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HRD-83-19 1 (1983-03-18)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabmxm0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 5UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN RESOURCES RESTRt to be released OUtsde th bCOtl - to e e • . MARCH 18, 1983 B-209515 0,geina ___ The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch RELEASED Chairman, Committee on Labor and Human Resources United States Senate Dear Mr. Chairman: 121133 Subject: Review of the Upward Bound Program (GAO/HRD-83-19) In your February 20, 1981, letter, you requested that we review the Department of Education's (ED's) Special Programs for Students from Disadvantaged Backgrounds--commonly known as the TRIO programs. We have reviewed the administration of two TRIO programs (Upward Bound and Special Services for Disadvantaged Students). This report concerns Upward Bound; a separate report on the Special Services program has previously been provided to you.1 Upward Bound is a discretionary grant program which pro- vides funds to eligible grantees--usually colleges and universities--for projects which seek to develop, in participat- ing high school students, the motivation and skills necessary for success in postsecondary education. Although Upward Bound has been in operation since the sum- mer of 1965, it is unclear whether the program is achieving its intended purpose of generating in disadvantaged youths the skills and motivation necessary for success in postsecondary education. At the 12 Upward Bound projects we visited, about 50 percent of the participants who entered the program dropped out before graduating from high school. For the students who re- mained in the program and graduated from high school, 10 of the 12 projects either did not properly measure the academic im- provements made in the participants' skills levels or did not adequately report to ED the academic skills obtained. Also, the projects we visited generally did not assess the postsecondary performance of participants. Because of the lack of data on academic skills and postsecondary performance, neither ED nor the projects know whether all of the program's goals are being achieved. lDepartment of Education Uncertain About Effectiveness of Its Special Services Program (GAO/HRD-83-13, Nov. 12, 1982). (104513)

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