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Roseberry-McKibbin, Celeste; O'Hanlon, Laureen – Communication Disorders Quarterly, 2005
In 1990, public school speech-language pathologists (SLPs) all over the United States were surveyed regarding service delivery to English language learner (ELL) students. In 2001, the survey was replicated with a larger national sample (N = 1736). Results from surveys in both decades showed that one of the most frequently encountered service…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Speech Language Pathology, Language Impairments, English
Slavin, Robert E.; And Others – 1990
This study reports results of the first year of implementation of the Success for All elementary school restructuring program in kindergarten through third grade at Philadelphia's Francis Scott Key Elementary School. Fifty-two percent of the students were from Asian backgrounds, primarily Cambodian, and spoke little or no English at home. In the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Asian Americans, Elementary School Students, English (Second Language)
Willoughby, Mary – 1990
The goal of this program was to reach an unserved group of non-literate adults with limited English proficiency through the provision of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) tutoring by local library and community literacy programs. Nine area resource teachers and a master teacher trainer provided training for 211 teachers and volunteer tutors who,…
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, English (Second Language), Instructional Materials, Limited English Speaking
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
Patel, Fay – 1991
Initiatives are described that have been undertaken by the Student Development Tutorship Programme at the M.L. Sultan Technikon in South Africa, a program established in 1990 to provide assistance and support to disadvantaged students, primarily Black students from areas with inadequate facilities and instructors in the "homelands" and…
Descriptors: Black Students, Developing Nations, Disadvantaged, English (Second Language)
CDS Report, 1990
This collection of descriptions of research at the Center for Research on Effective Schooling for Disadvantaged Students opens with the discussion of a synthesis of research on the effects of one-to-one tutoring programs used in first grade to prevent reading failure produced by Barbara Wasik and Robert Slavin. The synthesis reviews stringent…
Descriptors: Community Involvement, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth, Dropout Prevention
Chicago Board of Education, IL. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1985
The findings of an evaluation of the Chicago Public Schools 1984 Summer Basic Skills Centers program are presented. The program, which relied on the extensive use of youth tutors as well as trained teachers, was designed to extend participants' mastery of skills in the basic curricula of reading and mathematics. Participating students came from…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Limited English Speaking
Azcoitia, Carlos; Sloan, Charles A. – Illinois Schools Journal, 1990
Describes and evaluates a peer tutoring program in the Chicago (Illinois) Public Schools that provided academic assistance to special needs students who were experiencing difficulty in reading and mathematics in vocational education classes. Objective was to provide individualized instruction and support for disadvantaged, special education, and…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, Individualized Instruction, Learning Problems
Berney, Tomi D.; Barrera, Marbella – 1989
Students Upgrading Mathematical Achievement (SUMA) is a part of the Bilingual Mathematics and Science Achievement project for Spanish-speaking Limited English Proficient (LEP) students. Its objective is to provide both remedial tutoring to students lacking mathematics skills and enrichment to students who are potentially gifted in mathematics.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingual Education Programs, Bilingual Students, Elementary Education
Cichon, Donald J.; Huston, Maryana H. – 1993
In response to high demand for English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) instruction among the community's Chinese-speaking population, the Quincy School Community Council (Massachusetts) developed the Take And Give (TAG) program, in which graduates of the highest-level ESL classes were trained as peer tutors for students at the lowest instructional…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Chinese, English (Second Language)
Kauffman, Thomas B.; And Others – 1990
This report documents the implementation of the migrant education program funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation Improvement Act in the Houston (Texas) Independent School District and evaluates the program's impact on student achievement, grades, conduct, and attendance. The program offered assistance to eligible migrant children…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance, Compensatory Education, Counseling Services
Shore, Rima; And Others – 1983
The report evaluates the Bilingual-Bicultural Project conducted in 1981-82 at Clara Barton High School, in Brooklyn, New York, for 50 Spanish speaking students with limited English proficiency (LEP). The project was designed to provide tutorial support to LEP students and to enable them to be placed in one of the more challenging health profession…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), High Schools
Robledo, Maria del Refugio – 1990
A study was done to evaluate Partners for Valued Youth (PVY), an instructional cross-age tutoring program in San Antonio (Texas) designed to reduce dropout rates among Hispanic limited-English proficient (LEP) middle-school children, who are at risk of leaving school. The program has these students tutor younger, elementary school students. The…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cross Age Teaching, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Education
Berney, Tomi D.; Friedman, Grace Ibanez – 1989
In its second extension year following a 3-year federal funding cycle, Project GET SET served 163 junior high school students of limited ability in both English and Spanish at two Bronx junior high schools. The project's aim was to reinforce English and native language skills and to offer students personal counseling, informative programs that…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Career Awareness, Counseling Services, English (Second Language)
Berney, Tomi D.; Velazquez, Clara – 1989
This report evaluates Project CABES (Career Advancement through Bilingual Education Skills) during its second year of extension of a federal funding cycle at New York's Seward Park High School. The major goal of Project CABES was to provide career advancement skills to 250 Hispanic 9th- through 12-grade students of limited English proficiency…
Descriptors: Attendance, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Awareness, Counseling Services
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