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Ross, John A.; Scott, Garth; Sibbald, Tim M. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2012
We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of Struggling Schools, a user-generated approach to Comprehensive School Reform implemented in 100 low achieving schools serving disadvantaged students in a Canadian province. The results show that while Struggling Schools had a statistically significant positive effect on Grade 3 Reading achievement, d = 0.48…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Reading Achievement, Grade 3, Low Achievement
Csapo, Marg; Stevens, Allen – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1982
The role of British Columbia's rehabilitation programs for socially maladjusted and disturbed youth is described, and attention is directed to provincial policies, factors related to successful outcomes, and program evaluation needs and results. (SEW)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Dropouts, Emotional Disturbances
Zakaluk, Beverley L.; Straw, Stanley B.; Smith, Karen E. – Online Submission, 2005
Background: This is the fourth formal report describing the efficacy of the full-day, every day kindergarten program in the St. James School Division which was initiated in one school located in an economically-disadvantaged neighborhood in the 1997-1998 school year. The success of this undertaking led to the extension of the program in 1998-1999,…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Neighborhoods, Middle Class, Placement
Harvey, E. B.; Masemann, Vandra L. – 1975
The follow-up study of 2,101 students from occupational programs in Ontario secondary schools reported in this document is retrospective and longitudinal in nature. The study was intended to ascertain the effectiveness of the occupational program in enabling graduates to secure employment and to hold a job, and to assess the relation to and…
Descriptors: Career Education, Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth, Employment Experience