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Achilles, C. M.; Ray, John – 1980
From 1976 through 1979, Shelby County, Tennessee, schools participated in a Right to Read Special Emphasis project. An experimental and a control school were used, in which more than 50% of the pupils read one or more grades below level. The project included the use of reading specialists, a structured reading system (DISTAR), a summer reading…
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1980
The intent of this evaluation report is to provide information obtained from a study of the Success in Reading and Writing Program pilot project initiated in the Washington, D. C. public schools in 1978-79. The first chapter of the report describes the Success in Reading and Writing Program, its goals and objectives, and the pilot project; states…
Descriptors: Primary Education, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation, Reading Improvement
Schmitt, Bette A. – 1980
Selections from the last three basal reading series produced by the Houghton Mifflin Company were examined to determine what improvements were made. One of the fundamental changes occurring in the 1971 revision ("Readers") was the replacement of grade designations with numerical levels that provided a better match between student and…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Beginning Reading, Change, Comparative Analysis
