COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PILOT PROJECTS BEING CONDUCTED IN CALIFORNIA WERE LISTED. SOME OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS INVOLVED WERE BERKELEY UNIFIED, BISHOP UNION ELEMENTARY, FRESNO CITY, LOS ANGELES CITY, MERCED CITY, OAKLAND UNIFIED, PASADENA UNIFIED, RIVERSIDE COUNTY, SAN BERNARDINO, SAN DIEGO UNIFIED, AND SAN FRANCISCO. FOR EACH OF THE SCHOOL…

The subject of this issue is the status of compensatory education. Past programs are reviewed, and new effective programs are described. Field reports on various local school integration programs are presented, including programs in Pontiac, Michigan; Ypsilanti, Michigan; and the South. (JW)

A questionnaire designed to elicit information about reading instruction and the group(s) to which such instruction is provided is presented. The questionnaire aims at providing descriptive information about compensatory reading programs. (CK)

Provides an overview of the facets involved in persistence of developmental students at the college level. (IRT)

The battle over open admissions and remedial education at the City University of New York (CUNY) in the 1990s garnered national attention and marked a shift towards greater selectivity in America's public, four-year higher education institutions. After launching open admissions in 1970, CUNY transformed from a majority-White system to one that had…

Part of the special section, EDUCATION IN THE GHETTO, prepared by Saturday Review and the Committee for Economic Development to explore the problems of the education of the disadvantaged.

After a study determined that elementary students spent more than one-fifth of each day in noninstructional activities, the Austin Independent School District initiated changes that have increased the amount of time students spend on instruction and also increased student test accuracy. (Author/IRT)

Discusses the findings of the Westinghouse Report and suggests they be considered a limited and partial description of the effects of using Head Start to educate children. (DR)

Presented at the summer 1969 seminar on Aesthetics in Education held at the Boston University School of Education. (EJS)

Internal validity of Title I evaluation models is discussed. Model A is theoretically vulnerable to threats due to maturation, instrumentation, statistical regression, and various interactions with selection; Model B is free from threats if properly implemented; Model C is threatened by selection x maturation interactions and instrumentation. (RL)

This review and analysis of a report by the National Institute of Education on compensatory education addresses the question of allocation of funds under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. It describes the Title I formula and its effectiveness in allocating federal education funds, and analyzes some alternatives to the current…