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Grantham, Robert J.; Gordon, Myra – 1983
Project "Open Horizons," in Buffalo and Niagara Falls, New York, was born out of a recognition that minority adolescents in disadvantaged communities face serious social and personal problems in the area of career development. The originators of the project were seeking an effective methodology for exposing disadvantaged youth to a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Students, Career Guidance, Disadvantaged Youth
Download full textThomas, Herman C.; Bearse, Peter – 1983
This report discusses the findings of a research demonstration project conducted to test the entrepreneurship programming approach, in which dual program objectives are pursued with equal emphasis: (1) training objectives involving the employability development of out-of-school disadvantaged youth, and (2) enterprise objectives involving the…
Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs
Peer reviewedBingham, N. Eldred; And Others – School Science and Mathematics, 1974
Students participating in the DISCUS program achieved a better understanding of science and improved their attitudes toward themselves, their teachers and the school than did non-participating students. (PB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Assessment, Educational Programs
Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. Office of Planning, Budgeting, and Evaluation. – 1977
This is the seventh annual evaluation report submitted to the Congress by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare on behalf of the U.S. Office of Education (OE). Prepared by OE's Office of Planning, Budgeting, and Evaluation, it reviews approximately 90 programs administered by OE and provides the following information for nearly all…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Melaragno, Ralph J.; And Others – 1978
The executive summary briefly restates the results of a 17-month excursion into the realm of compensatory education of older disadvantaged youth. During September 1976 through January 1978, System Development Corporation conducted a project to conceptualize models for compensatory educational intervention at the secondary and postsecondary levels,…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged
MacQueen, Anne H.; Coulson, John E. – 1978
A major objective of this three year national Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) study was to evaluate the impact of ESAA programs by comparing schools that received ESAA funds with those that did not. Student growth in reading and mathematics were compared. To identify what kinds of schools (what allocations of resources, and what types of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating, Compensatory Education
Pelavin, Sol H.; David, Jane L. – 1977
The judgment of whether or not a city's Title I reading program is a success is dependent upon the length of time used in the evaluation. This study's findings that estimates of achievement rates and judgments of success were dramatically affected by the length of time used in the evaluation was consistent across all the compensatory education…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Testing
DeVito, Pasquale J.; Long, John V. – 1977
The impact of achievement testing on a Spring-Spring vs. a Fall-Spring basis in evaluation of compensatory education programs is examined. The effects of the summer vacation period and crossing test levels were examined. Significant decreases in achievement test scores were found, at all grade levels, between Spring and Fall test administrations.…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
Dabney, Margaret G. – 1981
The paper describes the identification, curriculum, and evaluation components of the Secondary School Experiential Learning Community, a program which currently serves 83 gifted but economically disadvantaged students at the Richmond (Virginia) Community High School. Personal, social, and academic program components are noted. The identification…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Disadvantaged Youth, Gifted, High Schools
Apling, Richard; Bryk, Anthony – 1980
Some early childhood variables are examined to evaluate their predictive validity. The selection of children needing early childhood Title I services is complicated by the lack of criteria for defining who is educationally disadvantaged and the special problems of early childhood testing and measurement. The study used re-analysis of longitudinal…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Educational Diagnosis
Kennedy, Mary – 1980
The topics discussed in this resource book include not only how to assess the long-term impact of early childhood Title I programs, but also how to develop and use a longitudinal information system for a variety of routine operations. The book is designed to help evaluators decide what a particular information system should look like. For…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Childhood Education, Evaluation Methods
NTS Research Corp., Durham, NC. – 1980
The overall purpose of the national Head Start evaluation is to assess the impact, on the children and parents being served, of: (1) the educational services component of Head Start, and (2) a new demonstration program within Head Start, Basic Educational Skills. The evaluation deals with a total of 65 Head Start programs and their families. This…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Observation Techniques, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
NTS Research Corp., Durham, NC. – 1980
The overall purpose of the national Head Start evaluation is to assess the impact, on the children and parents being served, of: (1) the educational services component of Head Start, and (2) a new demonstration program within Head Start, Basic Educational Skills. The evaluation deals with a total of 65 Head Start programs and their families. This…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Data Collection, Disadvantaged Youth
Ford Foundation, New York, NY. – 1961
THE PROGRAM WAS DESIGNED FOR CHILDREN OF LIMITED BACKGROUND. IT ATTEMPTED TO DISCOVER AND DEVELOP TO THE FULLEST, VISIBLE OR LATENT TALENTS OF THE CHILDREN. ITS GOALS WERE TO RAISE THE ASPIRATIONS OF THE PUPILS. BY EXPOSING ALL OF THE CHILDREN TO MANY KINDS OF EXPERIENCES, THE ATTEMPT TO INTEREST THEM EARLY IN THEIR CAREER CHOICES WAS SUCCESSFUL.…
Descriptors: Aspiration, Career Choice, Disadvantaged Youth, Identification
Levan, Frederick D. – 1968
Attitude Change Title I (ACT I) was an effectiveness evaluation to determine what changes in semantic differential meaning accompanied Title I inservice teacher training, what differences in semantic differential meaning existed between teachers who did and did not have Title I training, and what relationships existed between personality…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, Federal Programs
