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New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
To help raise the reading scores and attitudes of selected "at-risk" students from Thomas Jefferson, Springfield Gardens, and Franklin D. Roosevelt High Schools in New York City, a pilot study daily provided students with individual copies of the "New York Daily News" and integrated the use of the paper into regular…
Descriptors: High Schools, Newspapers, Program Evaluation, Reading Achievement
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Direct linkBloom, Howard S.; Richburg-Hayes, Lashawn; Black, Alison Rebeck – MDRC, 2005
This paper examines how controlling statistically for baseline covariates (especially pretests) improves the precision of studies that randomize schools to measure the impacts of educational interventions on student achievement. Part I of the paper introduces the concepts, issues, and options involved. Parts II and III present empirical findings…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Reading Achievement, Mathematics Achievement, Research Methodology
Coley, Joan D. – 1983
By 1981 Project READ had distributed more than one-half million books to 500 American schools or alternative institutions and had established workshops to train teachers in reading motivation techniques and the use of sustained silent reading. To evaluate the project, pre- and post-testing of reading gains, student evaluations, and individual…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Motivation Techniques, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation
Pecheone, Raymond; Shoemaker, Joan – 1984
This document presents the results of an evaluation of the usefulness to 14 participating schools of Connecticut's School Effectiveness Program, which focuses on the achievement performance of low-income students. The following are the evaluation's major findings, based on interviews, questionnaires, case studies, test data, and archival data: (1)…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Case Studies, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education
Walker, Sharon; And Others – 1982
Learning to Read Through the Arts (LTRTA), a Title I program, offers intensive reading instruction to New York City elementary school students, through the integration of a total arts program with a total reading program. This report presents a brief program description and results of an evaluation of student achievement and teacher participation…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Art Activities, Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education
Nelson, David – 1983
Eight case studies representing valid and extensive reading research were reviewed to determine the impact of school principals on student reading achievement. In all eight studies, principal leadership behavior was positively associated with reading achievement and school outcomes. Evidence indicated that reading effectiveness was enhanced by…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Case Studies, Educational Environment, Elementary Education
Tompkins, John F. – 1986
This report evaluates the reading and mathematics lab programs for elementary and secondary students in the Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District. The reading program served 510 students in 13 schools and mathematics program served 240 students in 7 schools. A variety of assessment instruments were used to pinpoint students'…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Mathematics Achievement
Hansen, Joe B.; And Others – 1986
The evaluation of the Portland (Oregon) Public Schools' Summer Program focused on academic achievement of its students, grades K-8, who participated in 1985. Courses included arts and crafts as well as basic and remedial instruction in reading, mathematics, and language. The achievement gains of summer school students were compared to the whole…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Elementary Education
Tompkins, John F. – 1983
Over 600 students were served by the Reading/Mathematics Lab Program of the Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District. Students enrolled in the mathematics lab at all grade levels attained an increase in mean percentile rank from pre- to post-testing as measured by the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills administered in October 1982 and again…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Block Grants, Budgets
Merrimack Education Center, Chelmsford, MA. – 1988
Each year at the Greater Lawrence Technical School (Massachusetts), students are identified who lack the necessary basic skills to successfully complete a typical high school program. This problem led to the development of an alternative instructional program designed to accomplish remediation in the basic skills using computer-based instruction.…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, High Schools, Mathematics Achievement
Nelson, Carol; Smith, Carl, Comp. – 1990
Originally developed for the Department of Defense Schools (DoDDS) system, this learning package on evaluating the progress of the school reading program is designed for teachers who wish to upgrade or expand their teaching skills on their own. The package includes a comprehensive search of the ERIC database; a lecture giving an overview on the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Educational Environment, Elementary Secondary Education, Higher Education
Schuyler, Nancy Baenen – 1983
A new elementary retention policy was implemented in the Austin Independent School District (AISD) in 1981-82. The AISD Board of Trustees requested a three-year study of the impact and effectiveness of the policy. This report describes results from the second year of the study, including the effect of the change in policy on staff development,…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Achievement Gains, Administrator Attitudes, Attendance Patterns
Seever, Mark L. – 1991
This report evaluates the implementation of the "Long-Range Magnet School Plan" at Metropolitan Advanced Technical Magnet High School in Kansas City, Missouri for academic year 1990-91. Introductory sections describe the program, and the evaluation design and methodology. Results on enrollment indicated that only ninth and tenth grades…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Demonstration Programs, Educational Assessment, Enrollment
