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Glenn, David – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
Reading First is a $900-million-a-year project that offers states grants to improve reading instruction for children in kindergarten through third grade. However, Reading First is now awash in allegations of mismanagement and conflicts of interest. The Education Department's inspector general issued a report that declared that the program's…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Federal Aid, State Aid, Grants
Stephens, Charles E., Comp.; Hesse, Rose, Comp. – 1976
This summary of the Eugene, Oregon, district elementary schools' reports on their reading programs includes information on materials, articulation, organization, personnel, evaluation, volunteers, and time. (JM)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation, Reading Instruction
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Hendrickson, Leslie; Stephens, Charles – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1979
The chronology, evaluation procedures, results, implications, and recommendations of a district-wide evaluation of reading instruction are described. The evaluation was conducted in 3l elementary schools in Eugene, Oregon, to determine: reading program effectiveness, qualities of effective programs, and methods to improve ineffective programs. (MH)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Needs, Feedback
Sprague, Kim; Hamilton, Jennifer; Coffey, Deb; Loadman, William; Faddis, Bonnie – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2009
Rigorous research provides information that will allow other schools and districts to select interventions that have a scientifically based track record of effectiveness. All Striving Reader grants include the mandate to evaluate literacy intervention(s) targeted to adolescents who are reading significantly below grade level. Although all studies…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Evaluators, Program Effectiveness, Evaluation Methods
Hendrickson, Les; And Others – 1977
This report was prepared in response to a request by the Eugene (Oregon) school board for an assessment of reading instruction in the school district. The report first examines how well Eugene students are learning to read. Special areas discussed are the number of students with reading problems, the techniques of collecting and analyzing test…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Evaluation Criteria
Hendrickson, Les; And Others – 1978
This supplemental report concludes the analysis of data collected in response to a request by the Eugene (Oregon) school board for an assessment of reading instruction in the school district. The first section of the report examines materials and recordkeeping within the schools. Specifically it states what materials are used and how teachers rate…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education, Program Evaluation
National Research Center on Learning Disabilities, 2006
A major commitment of the National Research Center on Learning Disabilities (NRCLD) has been to work with school sites that are implementing RTI. The work with these schools began in November 2002 after the U.S. Department of Education requested that NRCLD identify, describe, and evaluate the implementation of responsiveness to intervention (RTI)…
Descriptors: Learning Disabilities, Reading Instruction, Response to Intervention, Parent Participation