The long term effects of the Individually Guided Education (IGE) program on elementary school grade equivalent reading achievement scores were investigated using cohort analysis in four elementary schools. Results indicated that local attributes affected reading scores more than the IGE program. (JKS)

The Reading Improvement Project in the Cleveland Public Schools, evaluated here, provides individualized instruction to pupils in grades 1-3 who are functioning at or below the 33rd percentile on the Stanford Diagnostic Comprehension subtest or the Metropolitan Readiness Test. The project supplements regular reading instruction by providing…

Individually Guided Education (IGE) is a complex instructional system intended to enable the elementary school to provide an environment where students learn at a rate and in a manner appropriate to their learning styles. This desriptive study concerns the implementation of the Pre-Reading Skills Program (PRS) which was created to be compatible…

Development of the Individualized Reading Skills and Social Science Program (IRSS) is described. This curriculum begins when most children start to read. If a child cannot read the page, the curriculum provides supplementary listening passages and readiness training assessment. Each child begins at his level of progress. The general structure of…

An ESEA Title III project in language arts, this program emphasizes instruction tailored to the individual learner's needs. In the fall of 1974, Southside Elementary School, Crestview, Florida, adopted the program which is described and evaluated in this paper. Program components include team teaching in an open space classroom; the use of…

To evaluate the 1987 Compensatory Language Experiences and Reading (CLEAR)-Reading Recovery Summer Project undertaken in the Columbus, Ohio Public Schools, data on reading improvement of 59 first grade pupils from Douglas Alternative School were collected. The objective of the 5-week, 3-hour-per-day-program was to give students enough instruction…