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Sutton, Doris G.; Arnold, Daniel S. – Research in the Teaching of English, 1974
No significant differences in attrition rates were found between groups of students enrolled in conventional and individualized remedial freshman English courses. (JH)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Compensatory Education, English, English Instruction
Schultz, Mary Alice – Momentum, 1982
Describes the Mercy Tutoring Services Program, which provides individualized instruction in basic academic and life skills for high school dropouts, suspended or expelled students, those assigned to the program by Juvenile Court, or students with chronic truancy or behavioral problems. Suggests ways of implementing the model elsewhere. (AYC)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Compensatory Education, Dropout Programs, Dropouts
Chapline, Elaine B. – 1974
The Reading Skills Centers, funded under Title 1 of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, were designed to improve reading skills of the target population consisting of optional assignment children who were economically deprived and retarded in development of reading skills. Centers were operated in six elementary and one junior high…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Schools, Individualized Instruction, Junior High Schools
Center for Research on Elementary and Middle Schools, Baltimore, MD. – 1987
If schools improved the academic performance of at-risk students beginning in the early years and continuing through the elementary grades, this improvement would have multiple positive effects on student dropout, delinquency, pregnancy, substance abuse, and other behaviors. Early improvement of poor academic performance could greatly alleviate…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Cooperative Learning, Early Intervention