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Hargroves, Jeannette – 1974
The purpose of this study was to begin to seek new ways of measuring some of the previously uninvestigated areas in which Project Follow Through might be having an impact. In particular, the rates of promotion in school, assignment to special education classes, and assignment to low ability groups were investigated. The following three hypotheses…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Achievement Rating, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth
Vogt, Leona M.; And Others – 1973
The final report of the Health Start evaluation of the second year program is presented in three separate documents. This paper presents an overview of the Urban Institute's evaluation of the Health Start program and covers two broad areas: health service coordination and health service delivery. The two major questions for the 1972-73 evaluation…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Coordination, Data Collection, Delivery Systems
Atlanta Public Schools, GA. – 1973
This document is concerned with the objectives and evaluation of the educational programs of six elementary schools. Charles R. Drew Elementary School has been classified as a Title I school and receives compensatory services to improve academic performances and self-concepts of the pupils. E. R. Carter Elementary School is also a Title I school.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Black Students, Compensatory Education
Neyman, Clinton A., Jr. – 1972
The overall objectives of the 1971-72 Title I, Elementary Secondary Education Act program were: to raise reading and mathematics achievement level one year and five months; to reinforce, enrich, and extend skill mastery through integration of the special subject areas; to broaden the experiential backgrounds of the children; to recognize and…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students
Chazan, Maurice, Ed. – 1973
This book owes its origin to a symposium on "Compensatory Education" which took place at the 1970 Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society. The opening chapter discusses the complex concepts of "disadvantage,""deprivation," and "compensatory education," with illustrations from work carried out…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged, Disadvantaged Youth
Jones, Isabel A. – 1969
This informal study sought to determine the effectiveness of paraprofessionals in extension work dealing with the development and expansion of youth programs in disadvantaged areas of St. Louis. Program objectives were: (1) to reach more youth in educational programs sensitive to the life style of urban youth; (2) to develop new ways of recruiting…
Descriptors: Action Research, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Extension Education
Office of Economic Opportunity, Washington, DC. Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation. – 1972
This report describes the experimental design, presents the contract provisions, and provides conclusions and recommendations. The document is comprised of five chapters that discuss (1) the statistical analysis methods used, (2) the problems of using standardized tests in performance contracting, (3) the contractual procedures between OEO and the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Experiments, Evaluation Methods
Young, Beverly S. – 1970
The purpose of the study was to determine whether mathematical concepts could be learned and retained by disadvantaged preschool children when taught by an inexperienced teacher. College sophomores used printed lesson plans with no further instruction with 94 severely disadvantaged children attending either Headstart schools of Day Care Centers in…
Descriptors: Black Students, Cognitive Development, College Students, Concept Formation
Joiner, Lee M. – 1970
The Homework Help Program, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, has the following objectives: (1) to encourage high school and college students from low income areas to remain in school through economic assistance; (2) to present a new opportunity for these students to achieve success; (3) to motivate these high…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Financial Support
Paterson Board of Education, NJ. – 1971
This research bulletin reports an evaluation study of the program of the Dale Avenue Early Childhood Education Center, funded under Title III of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act. A pre- and post-test experimental and control design using standardized and locally developed instruments was used to evaluate the academic performance of the…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development, Diagnostic Teaching, Disadvantaged Youth
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Paterson Board of Education, NJ. – 1972
The Dale Avenue Early Childhood Education Center, opened in September 1969 and funded under Title III of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, features a program set up for kindergarten through third grade but basically ungraded. Each child is allowed to move at his own pace within the range of his own abilities. Furthermore, the child's…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Compensatory Education, Curriculum Development, Diagnostic Teaching
State Univ. of New York, Albany. Office of the Regents. – 1974
This paper provides a comparative analysis of postsecondary opportunity programs in New York State for 1973-1974. The programs reviewed are (1) Search for Education, Elevation and Knowledge (SEEK), (2) Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), and (3) Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP). The College Discovery program is treated separately in…
Descriptors: College Programs, College Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Opportunities
Philadelphia School District, PA. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1975
Technical reports of individual Title I project evaluations conducted during the 1974-75 school year are contained in this annual volume. It presents information about each project's rationale, expected outcomes, mode of operation, previous evaluative findings, current implementation, and attainment of its objectives. Projects included are:…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Coulson, John E. – 1976
This document summarizes in non-technical terms the preliminary policy-relevant findings of a national evaluation of the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) Basic and Pilot Programs during the second year of program operations, 1974-75. An attempt is also made to relate the second year results to findings in the first evaluation year, 1973-74. A major…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Environment
Ferguson, Ronald F.; Clay, Philip L.; Snipes, Jason C.; Roaf, Phoebe – 1996
This report is a formative evaluation of the YouthBuild Demonstration Project that began in 1991 and ended in 1994. The YouthBuild Model, developed in earlier programs, was directed at young people who were largely disconnected from schools and jobs. Major components of the project were counseling, academic remediation with preparation for the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Building Trades, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
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