The Reading Strategy Project is designed for intermediate grade students who need assistance in the mastery of basic reading skills. The available data demonstrated that the Title I treatment group enhanced their average reading comprehension scores significantly. The gain exceeded the project objective of four normal curve equivalent points. The…

This study examines the long term effects of a compensatory reading project, the Intensive Reading Instructional Team (IRIT), which has been validated both by the Education Department's Joint Dissemination and Review Panel and the Connecticut State Department of Education. A second purpose is to demonstrate to both the hosting district and to…

A practicum study was conducted to raise the reading comprehension level of students at least one grade level by using Computer-Assisted Instruction (CAI), and to determine the kind of student who would most benefit by the use of CAI. A control group of 35 students and three experimental groups of 19 computer students, all in fourth or fifth…