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ERIC Number: ED270515
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 39
Abstractor: N/A
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Project CAREERS, 1983-1984: OEA Evaluation Report.
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment.
Project CAREERS is a Title VII bilingual program operating at three Queens, New York high schools (William C. Bryant, John Bourne, and Hillcrest). The program provides intensive instruction in English as a second language (ESL), native language arts, and bilingual instruction in mathematics, science, and social studies to Hispanic, Chinese, and Haitian students. Emphasis is placed on bilingual career awareness and training, as well as the cultural and ethnic heritages of the student participants. An evaluation of academic year 1983-84, the first year of funding, found that most students surpassed program objectives for English language achievement, but objectives were not met in content-area and business/health careers. Student achievement data varied from site to site, and no data were provided to assess the native language arts and drop-out rate objectives. The evaluators found that the non-instructional component of the program was not developed during 1983-84. Proposed staff training sessions and staff development activities were not conducted, and curriculum development did not occur. None of the schools had established the proposed ESL/Americanization classes for the families of participants, although important links with parents were being developed at each site. Recommendations are offered for improving the overall effectiveness of the program, focusing on site selection, role of the central administration, magnet programs, staff development, parental involvement, curriculum development, computer assisted instruction, data collection, evaluation objectives, and the particular needs of each different program site. (KH)
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment.
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