a description of the centers. Chapter II presents evaluation guidelines, quality control information, evaluation design and description of evaluation…

Oklahoma is one of three states to offer a free prekindergarten (pre-K) program to all students in participating school districts on a voluntary basis. Fortuitous circumstances in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the state's largest school district, permitted an unusually rigorous evaluation of the pre-K program in Tulsa. Because 4-year-olds beginning pre-K and…

This final report describes a federally-funded project that was designed to provide a model for service delivery to severely physically involved infants and their families living in the highly rural area of West Alabama. The project developed and refined an eclectic treatment approach known as Developmental Physical Management Techniques (DPMT).…

This action research project implemented and evaluated an intervention for increasing student engagement in learning to improve academic success. The targeted population consisted of students in four separate schools: pre-kindergarten and eighth graders in a large metropolitan area and fifth and eighth graders in a rural community. The lack of…