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Achilles, C. M.; Ray, John – 1980
From 1976 through 1979, Shelby County, Tennessee, schools participated in a Right to Read Special Emphasis project. An experimental and a control school were used, in which more than 50% of the pupils read one or more grades below level. The project included the use of reading specialists, a structured reading system (DISTAR), a summer reading…
Descriptors: Directed Reading Activity, Elementary Education, Program Evaluation, Program Improvement
Greene, Terry; Davies, Florence – 1981
Four inquiries were conducted to provide some initial feedback on the operation of the Directed Activities Related to Text Project. Three were concerned with aspects of process and examined such problems as the ways in which the actual course of a text-based lesson reflects the objectives of the project, and how such a lesson can be shown to…
Descriptors: Classroom Communication, Directed Reading Activity, Independent Study, Interpersonal Relationship
Erwin, Barbara K.; Mangano, Nancy – 1981
The Bryan Independent School District (Texas) has implemented a primary grade parent involvement program based on a home-partnership model and a contract of cooperation between the parents and schools. By signing the contract, the parents agree to (1) listen to their child read 15 minutes three days a week; (2) read a story a day to their child;…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Directed Reading Activity, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship