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Chunn, Eva Wells; And Others – 1991
This evaluation of the 1989-90 Cumulative Deficits in Basic Skills Program (CDBSP) in Washington (District of Columbia) public schools uses achievement gains on the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) and teacher use of specially developed instructional materials to assess program effectiveness. Information was gathered from an analysis of…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
Download full textGibbons, Michael – 1989
Achievement in reading and mathematics of students at elementary schools participating in the Columbus (Ohio) 1989 School Improvement Program (SIP) has improved for the seventh year in a row, but achievement of low income students remains below that of other students. The goal of SIP, an effective schools project, is to improve the academic…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Educationally Disadvantaged
CTB / McGraw-Hill, Monterey, CA. – 1971
A comprehensive assessment was made of the status of elementary education in Missouri in reading, mathematics, language, and study skills. The Comprehensive Tests of Basic Skills (CTBS) and the Short Form Test of Academic Aptitude (SFTAA) were administered to a sample of Missouri fourth and sixth graders. For each curricular area, Missouri…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Aptitude Tests, Basic Skills, Elementary Education
Amorose, Alice M. – 1987
The 39-day Summer Academic Skills Achievement Program in Franklin County, Ohio, was designed to increase the basic reading and mathematics skills of persons of at least high school age. It enabled clients to earn a full credit and up to $200 ($3.35 an hour) for successfully completing the program. Among the major findings of an evaluation of the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating, Adolescents
San Diego City Schools, CA. Planning, Research and Evaluation Div. – 1985
To assess attainment of basic skills, the San Diego Board of Education mandates that all students in regular programs at grades 5, 7, 9 and 11 be tested by the Districtwide Testing Program. This evaluation report presents the academic achievement of Grade 11 (Fall 1984) students in comparison with (1) a national norm group and (2) previous years…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Evaluation Methods
Gibbons, Michael – 1986
The School Improvement Program (SIP) was implemented in 5 Columbus (Ohio) public schools during the 1982-83 school year, 18 public schools during the 1983-84 school year, 26 public schools during the 1984-85 school year, and 15 public schools during the 1985-86 school year. The objective of SIP was to improve the academic achievement of students…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Sacramento City Unified School District, CA. – 1992
The long-term effects of state compensatory education (SCE) and Chapter 1 programs on the development of basic skills and academic achievement of Sacramento (California) were studied for a sample of over 6,000 SCE and Chapter 1 students in grades 2 through 5. Follow-up and retroactive approaches were used to ascertain the degree to which thinking…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Black Students
Jones, Earl; Jones, Eleanor – 1982
The Redwood City School District Elementary Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Title VII Bilingual Education Program offered instruction in English and Spanish through an integrated approach, to take advantage of students' strengths and help them progress as rapidly as possible in concept development while they acquire English proficiency. The limited…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Behavioral Objectives, Bilingual Education Programs
Johnson, Jessie – 1987
The Instructional Aide Program of the Columbus (Ohio) Public Schools trained instructional aides to provide direct instruction to selected underachieving pupils in the classroom setting. The aides attended in-service training sessions and were provided with supplementary materials and numerous instructional activities in the areas of oral…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Class Activities, Grade 1
Anttonen, Ralph G.; Broome, Gail – 1977
Three schools in the same district were compared on the basis of achievement and attitude tests given in the third grade in 1974, and again in the third and fifth grades in 1976. Only descriptive statistics were used, since samples were known not to be random. The three schools were identified as a model of individualized instruction, a school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Affective Objectives, Attitude Measures, Basic Skills
