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Severson, Roger A. – 1970
This report discusses the practical problems encountered in a longitudinal study now in its fourth year, where the focus has been the early identification of later learning disorders. The general goal was the identification of tests with the characteristics of high reliability, low cost, short time to administer, low demand on scoring…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Diagnosis, Intelligence Tests, Learning Problems
KARNES, MERLE B.; AND OTHERS – 1966
THIS STUDY REPORTS THE FIRST PHASE OF A 5-YEAR LONGITUDINAL INVESTIGATION OF THE COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF A HIGHLY STRUCTURED PRESCHOOL PROGRAM AND A TRADITIONAL NURSERY SCHOOL PROGRAM IN AMELIORATING THE LEARNING DEFECTS OF CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN. THE HIGHLY STRUCTURED PROGRAM IS INTENDED TO OVERCOME PARTICULAR WEAKNESSES OF…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education

DI LORENZO, LOUIS T.; SALTER, RUTH – 1967
PREKINDERGARTENS IN 8 NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL SYSTEMS WERE EVALUATED TO FIND OUT IF THE CHILDREN INVOLVED SHOWED INCREASED CAPACITY TO LEARN, AND IMPROVEMENT IN LANGUAGE AND COGNITIVE SKILLS. 1010 DISADVANTAGED AND 225 NONDISADVANTAGED SUBJECTS WERE RANDOMLY ASSIGNED TO EXPERIMENTAL AND CONTROL GROUPS AND PRE- AND POST-TESTED WITH THE STANFORD-BINET…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Cognitive Development, Comparative Testing, Disadvantaged Youth