ERIC Number: ED142628
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976
Pages: 35
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East Harlem Pre-Kindergarten Center, School Year 1975-1976.
Almeida, Cynthia H.
This report is an evaluation of a selected New York City Umbrella program, funded under a special grant from the New York State Legislature. The program, established to service the needs of working parents, children from families where the older siblings had been behind in school achievement, and families with serious social and economic problems, served sixty-three four year old children in East Harlem. The center program consisted of two full-day and two half-day classes. There were fifteen pupils in each class with a teacher and a para-professional. One of the all-day classes was bilingual with instruction in Spanish and in English. The objectives of the program were to provide a stimulating preschool learning environment. In addition, as a result of participation in the bilingual-bicultural class, the pupils were expected to develop a more positive self image. Program personnel included a coordinator, three teachers, three paraprofessionals, and one family assistant. Parents were involved in workshops. This program evaluation indicates that pupil achievement levels in the selected skill areas were above chosen criterion levels and parental involvement in activities was almost attained at proposed criterion levels. (Author/JP)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Authoring Institution: New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation.
Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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