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ERIC Number: EJ182925
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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No Simple Answer: Critique of the Follow Through Evaluation
House, Ernest R.; And Others
Harvard Educational Review, 48, 2, 128-60, May 78
The evaluation by Abt Associates, Inc., of the Follow Through program, an extension of Head Start designed to improve primary education for disadvantaged children, created a controversy about the program and its assessment, which is discussed in this article. The authors see serious flaws in the evaluation design and interpretation. (MF)
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Assessment, Educational Experiments, Educational Innovation, Evaluation Criteria, Federal Programs, Followup Studies, Primary Education, Program Evaluation
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Identifiers: Project Follow Through