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Marchand-Martella, Nancy; Martella, Ronald C.; Bettis, Daniel F.; Blakely, Molly Riley – Reading and Writing Quarterly, 2004
The purpose of this investigation was to assess implementation aspects of a peer-delivered Corrective Reading Program (CRP), entitled "Project PALS" (Peer Assisted Learning System), in six area high schools. Specifically, high schools provided details on the following aspects of their programs: school and teachers, students receiving peer…
Descriptors: High Schools, Tutorial Programs, Corrective Reading, Reading Programs
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1984
The Austin Independent School District (AISD) requires that all graduates have skills in reading and mathematics equivalent to a ninth-grade level or above (based on scores on the Texas Assessment of Basic Skills). Of the 3,152 high school graduates in 1983-84, the percentage who met AISD's minimum competency requirement was 91 percent in reading,…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, Mathematics Achievement
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Mitra, Dana L. – Education and Urban Society, 2006
This article analyzes efforts to increase parent involvement and student voice among Mexican American families who are low income at a large comprehensive high school. Although the parent-involvement effort ultimately failed, the students developed their own initiatives to help support Latino youth and their families, including the development of…
Descriptors: Parent Participation, High Schools, Mexican Americans, Low Income Groups
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Laczynski, Adela R. – Language Arts, 2006
The author of this article is a young elementary teacher at Rosado Elementary in Richmond, California, on the eastern shore of the San Francisco Bay. She writes this article as a moving memoir describing her experiences as a tutor in literacy programs developed by low-income schools. In order for their students to remember their lessons, they have…
Descriptors: Tutoring, Literacy, Student Motivation, Economically Disadvantaged
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Gartner, Audrey – Social Policy, 1997
Reports on research on peer helping programs and describes a peer tutoring program in three New York City high schools. Results illustrate the importance of youth participation in meaningful roles. Notes that programs in which youth help youth could do many positive things, especially in urban schools. (SLD)
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Helping Relationship, High Risk Students, High School Students
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1987
The 1985-86 Attendance Improvement/Dropout Prevention (AIDP) program aimed at improving student attendance and achievement, reducing the dropout rate, and increasing the number of students completing school. The program, which began in 1984-85, operated in selected middle, high, and special education schools and programs having large numbers of…
Descriptors: Attendance, Dropout Characteristics, Dropout Prevention, Educationally Disadvantaged
Zuman, John P. – 1988
The effectiveness of a commercial preparation class in New York City for the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) was studied. A group of the regular clientele of the school (55 eleventh graders) was compared with a group of low-income minority students given scholarships to the course (33 Black or Hispanic eleventh graders). The effects of the coaching…
Descriptors: Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Grade 11, High Schools
Ainsworth, Robert G. – 1995
Tutoring is recommended as one of several possible ways to help keep students in school. This report is based on a literature review and conversations with researchers, educators, and students. In spite of recent reductions in dropout rates, they remain high, especially in large urban schools. An extensive body of literature supports the…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropouts, High School Students, High Schools
Collazo-Levy, Dora; Sica, Michael – 1984
In 1982-83, the program evaluated here provided tutorial and supportive services to approximately 50 Spanish-speaking students of limited English proficiency (LEP) in grades 9-12 at Clara Barton High School, Brooklyn, New York. The program's main objective was to enable LEP students to function successfully in terms of language achievement and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attendance, Bilingual Education Programs, High Schools
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Witt, Peter A. – 1997
The "Totally Cool, Totally Art Program" (TCTA) was initiated by the Austin (Texas) Parks and Recreation Department in the fall of 1996. Through the TCTA program, visual arts classes were offered to teens twice a week at each of nine recreation centers. At eight of the nine sites, six separate 4-week sessions were held, with three…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, After School Programs, Art Activities, Art Education
Foster, Victoria; Marin, John – 1996
Many of today's children fear school because of violence. Some children do not feel safe going to school, so they stay home. Others are growing up in dysfunctional families, and are not prepared for school or able to perform well at school. Parental help, which is needed at school when problems arise, may be lacking for these children. Among the…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, High Risk Students, High School Students, High Schools
Turner, Jeannine – 1996
The City of Austin (Texas) provided funds for a supplementary educational activity to involve at-risk minority high school students in water quality issues. The program encourages at-risk students to remain in school by providing an interesting and authentic activity to use in the development of academic skills. Program activities included testing…
Descriptors: Databases, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Programs, Financial Support
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Dwyer, Eamonn – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1991
A pilot project at the University of Ulster (Northern Ireland) used the CAUCUS computer conferencing system on the CAMPUS 2000 education network to train teachers to assess young adults with severe learning difficulties. Despite problems with student attrition and system failure, computer conferencing was felt to be a useful medium for providing…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Demonstration Programs, Distance Education
Turner, Jeannine – 1994
The City of Austin (Texas) provided funds for a supplementary educational activity to involve at-risk minority high school students in water quality issues. The program attempts to provide an interesting and authentic activity that also develops academic skills. Principal activities were testing river water for pollutants and the tutoring of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, High Risk Students, High School Students, High Schools
Saginaw Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation Services. – 1994
Holland House is a residential program for neglected and delinquent youth in Saginaw (Michigan). In 1993-94, the program received Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Chapter 1 funding that was used toward the purchase of materials and toward teacher and aide salaries for a reading skills tutorial program in a special classroom at a…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adolescents, Child Neglect, Compensatory Education
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