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TITLE Title kwA Projects: Digest of Annual 'EValuations 1965-19 5.. INSTITUTION School4bistrict, Pa. Office of Research and EvaluatiOn. 'SPONS AGENCY Bureau of School Sys 'ems (LHEW/OE): Washington, D.C. Div. 'of Edsacatibn for the Disadvantaged. .REPORT NO PSD-7545 PUB DATE Apr '75 .% NOTE 153p.

EDRS(PRICE MF-$0.76 HC-$8.24 Plus postage 4 -/ DESCRIPTORS Abs rats_; *Annual Izeports-; *Compensatory Education rog ams; Disadvanta6d Youth; Elementary Secondary tion;.Evalua'tion.,Methods; *Federal Piograms; P r chial Schools; Preschool Education; Program

,De criptions; *Program Evaluation;,Public Schools; , Sc ool Districts / *E rmentary Secondary Education Act Title I; IDENTIFIERS . pen sylvania(Philadelphia)'Phi delphia School. Dist ict r*. p- '; 4 is overview in the'form of 4/.1) gest'of Annual Evaluations of rren ly fufided Xlementary. and Secondary-4ducation Act (ESEA) Tile I projects was prepared on the occasion of the completion -of Philadel hials first decade of ilivolvedent (1§65-1975) .

The Digest focuses on t e past, present, and future. It begins with a . :summary Of Philadelphia s involvement- between 1965 and1975,0 includingfour keyareas'of Title nimpact which 4how,qaromise for .the futute--pupil performanc .effects of different learning environments,' parental involvement and factors influencing project succeRe. The.majo portion f the Digest consists of separate abstracts for the current Title. I p jects. Each abstract includes :four sections: management nformatio p Oject description, evaluation techniques, andajor findi gs on a year7by-year,basIs through February 1975. A lit of 34 projects no longer funded'under. Title I appears,in the appendix. (RC)

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Report #75145

TITLE 1 ESEA PROJECTS

DIGEST OF ANNUAL EVALUATIONS

1965.- 1975

A historical sumtnary, by the Departrne tof Federaj Eyaluation Resource Services, of,theey findings reported in the annual evaluations-of each project.

April 1975

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Office of Researth andevaluation

HE SCHOOL DISTRICT OFPHILADELPHIA

Philadelphia, Rennsylvania 19103 1r

,THE SCHOO DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA I Superintendent of Schools Matthew W.,Costanzo .fl Executive Deputy Superintendent Robert L. Poindexter

Associate Superintendent for School Services David A, Horowitz

Executive Director', Officef FederaIRrogi-ams .Thdrtias C. Rosica

(1 . A BOARD OF: EDUCATtON

Arthur VV. Thomas, Presi ent Dolores Oberholtzer, Vic -PreSident, AuguStus Baxter Tobyann.Boonin Philip David'off . George Huti William Ross Robert M. Sebastian Alec Wasnco, Jr;

OFFICE.cetFRESEARCH AND EVALUATION'

Michaet H. Kean, Executive Direct() !Research and Evaluation,f .1,,/ , . Stephen H.DavidofrAssistan ector 0 Federal Resourc ices // .\ This report was p epared by thedepartmetof:IFederal.Evaluati Resource Services. Assistance in evaluation design, in truMent developmen , data analysis, and editorial Matters' was provided by the Di vision of Instrucii9n Research and Develbpment Services, Edward K. Brow , D rec' or.iielemberi the protect- evaluation teams are /named in the respec pr, ject reports. rojects were'" assigned to teams under the leadership of ese rch associate . If major retponsi &lily within a team was assigned to an in jvi gal, that Per on's name is ma,rke with an asterisk (1!).

Projects incde.et in this report we nded undeTitle:I, ESEA, and administered through the'Office of Fe Programs, Thomas C. Rosica, Ex Director. O

FOREWORD.

/ ,, / The year-1975 n ar.ks.the tenth anniversary ofthpasSage of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act--the most comprehen ive federal aid -to- education been program in our nation's history'. The School:Dist id o. Philadelphia has. . involved since the advent of this act. / A

0 / , ._ .,.../. . On the occasion of the completi6n of Philacrelph es first decade of involvement, it is only fitting'that, anovervi)ew in the form/of a Digest of Annual Evaluations-of. currently funded projects be prepared. / / The Digest focuses upon tlie past, pAsen/andand future.It begins wit summary of Philadelphia'sinvoklvernent/betW en 1965 anti 1975, includi-ng four . key areas of.ntle I impact which Shake pro ise for the future. The major por- tion'of the DigestconsistS 4 sec?* ab racts for the current Title I projects. . Each abstractinCludes four sectl ptis: dhagement information, project descripr tion evaluatioi.technict4W and ,mar`findings on a year-by-yearobasis through" February 197.5. .d' ) i. P , , 4 / lof 34 projects'no I nqer funded under Title I appears inthePperyix,, Complete information on tse proj cts may be found in Title I evaluati n rbports from previous years.

'Addi nal det 4boutthe evaluations of any of the projects treatedin This Digest rt7avaiTle from theer:artMent of Federal Evaluation Resource Servicgs

Michael H. Keen

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I SUMMARY

=Trrhe I THE FIRST DECADE 1965 -1975

, Title I of the Elementary and SecWndary Education Act, the largest federal aid-to-education program, was passed in 1965.Title I provides financial assistance to local school. districtsthat plan and operate special programs for/educationally deprived children in arget-area schools.It is a supplementary program designed to upgrade the educati&al opportunities of disadvantagedchildren.

\his sumMary examines four key areas ofTitle -I impad on Philadelph-ra sctio'ollchildren:pupil performance, effects of different learningenvironments, parent9,1 involvement rates, and factors influencing project success.

(1) Pupil Performance , I .A157 important ppsitive'effect of ESEA Title I was ha,Iting the downhill trend in pupil performance. Over the past 10 years, comprehensiveevaluationof the progress of ESEA,Title Ichildren in Philadelphia were undertaken .b th system- 'wicle`and projeCt by project. Insults of systemwideevaluati ns have own that the declining rate of perforniance in reading fortarget-population children has been halted, and instead we are beginning,to find positive ratesof change. For example, children in Title I- eligible schobls are makinggains in reading at the rate of 0.7 grade equivalents per year. 1 '(2) Effeits of Different Learning Entdronments

Title I eValuation activities have provided information toadministrators and, teachers about projectoperations, aiding them in establishing learning environ- ments that will help each target-area child reach his full academic potential. One of the most crucial activities in this area i,sdetermininthe effect§ of different instructional settings on pupirachievement. .

,Compensatbry education is based upon theassumption that supplementary, services can amelionate low achievement l