The difficult work of identifying effective research strategies in early education has recently begun. Second generation model-derived programs are just beginning to emerge. To learn from these programs, evaluators must identify four criteria of critical differences existing among programs and attack the programmatic analysis of these differences…

Individualized and intensive daily therapy was provided to 870 New York City pupils with severe speech handicaps in this summer program funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I. The evaluation focuses on pupil's progress in correction of speech problems, the effectiveness of the clinical methods, the reactions of the staff and…

This report, an annual evaluation of Mississippi's Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I program, is comprised of three sections. Section I presents a general analysis of Title I, and a description of activities and methods. Sections II and III are completely devoted to tabulations. In Section II appear tables reflecting surveys and…

This document represents the annual report of private colleges and universities in New York receiving assistance for economically and educationally disadvantaged students under the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP). The report covers HEOP student characteristics, student achievement, HEOP's impact on higher education, student and program…

Results of an interim evaluation of selected aspects of the Follow Through Program are described. Analyses are described for two cohorts: children entering the program in 1969 (2 year's data) and those entering in 1970 (1 year's data). Measures on program impact on the children included achievement, quantitative skill, language arts, cognitive…

This program initiated by the Central Cities Educational Development Center was designed to offer experiences which lay the groundwork for intellectual development and school achievement to underprivileged children two to five years of age. The Center has assumed a somewhat different composition and focus in each of the four years of its…

The Oklahoma exemplary program located at Tulsa was designed to provide occupational orientation and vocational training for disadvantaged and previously unserved students from Grade 5 through 12 in a comprehensive urban school system. To evaluate the program, data were collected about the: (1) contest or goals and objectives of the program in…

The purpose of this research was to develop an evaluation technique to assess how effectively children develop as independent learners within classrooms implementing the Tucson Early Education Model. A situational task was chosen in order to gather information about the ongoing open classroom. The Classroom Attitude Observation Schedule was…

At the urging of the governor of Iowa, private business and industry plus interested citizens organized and funded Project Iowa Training and Retraining of Youth (Project I-TRY) programs in many Iowa cities during the summers of 1967 and 1968 and during the 1968-1969 school year. The program gave youth from low and marginal income families a…

Educators, concerned over the educational deficiencies of many students, largely from low-income and minority populations, are seeking new instructional techniques. One method which may hold considerable promise for remedial education is computer-assisted instruction (CAI). The present paper describes CAI, its various uses, its particular…

The objective of the faculty training program was to sensitize a basically upper middle class suburban faculty to the environments, backgrounds and life styles of the diverse subcultures and minority groups of the inner city who contribute increasing numbers of students to the urban community college. It is felt that through broadened knowledge…

The Summer Readiness Program, sponsored by Santa Barbara City College (California) and Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) is an orientation program for disadvantaged students. The 65 students enrolled during summer 1972 were given tutorial assistance and group-counseling and were placed in part-time jobs. In addition to making recommendations, one…

This report concerns the review by the General Accounting Office of the operation of the fiscal year 1970 programs, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act and certain aspects of the 1971 programs of the Illinois State educational agency, and of the Chicago, Harrisburg, and Rockford local educational agencies. The local…

Summarized are 19 presentations given at the first annual National Conference on the Disadvantaged Gifted held March 24-25, 1973. Emphasized is the effect of identification procedures, program provisions, and research and evaluation on (1) economically deprived gifted students, (2) culturally different gifted students, (3) female gifted students,…

The Summer Youth Program, formerly the Neighborhood Youth Corps, held at the Knoxville campus of the University of Tennessee, is designed to provide summer employment to the community's disadvantaged. This article describes a plan to improve the overall effectiveness of the Summer Youth Program, which is applicable to other universities and…