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Download full textSchilling, Sandra Hobson – 1974
The Minneapolis Public School system was awarded an Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title I grant. The purpose of these funds was the further development of insights, awareness, competence, and skill toward making living and learning effective for eligible students. Two programs are described: (1) inservice teacher training for the East,…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Needs, Elementary Education
Clark, Sara H. – 1974
Self-teaching machines housed in trailer-classrooms were used for the fourth year to help 351 students in two Minneapolis Title I secondary schools improve their reading skills. A gain of 1.4 grade equivalent months by 25 percent of the students (using Gates-MacGinitie Comprehension tests) for each month on roll was the specific objective of the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, High School Students
Clark, Sara H. – 1974
Self-teaching machines housed in trailer-classrooms were used for the third year to help 331 students in two Minneapolis Title I secondary schools improve their reading skills. A gain of one month or more in grade equivalents (using Gates-MacGinitie tests) for each month of attendance at the centers by at least 50 percent of the students was the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, High School Students
Minneapolis Public Schools, Minn. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1974
This deals with impact of Minneapolis Title I, Elementary Secondary Education Act, funded programs on children's achievement. In Minneapolis, Target schools are those schools that have a higher percentage of low income/Aid to Families of Dependent Children (AFDC)/foster children than the city as a whole. In Minneapolis in 1972-73, there were 40…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Curriculum Development, Elementary Schools, Federal Programs
Bergeth, Robert; Faunce, R. W. – 1971
Fourteen elementary teachers evaluated the quality and usefulness of 146 tapes produced by the Clinton Pilot Cassette Center, Minneapolis, Minn. Teachers' opinions, rather than tests on students, were the basis of the ratings. Judging from the ratings, most of the cassettes appear suitable for use with educationally disadvantaged youth and were in…
Descriptors: Aural Learning, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Media
Clark, Sara H. – 1975
The aim of the Title I math program was to improve the teaching of mathematics at the primary level in Title I schools. School staff and Parent Advisory Committee members had suggested and helped plan the focus of the project. It was expected that improved teaching would raise the level of understanding of basic mathematics skills and concepts of…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education, Formative Evaluation
