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Lawrence, Barbara – 1987
This guide presents ways for practitioners to use Chapter 1 achievement data to better understand and evaluate elements of a Chapter 1 program. A variety of types and levels of questions can be addressed with achievement data. Combining standardized achievement test scores with data from the program and from the regular classroom greatly increases…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Compensatory Education
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Levine, Daniel U.; And Others – Educational Leadership, 1987
The Project Alternative Rooms (PARs) in Kansas City is a modified Chapter 1 program in which students receive instruction in self-contained double-staffed classrooms rather than being "pulled out" of regular classrooms. Includes a table. (MD)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, High Risk Students
Advanced Technology, Inc., Indianapolis, IN. – 1990
This resource guide is to be used in coordination with a 15-minute video program and contains related activities designed to assist Chapter 1 programs in coordinating instructional services to students so that all Chapter 1 students will be able to achieve success in the program. The emphasis on coordinated instruction is a result of the new…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Legislation, Instructional Improvement
Chapter 1 Rural Technical Assistance Center, Portland, OR. Region 6. – 1990
This manual is designed to assist paraprofessionals and teachers in forming a strong instructional team dedicated to helping Chapter 1 students succeed in the regular school program. Paraprofessionals often arrive in Chapter 1 classrooms with little or inadequate training. In addition, Chapter 1 and regular classroom teachers working with teacher…
Descriptors: American Indians, Elementary Secondary Education, Interprofessional Relationship, Limited English Speaking
Guthrie, Larry F.; And Others – 1989
This guide is intended to help districts and schools think about how their programs for educationally deprived children are designed and how they can be improved. In view of new Chapter 1 legislation (P.L. 100-297), which places strong emphasis on program improvement to disadvantaged students, practitioners need to internalize elements of new…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Compliance (Legal), Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Chicago Public Schools, IL. – 1991
The Chicago (Illinois) School Reform Act of 1988 (Public Act 85-1418) requires each attendance center in the Chicago Public Schools system to prepare a three-year School Improvement Plan. This guide was prepared to help schools coordinate various plans and to link improvement planning with budgeting. The guide includes four principal sections. The…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Compensatory Education, Educational Change, Educational Finance
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RMC Research Corp., Hampton, NH. – 1992
This booklet contains ideas about how families can help children in school in the following basic ways by: (1) teaching their children; (2) learning new things to help their children learn; (3) supporting children and the school; and (4) making decisions about what and how children learn. For each of these areas, a chart is included so that…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Decision Making, Definitions, Elementary School Students
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Office of the Under Secretary. – 1995
The Title I program, the federal government's largest elementary and secondary school program, has been redesigned in order to make improvements in the nation's poorest schools. This brochure describes a two-volume book that provides examples of schools and communities working together to provide children with more time to learn. The strategies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1992
This information booklet for parents answers some of the questions parents often ask about their children's participation in basic skills improvement programs. It suggests ways in which parents can support and reinforce the school's role and offers suggestions for parent involvement and ideas for at-home activities to support skill development.…
Descriptors: Activities, Basic Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Compensatory Education
Pechman, Ellen M.; Fiester, Leila – 1994
This handbook provides information on how to use comprehensive schoolwide models to improve learning for more students. It paves the way for creating programs under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that are grounded in the lessons of successful Chapter 1 schoolwide programs. Following the executive summary and…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Environment, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change, Educationally Disadvantaged