1975-76 Compensatory Education Program Evaluation: Higher Horizons 100.

Institution	Hartford Public Schools, CT.
Titel	1975-76 Compensatory Education Program Evaluation: Higher Horizons 100.
Quelle	(1977), (28 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Achievement Gains; Attendance; Cluster Grouping; Compensatory Education; Grade 10; Grade 7; Grade 8; Grade 9; Program Descriptions; Program Evaluation; Secondary Education; Student Attitudes; Surveys; Team Teaching; Connecticut (Hartford) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Anwesenheit; Eingruppierung; Kompensatorischer Unterricht; School year 07; 7. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 07; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; School year 09; 9. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 09; Programme evaluation; Programmevaluation; Sekundarbereich; Schülerverhalten; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Teamteaching
Abstract	Higher Horizons 100 is a program for underachieving pupils in the seventh to 10th grades. These pupils are given supplementary and individualized instruction and support services during the day and evening. Students are divided into eight clusters. Each cluster has a staff of six; one counselor, and teachers in reading, English, math, science, and social studies. The staff for each cluster has complete responsibility for a group of about 100 pupils. Students receive at least five extra hours per week of language instruction. The program was evaluated in terms of: achievement gains, attendance, and student attitudes. Among the findings are the following: (1) students in the program made significant greater achievement gains than would have been expected without participation in the program, (2) attendance goals were met by all clusters, with margins ranging from 2.3% to 12.9% above the goals, and (3) over 80% of the pupils in the program reported in an attitude survey that Higher Horizons 100 helped them in their school work. The survey also showed that the pupils' attitudes toward school had improved. It is recommended that the program continue to operate as is, but that a better survey design be implemented during the 1977-78 school year. (Author/AM)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC