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Download full textNew York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1993
A study investigated teachers' and staff developers' perceptions and assessment of the Whole Language Network (which assists teachers in using the whole language approach), the support provided to participants, changes in teaching and assessment practices, and the effects of such changes on student attitudes and achievement. A total of 164…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alternative Assessment, Elementary Education, Faculty Development
Rorschach, Elizabeth; MacGowan-Gilhooly, Adele – 1993
The Fluency First in English as a second language (ESL) project at City College (New York) began as a result of the high failure rate among ESL writing students at the college, and the fact that this kept many students from entering the regular college courses. Revision on the ESL reading and writing curricula, beginning in 1987, focused on…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Second Language Programs, Curriculum Development, English (Second Language)
