Describes a study examining the level and extent of support services available to developmental students at 101 2-year institutions in the southeastern United States. Reports that 91.1% of the institutions offered some type of services for developmental learners, including tutoring, counseling, computer-assisted instruction, audio-visual support,…

This report is based upon one component of an Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I project in the Lenoir County, North Carolina, public schools for the 1973-74 school term. Programed Tutoring was developed as a supplement to classroom teaching. The three basic skills of reading (sight reading, word analysis, and comprehension) are broken…

This study was undertaken to evaluate the State University College at Oswego's special program to determine the degree to which the program has enhanced the academic success of special program students. Twenty male and 20 female students were randomly selected from each of three classifications of the 1970 freshmen class: regularly admitted…

Two cohorts of children from inner-city elementary schools were provided a paraprofessional tutoring intervention to ease their transition to new schools. Participants had low-income status, lags in achievement tests, and stressful life events. Academic and sociometric follow-up data showed some academic improvements over the next three years but…

The Lower East Side Preparatory School's main goal was to provide basic educational requirements for graduation with improved self-image among students who are dropouts/returnees from the lower east side. Because of the school's location it included the Chinatown area. The student population consisted principally of dropouts with poor academic…

A study investigated the impact that a structured peer tutoring program had on improving the mathematics and reading achievement scores of academically disadvantaged, handicapped, and limited English proficient students enrolled in vocational classes, and on the mathematics and reading achievement scores of their tutors. It also assessed 10…

In order to provide educational opportunities for all students while preventing the "open door" from becoming a "revolving door", Southeastern Community College (North Carolina) established the Resources for Student Learning (RSL) program. During 1976, a comprehensive evaluation of the success and/or reasons for failure of current and former RSL…

This three-part report summarizes the accomplishments of Illinois' Disadvantaged Student Grant Program, through which public community colleges receive special funds for aiding educationally disadvantaged students on the basis of enrollment in remedial and developmental courses. Part I presents anecdotal accounts of exemplary student achievements…

In order to gather opinions and data about the impact of Los Angeles City College's tutorial program, a two-part study was conducted in Spring 1979. Initially, the academic records of 477 students who had received tutoring in Spring 1979 were examined and compared with overall campus performance averages in the following areas: class(es) for which…

The key features of student achievement were examined at twelve sixth form colleges (SFCs) in the United Kingdom with an emphasis on strategies to maintain and improve performance. It was found that students at SFCs have on average higher prior attainment and suffer less deprivation than their counterparts in General Further Education and Tertiary…