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Download full textFlaxman, Erwin; Orr, Margaret – 1996
This digest examines features of both process and impact evaluations to help officials of youth programs assess the programs for which they are responsible. With proper planning, evaluation can be part of a program without having to compete for attention and resources with the services the program is trying to provide. A process evaluation…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disadvantaged Youth, Evaluation Methods, Formative Evaluation
Sundberg, Barbara J.; Stayrook, Nick – 1998
This report presents results from a 3-year evaluation of the Title I "Success for All" (SFA) schoolwide program being implemented at four elementary schools in the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, Alaska. SFA meets the criteria of Title I regulations and has a strong reading component with frequent assessments of student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
Hochstetler, Ruth J. – Superv Quart, 1970
A brief survey of the inception, organization, objectives, implications and effectiveness of Project Head Start. (MBM)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Intelligence, Poverty Programs
Marani, S. Donald; Tivvis, Joseph – Reading Impr, 1970
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Disadvantaged Youth, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Content
Peer reviewedLissitz, Robert W.; Cohen, Sidney L. – Reading Teacher, 1970
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 1, Kindergarten Children, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedPage, Ellis B.; Grandon, Gary M. – Journal of Special Education, 1981
Existing evidence on the Milwaukee Project, an early intervention effort with preschool disadvantaged children, suggests a decline of the experimental children to the level of the untreated controls in those measures, such as school reading, not under the control of the project. (DB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Evaluation Methods, Intelligence
Taggart, Robert – Thrust: The Journal for Employment and Training Professionals, 1980
Outlines some of the achievements of the Summer Program for Economically Disadvantaged Youth (SPEDY) during the summer of 1978. Four programs in Virginia, Minnesota, Texas, and Washington are examined not because they are exemplary but because they illustrate what is happening in some of the better youth employment programs around the country. (CT)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Employment Opportunities, Job Training
Ishiyama, John T.; Hopkins, Valerie M. – Opportunity Outlook, 2001
Assessed the impact of the Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program at Truman State University in Missouri on first-generation, low-income (FGLI) students in comparison to a control group. Found that FGLI program participants are far more successful than non-McNair FGLI students, even when controlling for academic ability and…
Descriptors: College Preparation, College Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Graduate Study
Peer reviewedChase, Elaine; Mutter, Davida; Nichols, W. Randolph – ERS Spectrum, 2001
Examines Chesapeake (Virginia) Public Schools' successful Reading Recovery Program, asking whether it provides early intervention services to enough children and to those needing it most. Unfortunately, many first-graders who might benefit from Reading Recovery were not served. Only 43 percent of the lowest achieving children were selected.…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Intervention, Low Income Groups
Direct linkFriesner, Donald E.; Peck, Laura R. – Journal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2007
The evaluation literature on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) youth programs is largely absent of quantitative studies, likely in part due to the challenge of using experimental or quasi-experimental evaluation designs. This paper proposes the creative use of a national data set to overcome the problem of estimating a…
Descriptors: Youth Programs, Program Evaluation, Suicide, Metropolitan Areas
Matera, Carola; Gerber, Michael M. – NHSA Dialog, 2008
This article reports the results of a preliminary study that applied a randomized posttest-only design to evaluate the effectiveness of a literacy curriculum that incorporated explicit opportunities for Spanish-speaking Head Start preschool children (N = 76) to develop writing abilities in English. The study also addressed English language…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Speech Communication, Writing (Composition), Creative Activities
Price, Hugh B. – Brookings Institution, 2007
This working paper examines the approaches, wisdom, and experience generated by the ChalleNGe program, as well as the vast storehouse of knowledge and research, models and systems possessed by the military services that are potentially applicable to educating and developing youngsters who are at greatest risk of academic failure, economic…
Descriptors: Military Service, High Risk Students, Military Schools, Military Training
Houston Independent School District, TX. Dept. of Research and Accountability. – 1997
Covenant House Texas (CHT) is a nonprofit corporation that provides emergency shelter and related services for children and youth in crisis situations. The Texas Education Agency requires an annual evaluation of all programs receiving state compensatory education funds, and the On-Site School program of CHT was evaluated under this provision. The…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Homeless People
Marable, Paula; And Others – 1993
The Chapter 2 Formula provides federal funds to states through the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA). These funds are used to help students at risk of academic failure or dropping out, support purchases and programs, and develop teachers' professional skills. In 1992-93, the Austin Independent School District (AISD) received…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Alcohol Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
O'Neil, Jean – 1990
This report summarizes the efforts and successes of the Youth as Resources (YAR) initiative, a program that offers youth empowerment and leadership in community service. It utilizes all youth in an effort to address any social or community issue deemed important to a local area and provides opportunities for a wide range of agencies to host or to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Needs, Community Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
