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Bempechat, Janine; Ginsburg, Herbert P. – 1989
Research on academic achievement and high risk students over the past 30 years indicates that the home, the school, or the community can be the source of insufficient educational experiences that contribute to educational disadvantage. About 30 percent of the present school population is estimated to be at risk of failure, and demographic…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Community Influence, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged
Mei, Dolores M.; And Others – 1988
The summer 1987 high school Institute for Career Exploration (ICE) Program was a theme-based instructional program for incoming 9th and 10th grade students who were eligible for services provided by chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act, students with limited English proficiency, and special education students who recently…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, Grade 10, Grade 9, High Schools
Goertz, Margaret E.; And Others – 1987
Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act provides local school districts with federal funds to meet the special needs of educationally deprived children in high poverty areas. Because federal regulations provide little guidance for allocating Chapter 1 resources within the districts, distribution formulas vary and so do the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Equity (Finance)
Roberts, Veronica A.; Madhere, Serge – 1990
This evaluation of the 1989-90 Resource Laboratory Program for Computer Assisted Instruction (CAI) in Washington (District of Columbia) elementary and junior high schools found that the program improved participants' mathematics achievement, but did not have a significant effect on reading achievement. The program is funded under Chapter 1 of the…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1991
The Chapter 1 Corrective Mathematics Program provided supplementary mathematics instruction to Chapter 1-eligible students in New York City nonpublic schools. Its goals were to strengthen students' understanding of mathematical concepts, to improve their ability to perform computations and solve problems, and to assist them in applying the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Government School Relationship
Marks, Ellen L. – 1988
This paper reviews and summarizes available information on the neglected or delinquent youth population, on education programs for delinquent youth, and on the Neglected or Delinquent (N or D) program funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act that serves a portion of that population residing in state-operated or…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Child Neglect, Correctional Education, Delinquency