A questionnaire designed to elicit information about reading instruction and the group(s) to which such instruction is provided is presented. The questionnaire aims at providing descriptive information about compensatory reading programs. (CK)

A questionnaire concerning teacher characteristics and compensatory reading programs is presented. (CK)

A questionnaire designed to provide information on individual students to whom compensatory reading instruction is rendered is presented. (CK)

A questionnaire designed to elicit information about reading instruction and the group(s) to which such instruction is provided is presented. The questionnaire aims at providing information about classes. (CK)

A sample design of schools in an elementary school survey is presented. This sample outlines two states of sampling. First is a sample of 750 schools drawn for purposes of describing compensatory programs. The second-stage sample is a subsample of 200 schools for purposes of performance testing of pupils. (CK)

Since July 1971, the Educational Testing Service has planned and conducted a study of compensatory reading programs in United States public schools. This volume reports the results of the 1972-1973 school-year study (phase two), which involved pre- and posttesting of all students in the second, fourth, and sixth grades of a subsample of the…

Since July 1971, the Educational Testing Service has planned and conducted a study of compensatory reading programs in United States public schools. This document, an addendum to the final report for phase two of the study, includes a discussion of the relationship of classroom observations and effectiveness in the phase two sample of noteworthy…

Since July 1971, the Educational Testing Service has planned and conducted a study of compensatory reading programs in United States public schools. This document, an addendum to the final report for phase two of the study, focuses on the reclassification (according to funding) of the 92 schools originally categorized as unclassifiable, reporting…

Observations were conducted in 29 elementary schools in which reading instruction had been found to be effective, as well as in classes from less effective schools, in order to determine the characteristics which were associated with effective and ineffective compensatory reading programs. The schools' membership in a cluster (partially effective,…