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PDF pending restorationSchneebeck, Judy; Tompkins, John F. – 1997
The Reading/K-5 Language Arts Program of the Des Moines (Iowa) Independent Community School District is directed by its mission statement to provide a quality educational program to a diverse community of students where all are expected to learn. In 1996-97, the elementary instructional materials selection committee studied students' achievement…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Elementary Education, Language Arts, Program Effectiveness
Download full textNew York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1984
The Children's Art Carnival (C.A.C) is a community arts organization founded in Harlem in 1969. The organization aims to improve the language skills of pupils with low academic achievement through intensive participation in creative arts activities. In 1983-84, the program served 305 second, third, and fourth graders from eight schools in…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Creative Development, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education
Cervenka, Edward J.; Cervenka, S. B. – 1978
This evaluation focuses primarily on student achievement in a Title VII bilingual/bicultural education program at Junior High School 45 in New York City's East Harlem. The program, which served approximately 325 predominantly Hispanic students in 1977-78, is described in terms of its instructional components, student grouping, evaluation…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Bilingual Education, Junior High Schools, Mathematics
Nowakowski, Jeri; And Others – 1988
This evaluation summary synthesizes the results of the first year of the Wisconsin Rural Reading Improvement Project (WRRIP), a project aimed at helping small, rural schools improve reading instruction by teaching reading as thinking (also termed "strategic reading"). The means used is staff development: specifically, a leadership team…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement, Program Evaluation
Schenet, Margot A. – 1984
In 1976, the Montgomery County Public Schools began the development of a kindergarten through grade 8 Instructional Program in Reading/Language Arts (IPR/LA) for teaching the English language arts. Goals of the effort were to improve reading and listening comprehension instruction and to improve program consistency across grades, schools, and…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Secondary Education, Inservice Teacher Education, Listening Comprehension
Holowenzak, Stephen P. – 1979
This is the second of three volumes that constitute the final evaluation report of Project STAR (State Technical Assistance Resources), an undertaking of the Maryland State Department of Education designed to help 36 elementary schools improve their reading programs. This volume is divided into five parts. The first part contains a discussion of…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Improvement Programs
Nowakowski, Jeri; And Others – 1988
Based upon case studies, surveys conducted in 18 participating school districts in fall 1987 and spring 1988, meeting observations, discussions with project staff, and an audit trail, this report evaluates the first year of the Wisconsin Rural Reading Improvement Project (WRRIP), a school improvement project aimed at helping small, rural schools…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Distance Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Improvement
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. Div. of Instruction. – 1979
This is the first of three volumes that constitute the final evaluation report of Project STAR (State Technical Assistance Resources), an undertaking of the Maryland State Department of Education designed to help 36 elementary schools improve their reading programs. This volume is essentially descriptive and is divided into seven parts. The first…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Elementary Education, Improvement Programs, Inservice Teacher Education
Bakall, Liz; And Others – 1991
This document evaluates the 1989 and 1990 Reading Improvement Program, which aimed to enhance and support 330 local schools in the implementation of Chicago (Illinois) Public Schools' goals for reading and language arts in kindergarten through grade 6. The program focused on improving instruction and reading achievement. Program features included…
Descriptors: After School Programs, Bilingual Education, Class Size, Economically Disadvantaged
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1992
Chapter 1 funds were used to fund four discrete components of the 1992 Chapter 1 summer programs in New York City. Each component targeted Chapter 1 eligible students who were found to be at risk of dropping out of school because of a lack of basic skills. The four programs were: (1) the Institute for Career Exploration (ICE); (2) the Basic Skills…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Career Exploration, Compensatory Education, Data Collection
