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James S. Rinehart; Paula Myrick Short – Journal of School Leadership, 2010
This study investigated components of Reading Recovery that relate to a restructuring paradigm. Specifically, Reading Recovery was analyzed as a way to redesign teachers' work, empower teachers, and affect the core technology of teaching. Data were collected by a survey that consisted of open-ended questions and of categorical response items.…
Descriptors: Reading Difficulties, Grade 1, Early Intervention, Reading Programs
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Taylor, Barbara M.; Pearson, P. David; Peterson, Debra S.; Rodriguez, Michael C. – Reading Research Quarterly, 2005
The purpose of this naturalistic experiment was to discover the operative elements of an evidence-based reform effort that accounted for growth in student achievement. The reform was implemented in 13 schools around the United States over the course of two years. The authors studied the impact of both school-level programmatic elements and…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Reading Improvement, Reading Instruction, Reading Comprehension
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)
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Slavin, Robert E. – Educational Leadership, 1996
Schools can reduce special-education and remedial instruction costs by helping students succeed in early grades. This article profiles several prevention and early intervention programs, including Success for All, Reading Recovery, Prevention of Learning Disabilities, the Carolina Abecedarian Project, Comer's School Development Program, and…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Family Programs
Mac Iver, Douglas J.; Plank, Stephen B.; Balfanz, Robert – 1997
The Talent Development Model of Middle School Reform includes a "Student Team Literature" (STL) program that relies on: (1) curricular materials designed to assist students to study great literature; (2) recommended instructional practices, peer assistance processes, and assessments; and (3) staff development, mentoring, and advising to…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Change, Helping Relationship
Dianda, Marcella R. – 1991
The Southwest Regional Laboratory (SWRL) is adapting Success for All, a prominent early-elementary school program for at-risk minority youths, for use with disadvantaged limited English proficient students whose primary language is Spanish. The Johns Hopkins University Center for Research on Effective Schooling for Disadvantaged Students is…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education Programs, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, English (Second Language)