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Direct linkHipkins, Rosemary – New Zealand Council for Educational Research, 2011
Literature that discusses transformative change in schools typically draws on experiences of renewal and change in existing schools. This report explores the shaping of a new school with the intent, established at the very outset, of offering a curriculum for the 21st century. The report discusses four key aspects of curriculum innovation at this…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Innovation, Educational Change, Governing Boards
Tripp, Amy Wilson; Turner, Barbara Siegel – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1986
Over a two-year period Hinsdale South High School (Chicago, Illinois) has successfully mainstreamed 59 hearing impaired students into such courses as English, mathematics, science, physical education, and business education. Program components include admission criteria, a Coordinator of Mainstreamed Support Services, counseling, interpreters,…
Descriptors: Deaf Interpreting, Extracurricular Activities, Hearing Impairments, High Schools
Download full textCollazo-Levy, Dora; Sica, Michael – 1984
In 1982-83, the program evaluated here provided tutorial and supportive services to approximately 50 Spanish-speaking students of limited English proficiency (LEP) in grades 9-12 at Clara Barton High School, Brooklyn, New York. The program's main objective was to enable LEP students to function successfully in terms of language achievement and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attendance, Bilingual Education Programs, High Schools
Wenthold, Mireya Bernal-Greco – 1984
A study investigated the effectiveness of general study skill enhancement on the learning of a second language. Subjects were high school students deficient in study skills. They were enrolled in an after-school cooperative study skill tutorial program. After diagnostic screening, students completed the intensive tutorial program using selected…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attendance Patterns, High School Students, High Schools
Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC. Bureau of Consumer Protection. – 1979
The effect of commercial coaching on Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) scores was analyzed, using 1974-1977 test results of 2,500 non-coached students and 1,568 enrollees in two coaching schools. (The Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Center, Inc., and the Test Preparation Center, Inc.). Multiple regression analysis was used to control for student…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College Entrance Examinations, High Schools, Improvement Programs
Rosenshine, Barak; Furst, Norma – 1969
This review focuses on 16 studies in which the effects of tutoring were measured using student achievement, being limited to studies appearing through 1969. Additional studies that the authors subsequently found are considered to still support the conclusions drawn in this review on the general characteristics of successful tutoring programs and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Control Groups, Elementary Schools
Azcoitia, Carlos – 1989
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…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged, High Schools
Ribich, Frank M.; Barone, William P. – 1989
Sixteen underachieving gifted students at Oliver High School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, were identified for a pilot program called Project Inspire, which sought to improve student achievement and build self-esteem, especially for disadvantaged Afro-American students. Teachers were selected as mentors for the students, and the mentors were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Gifted, Black Students, Demonstration Programs
Peer reviewedDwyer, Eamonn – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1991
A pilot project at the University of Ulster (Northern Ireland) used the CAUCUS computer conferencing system on the CAMPUS 2000 education network to train teachers to assess young adults with severe learning difficulties. Despite problems with student attrition and system failure, computer conferencing was felt to be a useful medium for providing…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Uses in Education, Demonstration Programs, Distance Education
Walters, Nancy – Minnesota Office of Higher Education, 2009
The purpose of this report is to provide information on the outcomes of the Intervention for College Attendance Program, a program of competitive grants awarded to postsecondary institutions, professional organizations, and community-based organizations. Prior to the 2008-09 biennium, the program focused on provision of college awareness and the…
Descriptors: Higher Education, High Schools, Intervention, Educational Finance
Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC. Bureau of Consumer Protection. – 1978
A non-experimental design was used to determine if scores of students enrolled in specified major coaching schools were significantly higher than scores of comparable uncoached groups. Score increases at two Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) coaching schools and Law School Admission Test (LSAT) schools were compared. Over 1,400 SAT examinees and…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, College Entrance Examinations, Graduate Study, High Schools
Shore, Rima; And Others – 1983
The report evaluates the Bilingual-Bicultural Project conducted in 1981-82 at Clara Barton High School, in Brooklyn, New York, for 50 Spanish speaking students with limited English proficiency (LEP). The project was designed to provide tutorial support to LEP students and to enable them to be placed in one of the more challenging health profession…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Bilingual Education Programs, English (Second Language), High Schools
Berney, Tomi D.; Velazquez, Clara – 1989
This report evaluates Project CABES (Career Advancement through Bilingual Education Skills) during its second year of extension of a federal funding cycle at New York's Seward Park High School. The major goal of Project CABES was to provide career advancement skills to 250 Hispanic 9th- through 12-grade students of limited English proficiency…
Descriptors: Attendance, Bilingual Education Programs, Career Awareness, Counseling Services
