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Download full textDruian, Greg; Butler, Jocelyn A. – 1987
This topical synthesis addresses the problematic issue of whether the techniques, processes, and procedures that generally result in effective, high-quality education will also achieve results with at-risk youth. After an extended introduction that raises this question, the key characteristics of effective schools are specified as leadership, a…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education
Winfield, Linda F.; Hawkins, Randolph – 1993
This report analyzes the longitudinal effects of schoolwide Chapter 1 initiatives on student reading achievement in 40 elementary schools in a large urban school district. The analyses find that, compared to control students, first-graders in schoolwide projects showed no achievement effects, second-graders showed positive significant effects,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged
Meyer, Linda A. – 1983
The Direct Instruction Follow Through program of enhanced instruction for children in kindergarten through grade 3 was introduced in 1968 in schools serving disadvantaged students in 180 communities throughout the United States. To determine the long-term effects of the program, a study compared the performance of the first three cohorts of Follow…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Research
Briggs, Linda – 1987
The GO Project was created at Sacramento City College (SCC) to help underprepared students achieve success in a transfer-level sociology course, while improving their reading, writing, and study skills. Throughout the fall semester, students in the GO Project engaged in reading, essay writing, and study skills practice which focused on the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
New Jersey Basic Skills Council, Trenton. – 1991
This report summarizes the success of 115 remedial programs in each sector of New Jersey higher education, and uses outcome standards to categorize the patterns of strength and weakness observed in the data from individual college programs. Among the topics discussed are the following: the design of the assessment process; statewide and sector…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Credits, College Outcomes Assessment, Comparative Analysis
McCoy, Kay R. – 1991
Drawing from studies conducted at Prince George's Community College (PGCC) between 1989 and 1991, this report offers a profile of developmental students at PGCC and an analysis of the remedial education needs of fall 1990 first-time students. The first section of the report reviews findings from a number of statewide and institutional studies…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Basic Skills, College Role
