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Download full textChampaign Community Unit School District 4, IL. – 1975
The philosophy of this reading program is to guide all children to become independent readers and to stimulate them to build an abiding interest in reading a variety of materials on a wide range of topics. Essentially a diagnostic-prescriptive approach, the program instructs teachers in determining children's performance levels or potential…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Hartford Public Schools, CT. – 1980
Hartford, Connecticut's Intensive Reading Instructional Teams (IRIT) were designed to improve achievement levels of elementary pupils deficient in basic language and reading skills. In 1978-1979, 683 students in grades two through six received instruction in reading vocabulary and comprehension and in decoding. This report updates and expands an…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education
Wellisch, Jean B.; And Others – 1977
School programs and contextual characteristics that differentiate between successful and nonsuccessful elementary schools funded under the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) are examined in this study. It was designed to build upon some of the tentative findings of the 1974-1975 indepth study, in which a number of program and contextual components…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Mathematics
Detroit Public Schools, MI. – 1976
In 1975 the City of Detroit Public Schools were ordered by the United States District Court to improve educational services in order to eliminate vestiges of past discrimination. To this end, the school system obtained Emergency School Aid Act and State monies to fund four educational components: reading and communication skills, inservice…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Desegregation Methods, Educational Improvement, Elementary Secondary Education
MacQueen, Anne H.; Coulson, John E. – 1978
A major objective of this three year national Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA) study was to evaluate the impact of ESAA programs by comparing schools that received ESAA funds with those that did not. Student growth in reading and mathematics were compared. To identify what kinds of schools (what allocations of resources, and what types of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Achievement Rating, Compensatory Education
Crawley, Nora; Taylor, Myrtice – 1977
This paper describes and evaluates a pilot project funded under the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA). The pilot project was subdivided into two parts: the Camp Learning Center program, and the Cultural Adjustment Program. Among the general goals of the Camp Learning Center were to improve mathematics and reading skills through a relevant and…
Descriptors: Acculturation, English (Second Language), Immigrants, Non English Speaking
PDF pending restorationHenning, Patrick – 1977
This is a report of a program funded under the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA). The program was designed to aid the Atlanta, Georgia School System in the integration process and to aid pupils in overcoming their academic deficiences due to racial isolation. The program provided individual assistance in reading and mathematics to minority students.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Black Students, Compensatory Education
Ligon, Glynn; And Others – 1974
Designed to establish a comprehensive program of bilingual education in Spanish and English in schools with high concentrations of Spanish dominant Mexican American students, the project aimed to: increase the achievement levels of minority students in the communication skills areas; provide for their special learning needs through a staff with…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Classroom Observation Techniques, Comparative Analysis
