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Radencich, Marguerite C.; McKay, Lyn J. – 1995
Presenting an in-depth look at alternatives to ability grouping in elementary school reading and language arts programs, this book presents eight essays that offer a variety of practical suggestions and resources for educators interested in moving to or enhancing their use of flexible grouping for reading instruction. The book describes programs…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Elementary Education, Heterogeneous Grouping, High Risk Students
Peer reviewedClay, Marie M. – Reading Horizons, 1991
Describes the four aspects of the Reading Recovery program: (1) the teaching of children; (2) the training of teachers; (3) the training of teacher leaders; and (4) implementing the program in an education system and coordinating the long-term prevention strategy. Notes that a critical factor in the program is the training of teachers. (RS)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Grade 1, High Risk Students, Inservice Teacher Education
Peer reviewedPope, Carol; Beal, Candy – Voices from the Middle, 1994
Describes the Power and Literacy for Disadvantaged Youth (PAL) project which includes more than 45 teachers from 20 different middle schools who are committed to work with at-risk students in a workshop atmosphere in their English language arts classrooms. Describes how each PAL teacher developed an implementation plan. Discusses what these…
Descriptors: High Risk Students, Junior High Schools, Middle School Students, Middle Schools
Chubb, John E. – 1987
Children who are raised in poverty currently run grave risks of educational failure. This paper approaches the issue, not through concentrating on special problems of, and programs for, the educationally at-risk, but through focusing on the educational problems of young people generally and on the effect that schools, not programs, play in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged, Educational Environment
Download full textGlazer, Judith S. – Rockefeller Institute Reprints, 1985
The article examines the impact of New York State's Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) after 13 years of implementation at 70 institutions, focusing on the effects of participation by underprepared, low-income students. Considered also are college admission and enrollment policies, academic support services, and budgets. The study…
Descriptors: Affirmative Action, College Admission, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged
Odden, Allan R. – 1987
By June 1983, California enacted Senate Bill 813, a sweeping, comprehensive education reform program that contained over 80 education policy and program reforms. The state legislature asked the research team to analyze schools that were effectively responding to reform stimuli and to identify how Senate Bill 813 aided, hindered, or was irrelevant…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Improvement
