Download full textERIC Number: ED020256
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Publication Date: 1967-Dec
Pages: 78
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SECOND ANNUAL EVALUATION OF TITLE I, FISCAL YEAR 1967.
COSTA, EDWARD T.; AND OTHERS
FOLLOWING THE FORMAT STIPULATED BY THE U.S. OFFICE OF EDUCATION, THIS REPORT DESCRIBES THE ACTIVITIES AND METHODS OF RHODE ISLAND'S 88 COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROJECTS. HIGHLIGHTED ARE FIVE PROJECTS FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN AND EXEMPLARY PROJECTS IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, INDIVIDUAL INSTRUCTION, SUMMER KINDERGARTEN ACTIVITIES, AND SUMMER LIBRARY SERVICES. TABULAR DATA ON SCHOOL ATTENDANCE, DROPOUT RATES, STANDARDIZED TESTS RESULTS, AND CONTINUING EDUCATION ARE PRESENTED. TOTAL STATE EXPENDITURES ON ALL PROJECTS WAS $3,578,640, 57 PERCENT OF WHICH WAS SPENT ON READING AND RELATED ACTIVITIES. THE EXISTENCE OF NUMEROUS REMEDIAL READING PROGRAMS IN RHODE ISLAND HAS CREATED AN AWARENESS AT THE UNIVERSITY LEVEL OF THE NEED FOR ADVANCED COURSES AND GRADUATE PROGRAMS IN READING. (LB)
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Annual Reports, Attendance, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Rate, Education Service Centers, Federal Programs, Handicapped Children, Higher Education, Individual Instruction, Kindergarten Children, Library Services, Private Schools, Program Administration, Program Evaluation, Reading Achievement, Remedial Reading, School Districts, Special Education, Statistical Data, Summer Programs, Supplementary Education, Test Results
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Authoring Institution: Rhode Island State Dept. of Education, Providence.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I
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