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Zafirau, S. James – 1981
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…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Compensatory Education, Federal Programs, Intermediate Grades
Download full textStern, David – 1986
The costly supplemental or alternative programs that combat chronic school failure and continued high dropout rates are not always effective for the following reasons: (1) students do not always find out which programs are available, and (2) if no suitable program is available, there is usually no one responsible for trying to create one. People…
Descriptors: Dropout Prevention, Dropout Programs, Educational Counseling, Elementary Secondary Education
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1983
The Army's Basic Skills Education Program (BSEP) was studied to consider whether it was properly designed to determine the basic skills needed in Army jobs and to be effectively implemented. Information and reports on BSEP were reviewed, and three major commands were selected for evaluation. In designing the program, the Army did not identify the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Basic Skills
Comptroller General of the U.S., Washington, DC. – 1982
The U.S. Department of Education's (ED) Special Services for Disadvantaged Students program was reviewed during 1977-1980 using a sample of 11 grantee institutions. Attention was directed to the management of the program, whether program goals were being met, and progress of students in the program. The program's goal is to increase postsecondary…
Descriptors: Accountability, Ancillary School Services, College Programs, Disadvantaged
Clough, Dick B. – 1991
School reform efforts today have a personal focus that emphasizes attending to the problems faced by individual at-risk students. After outlining the impact of student dropouts, this document uses information from a review of 150 at-risk student programs described in related professional literature to describe six basic weaknesses in current…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Dropout Prevention, Early Intervention, Educational Administration
Opperman, Prudence; And Others – 1983
The Promotional Gates Program was initiated in the New York City Public Schools in order to set and maintain citywide curriculum and performance standards, identify students unable to meet the minimum standards, and provide remedial instruction. Under this program, the promotional policy sets "gates" at grades 4 and 7; students unable to…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Elementary Secondary Education, Grade Repetition, Grade 4
Scott, Elois M. Skeen – 1978
This paper presents a random sampling of responses to a questionnaire that was sent to teachers in the program. The organization of this report is developed around a statement of each question followed by an analysis of the responses. Taken into consideration are respondents' attitudes toward student selection, inservice programs, materials and…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Compensatory Education, Cooperating Teachers, Elementary Secondary Education
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Support Programs. – 1986
The in-school suspension program, an integral aspect of a comprehensive dropout prevention program, insures the opportunity for high-risk students to achieve minimum competencies as outlined in North Carolina's Basic Education Program standards for student performance. Accordingly, the purpose of this program guide is to provide assistance to…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, High Risk Students
Balmuth, Miriam – 1986
Interviews were conducted with 4 members of the Task Force of the Adult Beginning Reader Project, 6 program officials, and 13 heads of adult basic education (ABE) programs; site visits were made to two ongoing ABE programs; and the literature pertaining to adult literacy programs in this country was reviewed in order to identify factors associated…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Counseling Services
Scott, Elois Skeen – 1979
This paper lists the questions presented to and discusses the responses of math teachers, reading teachers, helping teachers, home-school teachers and principals regarding the effectiveness of Title I math and reading programs. Taken into consideration are respondents' attitudes toward student selection, inservice programs, materials and supplies,…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Compensatory Education, Cooperating Teachers, Inservice Education
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. Office of Vocational Education. – 1968
POST-HIGH SCHOOL VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL STUDENTS WAS DEVELOPED, IMPLEMENTED, AND EVALUATED IN FIVE SCHOOLS IN TERMS OF ITS ABILITY TO PROVIDE DIRECTION IN ESTABLISHING PRE-TECHNICAL PROGRAMS. READING SKILLS, STUDY SKILLS, MATHEMATICS, AND SCIENCE WERE OFFERED AS LEVEL A FOR ENTERING TRADE STUDENTS AND LEVEL B FOR ENTERING TECHNICAL STUDENTS.…
Descriptors: Course Content, Curriculum Guides, Grade Equivalent Scores, Mathematics
Adolphus, Stephen; And Others – 1979
This paper addresses developmental education programs as mechanisms for enhancing the survival rates of disadvantaged populations in higher education. Specifically, the paper identifies and discusses the critical dimensions of effective developmental education programs, including recruitment, admissions, diagnosis and prescription, orientation,…
Descriptors: College Admission, Counseling Services, Developmental Studies Programs, Diagnostic Teaching
