This report presents the evaluative outcomes of a day care program currently in operation in the School District of Philadelphia. Descriptions of the instructional objectives and program are included in the report. Subjects for the evaluation included three separate samples, categorized by the school grade of the subjects at the present time.…

This study was part of the evaluation of Project INSTRUCT, a Title III ESEA reading project. Project schools rated high on implementation were paired with similar control schools. Samples of 165 second-grade students were randomly selected from project and control schools. Covariance procedures were used to compare word knowledge, reading, and…

The Early Literacy Program in the Columbus, Ohio public schools provided early intervention to underachieving first- and second-grade pupils who appeared unlikely to read and write successfully without additional reading instruction. The program featured small group instruction for 40-45 minutes daily. During 1990-91, 65 teachers served 1477…

To improve the education of culturally disadvantaged children, this project focused on children's specific behavioral deficits, teacher preparation, parent attitudes, health and service agencies, and local school districts. The project was carried out in a rural Appalachian school with 122 children, 30 percent Negro and 70 percent white, and in an…

The classrooms of 40 teachers in the Kamehameha (Honolulu) Elementary Education Program (KEEP) in grades 1 through 3 were used to investigate the influence on achievement of 12 important instructional variables. The KEEP is an elementary-level language arts program designed for Hawaiian learners. The independent variables concerned were, as…