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Direct linkMarchand-Martella, Nancy; Martella, Ronald C.; Bettis, Daniel F.; Blakely, Molly Riley – Reading and Writing Quarterly, 2004
The purpose of this investigation was to assess implementation aspects of a peer-delivered Corrective Reading Program (CRP), entitled "Project PALS" (Peer Assisted Learning System), in six area high schools. Specifically, high schools provided details on the following aspects of their programs: school and teachers, students receiving peer…
Descriptors: High Schools, Tutorial Programs, Corrective Reading, Reading Programs
Download full textBanta, Trudy W.; Lawson, Sandra S. – 1980
In September 1978, the Lenoir City (Tennessee) school system initiated in two elementary schools a volunteer tutoring program called the Retirement Power in Education Project (RPIE). Fourteen volunteers, including twelve retirees, were trained to use Laubach reading materials in tutoring fourth and seventh graders. In evaluating the project one…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Elementary Education, Older Adults, Program Development
Peer reviewedVaughn, Sharon; Linan-Thompson, Sylvia; Kouzekanani, Kamiar; Bryant, Diane Pedrotty; Dickson, Shirley; Blozis, Shelley A. – Remedial and Special Education, 2003
The effects of three grouping formats (1:1 [one teacher with one student], 1:3, and 1:10) on outcomes for second grade struggling readers was studied. All students received the same reading intervention for the same number of sessions and made significant gains. Both 1:1 and 1:3 were highly effective intervention group sizes but 1:1 was not…
Descriptors: Class Size, Grade 2, Grouping (Instructional Purposes), Instructional Effectiveness
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1983
Title I reading and math outcomes for the school years 1980-81 and 1981-82 in the District of Columbia's public schools (grades 1, 2, 3 and 7) are the subject of this report. In both school years, achievement gains in reading exceeded program objectives for grades 3 and 7 but not for grade 2 (grade 1 scores were not used due to a technical…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education
Leitner, David; Ingebo, George – 1984
Helping One Student To Succeed (HOSTS) is a nationally validated Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Chapter I exemplary program adopted by 24 schools in the Portland (Oregon) School District. The HOSTS program has operated in three schools since 1979-80, 17 more since 1981-82, two more since 1982-82, and two more since 1983-84. It is…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Administrator Attitudes, Computer Managed Instruction, Educational Assessment
Thurlow, Martha L.; And Others – 1989
Social validity data were collected for three educational interventions designed to increase the academic engaged time of elementary special education students: (1) a reading tutorial intervention, (2) a special education consultation intervention, and (3) a home-based consultation intervention. A total of 29 students, 14 parents, 21 teachers, and…
Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Elementary Education, Home Programs, Mild Disabilities
Holmes, James N. – 1985
The pilot Helping One Student to Succeed (HOSTS) project has been highly successful in terms of benefits to and attitude impact on students. The 1984-85 project was a continuation of the Retired Teacher Tutoring Project which began in the spring of 1983, combined with HOSTS tutoring methods and materials. Although tutoring by the retired teacher…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Elementary Secondary Education, Individual Instruction, Minimum Competencies
Stone, James C.; And Others – 1980
Methodology and findings are reported for a study of the materials and instructional components of the Reading and Writing Laboratories at Ohlone College conducted by a team of five external evaluators. The report's first section details: (1) the goals of both labs, as articulated by the college; (2) specific objectives of the study; i.e., to…
Descriptors: Educational Media, Instructional Materials, Program Evaluation, Reading Centers
Wisconsin State Dept. of Public Instruction, Madison. – 1977
This report covers Title I programs operated from July 1976 through August 1977 and includes a description of the evaluation methods used, descriptions of the programs and the primary instructional services offered, and evaluations of individual programs. Emphasis is placed on the impact project participation had on the academic achievement and/or…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Child Neglect, Compensatory Education, Correctional Institutions
Wallace, Sherry; And Others – 1984
This report contains administrative summaries for program evaluations of these 11 1983-84 Chapter I, Chapter II, and state compensatory education programs in the Fort Worth Independent School District, Texas. The programs evaluated are the Elementary Resource Teacher/Aide Program; the Chapter I Parochial Reading and Mathematics Program; the…
Descriptors: Block Grants, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Correctional Education
Platt, Gail M. – 1993
The Learning Center (LC) at South Plains College (SPC), in Texas, offers remedial reading instruction, college-level reading and human development, Success Seminars, orientation services, tutoring, and independent study for academic skills development. The center, which has the most successful remedial reading program in the state, combines the…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Ancillary School Services, Basic Skills, Community Colleges
