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Download full textWilkinson, L. David; Waring, Colleen G. – 1995
This paper presents a comparison of performance auditing and evaluation. It is the product of a collaboration between the senior evaluator from the Office of Research and Evaluation in the Austin Independent School District (Texas) and the senior auditor of Austin's City Auditor's Office. These officials were required to work together when the…
Descriptors: Causal Models, Cooperation, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education
Greim, Jeffrey L. – 1992
As part of a larger study to examine the usefulness of mentoring as an intervention serving at-risk youth, this study evaluated the implementation of two pilot programs in Saint Louis (Missouri) and Atlanta (Georgia). Both programs were at public agencies aiming to operate large-scale mentoring programs to serve adjudicated youth between the ages…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, At Risk Persons, Delinquency
Popwell, Emma P. – 1992
This report presents longitudinal data on enrollment and performance patterns in Atlanta (Georgia) Public Schools (APS) from 1970-71 to 1990-91 for early childhood development programs and an analysis of selected performance indicators for kindergarten and first grade students in 1989-90 and 1990-91. An introduction describes the history and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Development, Day Care, Enrollment Trends
Levine, Daniel U.; Meyer, Jeanie K. – 1973
The Model Cities Educational Priorities and Program Development (EPPD) Project involved two elementary schools located within the Model Cities areas of Kansas City, Missouri, during the 1972-3 school year. The stated objectives of the program were as follows: (1) Identify the educational needs of inner city children in America in the 1970s, with…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Educational Facilities Improvement, Educational Needs
Ozgediz, Selcuk – 1973
In a broad sense, this study is concerned with increasing the responsiveness of the federal government in improving the employment prospects of disadvantaged youth. In a narrower sense, it is concerned with increasing the effectiveness and the efficiency of local In-School Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) programs. This report had four specific…
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Programs, Federal Aid
Hartford Public Schools, CT. – 1971
Higher Horizons 100 is an articulated approach to compensatory education for four groups fo approximately 100 urban students in grades seven to nine. Working through an instructional team made up of teachers and other specialists, the program is designed to motivate and encourage individual youngsters to react to a student-centered educational…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Counseling Services, Cultural Activities, Inner City
McDaniel, John W. – 1973
This Final Report summarizes five years of development of cooperative summer and school-year programs between the Neighborhood Youth Corps (NYC) and community colleges. NYC Goes to Community College is a combined work and study program for economically disadvantaged youth, cooperatively conducted by local sponsors of Neighborhood Youth Corps and…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Compensatory Education, Cooperative Education, Cooperative Programs
PDF pending restorationBlanchette, Cornelia M. – 1997
The General Accounting Office evaluated federal programs that serve at-risk and delinquent youth. The work, which took place over several years, focused on: (1) who administers such programs; (2) how much money is spent on federal programs for at-risk youth; and (3) what is known about their effectiveness. Overall, its is apparent that multiple…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, At Risk Persons, Budgets, Cost Effectiveness
Webster, William J. – 1998
This study reports the results of the implementation of Project SEED, a mathematics program for urban elementary school students, in five urban districts: Camden (New Jersey); Dallas (Texas); Detroit (Michigan); Indianapolis (Indiana); and the West Contra Costa Unified School District in Richmond and San Pablo (California). Students exposed to at…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Algebra, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Annie E. Casey Foundation, Baltimore, MD. – 1995
In 1988, the Annie E. Casey Foundation began New Futures, an 5-year initiative aimed at preparing disadvantaged urban youth for successful lives as adults. Through grants to five mid-sized cities, the Casey Foundation sought to encourage a fundamental restructuring of the way these communities planned, financed, and delivered educational, health,…
Descriptors: Community Development, Disadvantaged Youth, Economic Factors, Elementary Secondary Education
Sherman, Lawrence W.; Gottfredson, Denise C.; MacKenzie, Doris L.; Eck, John; Reuter, Peter; Bushway, Shawn D. – 1998
This Research in Brief describes the scientific methodologies used to perform a review of crime prevention programs and then discusses what research has shown to work, what it has shown not to work, and what approaches seem promising for crime prevention. The first step was to identify and review reports evaluating the effectiveness of crime…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Crime Prevention, Drug Education, Educational Innovation
National Association of State Coordinators for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth. – 1998
Profiles of the 1995-96 implementation of the Stewart B. McKinney Act's Education for Homeless Children and Youth (EHCY) Programs in 37 states are presented in this document. In these 37 states, at least 173,082 homeless children and youth were served through programs funded by the McKinney Act, and at least 465 local education agencies received…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agency Cooperation, Children, Disadvantaged Youth
Syropoulos, Mike – 1997
The Ninth Grade Restructuring Program of the Detroit (Michigan) public schools was designed to restructure the ninth grade in ways that improve academic performance, develop positive attitudes toward learning, improve the school environment, reduce the dropout rate, and increase the graduation rate of students. Features of the program were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attitude Change, Dropout Prevention, Grade 9
Brandeis Univ., Waltham, MA. Center for Human Resources. – 1995
The Quantum Opportunities Program (QOP) is an innovative 4-year year-round pilot program that provides learning opportunities, development opportunities, service opportunities, and summer jobs to small groups of youth from families receiving public assistance. In 1994, the Ford Foundation commissioned an evaluation of the QOP. Between 1989 and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Community Organizations, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth
Styles, Melanie B.; Morrow, Kristine V. – 1992
As part of a 4-year research initiative on adult/youth relationships programs, this study assessed relationships between elders and at-risk youth at the following four Linking Lifetimes intergenerational mentoring demonstration sites developed by Temple University's Center for Intergenerational Learning in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania): (1)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, At Risk Persons, Community Programs
