Students' answers to a questionnaire related to their participation in an alternate program at McBride School in Vancouver are summarized. The students (28 girls and 25 boys) represented a class of 144 students in the alternate programs in grades 4 through 7. (For related documents, see TM 002 487, 489.) (DB)

In January 1972, questionnaires on remedial reading were sent to all remedial reading teachers in Vancouver public schools. Also, letters were sent to the principals of those schools in which remedial reading programs were operating. They were asked to record their comments, criticisms, and commendations of remedial reading activities. Many…

During the 2009-2010 school year, Marzano Research Laboratory (MRL) was commissioned by Promethean Ltd. to conduct a second year evaluation study of the effects of Promethean ActivClassroom on student academic achievement. This report describes the findings from the second year study along with aggregate findings from the first and second year…

A summary of responses by 85 students to the Student Questionnaire used in evaluating the City School of Vancouver is provided. The questionnaire contains 24 items, most of which are designed to elicit the students' attitudes about the school's program. (For related documents, see TM 002 482, 484-486.) (DB)

Questionnaire responses of 58 (67.4%) parents of students enrolled at City School, Vancouver, as well as responses of 6 parents whose children had withdrawn from the school prior to May 1972, are summarized. The questionnaire is made up of 20 questions and 1 "comments" section. (For related documents, see TM 002 482-483, 485-486.) (DB)

Meta-analysis, meta-evaluation and secondary analysis are methods of summarizing, examining, evaluating or re-analyzing data in research and evaluation efforts. Meta-analysis involves the summarization of research findings to come to some general conclusions regarding effects or outcomes of a given treatment/project/program. Glass's approach…

The Georgia Instructional Assistance Program (IAP) earmarked $3,200,000 in grants to local school systems for supplemental instructors and aides in the form of additional certificated and/or noncertificated personnel to provide assistance in the elementary grades to classroom teachers. It was anticipated that through the intensive instruction and…

This manual develops an analytic model, based on historical materials, within which the past movement and present location of an individual school district in relation to desegregation can be charted. The use of the model is illustrated in depth by its application to the case of Riverside, California, a community which has developed a program of…

Demonstrates that the common procedure of using examination results as performance indicators based upon residuals from regression analysis when applied to aggregated data gives unstable results. Suggests that aggregate-level analyses are uninformative and that useful comparisons cannot be obtained without employing multilevel analyses using…

The alternate program at McBride School was an organizational and curricular modification that offered optional activities, community recreation, semestering of some subjects, and unstructured time. It involved four intermediate grade classes. Questionnaires were distributed to students who were enrolled in the alternate program and to their…

An examination was made of Federal program statistics on vocational education during the past 10 years by the Bureau of Occupational and Adult Education of the U. S. Office of Education and the National Center for Education Statistics of the U. S. Department of Education. The study found that despite a mandate for reform, the National Center's…

Reviews early childhood education in Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden, England, and Wales. Discussion centers on administration, financing, teacher education, preschool setting, aims and objectives, and research activities. (CS)

In most of the Western European countries, innovations in the primary schools are introduced by a central authority. After a decision is made to adopt a new curriculum or recommend a particular instructional procedure, inspectors introduce it to the teachers. This research report examines on the one hand the extent to which inspectors and teachers…

An overall analysis is made of the impact of Grade 3 Title I reading programs in the State of Michigan. An attempt is made to estimate the effectiveness of particular reading programs for low-scoring, middle-scoring, and high-scoring pupils for the purpose of identifying exemplary programs. In addition, a rank ordering of the various programs…

This study focuses on the differences in operating costs between the traditional 180-day school schedule and the 45/15 year-round schedule in the Bethel School District of Tacoma, Washington. Two approaches were used to identify and analyze costs of the following: building administration, teachers, secretaries, clerks and aides, instructional…