The reader should note that material in this

annual report is current as of June 30, 1978. The material does not, consequently, include revisions made in programs by the Education Amendments of 1978 (P.L. 95-561) which were signed into Law on November 1, 1978.

Foreword

ANNUAL EVALUATION REPORT ON EDUCATION PROGRAMS: FY 1978

Contents

A.

Introduction..

B. Amounts Obligated for Evaluation Contracts in the

U.S. Office of Education Since Fiscal Year 1970.....

C. Evaluation Strategy of the Office of Planning, Budgeting,

and Evaluation (OPBE)...

D. Highlights of Studies Completed by OPBE During Fiscal Year 1978..

E. Uses of Evaluation Activities.

F. Federal Program Impact on Improving Access to a Quality

5. Learning Resources to Improve the Educational Experience..

6. Bridging the Gap Between Work and Education...

8.

7. Reducing Financial Barriers to post Secondary Education..

Improving Access, Choice and Quality Through Support

of Institutions...

85

104

G. Evaluation of Elementary and Secondary Education Programs........ 106

1.

Education of Disadvantaged Children..

107

2.

Title I ESEA Program for Migratory Children of Migratory

Agricultural Workers and Migratory Fishermen..

134

3. Title I Program for Institutionalized, Neglected, or

Delinquent Children..

144

8. School Assistance in Federally Affected Areas (SAFA):

Maintenance and Operations..

181

9. School Assistance in Federally Affected Areas (SAFA):

Construction....

188

10. Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA)..

193

11. Training and Advisory Services (Civil Rights Act of 1964,

Title IV)....

Guaranteed Student Loan Program..

H. Evaluation of postSecondary Education Programs..

2.

3.

1. Basic Educational Opportunity Grant Program..
Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants Programs
State Student Incentive Grant Program.
College Work-Study Program..

4.

5. National Direct Student Loan Program.

6,

235

236

247

253

261

269

277

18. Loans for Construction of Academic Facilities. 19. Cooperative Education Program....

342

346

20. State postSecondary Education Commissions...

351

21.

22.

23.

24.

26.

Community Service and Continuing Education Program..
Post Secondary Education Eligibility and Agency Evaluation..
Language Training and Area Studies..

356

359

364

...

Fulbright-Hays Act.....

370

25.

Ethnic Heritage Studies Program...

374

Graduate and Professional Opportunities Program

379

381

1. Aid to States for Education of Handicapped Children in State-Operated and State-Supported Schools...

8. Regional Vocational, Adult, and post Secondary Programs

I.

Evaluation of Education Programs for the Handicapped, cont'd,

12. Media Services and Captioned Films.. 13. Special Studies...

Page

446

450

J. Evaluation of Programs for Career, Occupational, and Adult
Education......

452

K.

1. Vocational Education - Programs for the Disadvantaged....... 453 2. Vocational Education - Indian Tribes and Indian

Organizations....

3.

Vocational Education - Basic Grants to States..

4. Vocational Education - Programs of National Significance
(Program Improvement and Personnel Development).
Consumer and Homemaking Education....
Cooperative Vocational Education

5. Vocational Education

6.

Vocational Education

Programs....

8.

7. Vocational Education - Work Study Programs.. Vocational Education - Bilingual Vocational Training.

456

458

473

479

482

488

492

496

504

10. Career Education....

Evaluation of Developmental Programs.

1. Teacher Corps....

510

511

Educational Television and Radio Programming Support.
Right-to-Read and the National Reading Improvement Program..
Alcohol and Drug Abuse Education...

548

553

566

13.

Environmental Education..

569

14.

Revision of Impacted Areas as it Relates to Indian Children
(Payments to LEA's for Indian Education).

572

15. Special Programs and Projects to Improve Educational

Opportunities for Indian Children....

575

17.

16. Special Programs Relating to Adult Education for Indians.. Metric Education.....

579

582

Listing of Education Planning and Evaluation
Activities: FY 1978...

601

Progress in Implementing Section 151 (now Section 183)
of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965 (as amended)....

603