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Education Consolidation… | 43 |
Elementary and Secondary… | 5 |
Hawkins Stafford Act 1988 | 3 |
Job Training Partnership Act… | 1 |
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Orange County Public Schools, Orlando, FL. – 1986
This non-public handbook contains guidelines, administration information, forms, worksheets, charts, and records used in implementing the Orange County, Florida, public schools Chapter 1 program. Included are the following: (1) information on eligible schools; (2) lists of staff and staff assignments; (3) complaint procedures and forms; (4)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Elementary School Curriculum
Anderson, Judith – 1993
This working paper examines funding to U.S. school districts and public schools in accordance with Chapter 1 of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 as amended in 1988. The report discusses the background of the legislation, describes its provisions, and presents results from the Schools and Staffing Survey conducted in…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Legislation
Mississippi State Dept. of Education, Jackson. – 1985
An overview of public education in Mississippi during the 1983-84 fiscal year, from the point of view of the state department of education, is presented in this annual report. The report opens with a letter from the state superintendent that reviews major changes in the structure of state educational administration: the appointment of a new…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Educational Finance, Elementary Secondary Education, Instruction
McNeely, Sharon – 1998
The report evaluates the sixth year of an Illinois Chapter One Special Alternative Instructional Program for limited-English-proficient (LEP) students entering grades 4-6, designed to develop students' English language skills and academic skills in mathematics and science, increase professional development opportunities and instructional…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Family Literacy, Grade 4, Grade 5
Ashby, Glenn W.; And Others – 1985
This report presents program evaluation findings on the 1984-85 Chapter 1 project in the Dade County (Florida) School District. The project sought to raise the reading, mathematics and language performance levels of low achieving students at schools with high concentrations of children from low income families. Achievement was assessed by score…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Orange County Public Schools, Orlando, FL. – 1986
The handbook contains guidelines, information and forms to help in teaching and administration at the Orange County, Florida, public schools Chapter 1 neglected or delinquent institutions. Included are the following: (1) information on eligible schools; (2) lists of staff and staff assignments; (3) complaint procedure and forms; (4) teacher…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Neglect, Correctional Education, Delinquency
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1986
This report analyzes problems in a proposal, submitted by Secretary of Education William J. Bennett, for Federal legislation to convert the Existing Chapter 1 program of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act, which provides remedial educational services to disadvantaged students, into a tuition voucher program. The report, which is…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Equity (Finance), Educational Finance
Hess, G. Alfred, Jr. – 1991
As a result of state legislators' conviction that Chapter 1 fund mismanagement by the Chicago Public Schools had led to yearly increases in administration size to the detriment of students' real needs, the Chicago School Reform Act of 1988 placed a cap on noninstructional expenses and a progressive cessation on state aid to the poverty impaction…
Descriptors: Administration, Budgets, Categorical Aid, Change Strategies
Lore, Rosemary; Chamberlain, Edward – 1994
A study evaluated the Chapter 1 Reading Program that served 5,946 underachieving pupils in grades 1 through 8 in the Columbus, Ohio, public schools. These children appeared unlikely to learn to read successfully without additional reading instruction. The program featured small group instruction each day for 40-45 minutes on reading and writing…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, High Risk Students, Instructional Effectiveness
Lore, Rosemary – 1995
A study evaluated the Chapter 1 Reading Program that served 5,914 underachieving pupils in grades 1 through 8 in the Columbus, Ohio, public schools. The program provided service to 84 public elementary schools, 26 public middle schools, and 11 nonpublic schools. These students appeared unlikely to learn to read successfully without additional…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, High Risk Students
Wilber, Nancy R.; And Others – 1986
The second volume of a two-volume report on state and local administration of Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act, this document summarizes the federal policy issues behind the data reported in Volume 1. These summaries are based on the federal framework, previous research, and study findings. The issue summaries comprise…
Descriptors: Administration, Compensatory Education, Compliance (Legal), Educationally Disadvantaged
Reisner, Elizabeth R.; And Others – 1989
Recent amendments to Chapter 1 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act required the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to involve the public in the development of proposed Chapter 1 regulations. The law required ED to conduct a series of regional meetings and to implement "a modified negotiated rulemaking process as a…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Pollock, John S.; And Others – 1990
The 1989-90 Compensatory Language Experiences and Reading-Recovery (CLEAR-RR) Program of the Columbus, Ohio Public Schools was implemented to provide early intervention to 514 underachieving first-grade pupils who appeared unlikely to learn to read successfully without intensive instruction. Specially trained teachers provided one-on-one half-hour…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Early Intervention, Grade 1, High Risk Students
Johnson, Jessie – 1983
The All Day Kindergarten Program was instituted in the Columbus Public Schools in January, 1972, for the purpose of providing a full day of instruction for underachieving kindergarten pupils. The 1982-83 program goal was that the average language/reading growth of pupils in program attendance for at least 80 percent of the instructional period…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Extended School Day, Inservice Teacher Education, Kindergarten
Lore, Rosemary; Chamberlain, Ed – 1989
Intended to improve language and reading skills of selected underachieving students, the 1988-89 Compensatory Language Experiences and Reading Program (CLEAR) of the Columbus, Ohio, public schools served 4,902 pupils in grades 1-8 in 102 schools. The program featured individual and small group instruction arranged according to pupil needs, as well…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education