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Download full textToledo Univ., OH. Coll. of Education. – 1981
This report: (1) describes the operation of a junior high school learning laboratory for low achieving students; and (2) presents findings and conclusions of an assessment of its impact. Seventh and eighth grade students with average abilities but with failing marks in mathematics, social studies and science, and reading were participants. These…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Learning Laboratories, Low Achievement, Mathematics Instruction
Tompkins, John F.; Weslander, Darrell – 1983
Eight programs of the Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District were funded by block grants: library and instructional materials; fine arts program; resource center; traditional school program; reading program; extended day kindergarten; reading/math lab program; and nonpublic schools program. Each program is described in this…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Extended School Day, Fine Arts, Instructional Materials
Tompkins, John F. – 1983
Over 600 students were served by the Reading/Mathematics Lab Program of the Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District. Students enrolled in the mathematics lab at all grade levels attained an increase in mean percentile rank from pre- to post-testing as measured by the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills administered in October 1982 and again…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Achievement Tests, Block Grants, Budgets
Des Moines Public Schools, IA. Dept. of Information Management. – 1994
The Chapter 1 reading, writing, and mathematics instruction programs of the Des Moines (Iowa) public schools were evaluated for the 1993-94 school year. These programs provided supplemental instruction for about 2,968 students in 1993-94 through six components: (1) schoolwide projects; (2) the Reading Recovery Program; (3) the Reading/Writing Lab…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Educational Planning
Palow, William P. – 1978
The Mathematics Learning Center provides materials and assistance to students in courses from Arithmetic through Calculus and Differential Equations. One component of the program is the Directed Independent Study (DIS) program which provides an alternative to classroom instruction in Arithmetic, Introduction to Algebra, College Algebra, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, College Mathematics, Community Colleges
Community School District 9, Bronx, NY. – 1979
Programs undertaken by Community School District 9 in Bronx, New York, funded by Title I of the Elementary Secondary Education Act and Impact Aid, are evaluated in this report. The following programs are presented: (1) Basic Skills Center Reading Program, (2) Project Best (a bicultural/bilingual reading and math program for Spanish dominant…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Compensatory Education, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
