The purpose of this mixed methods study was to analyze a First Grade Summer Jumpstart program after the first year of implementation to evaluate the effectiveness of the program to positively impact academic achievement in reading and math for first grade students. In order to achieve this overall objective, the following research questions framed…

The researcher evaluated the RtI framework of kindergarten (n = 686) and first grade (n = 592) students in a rural school district by assessing the accuracy of the universal screening method, monitoring the rate of improvement (ROI) in the tier groups, comparing the number of special education referrals, and determining the success rate of the…

This article draws on previously employed methods for conducting fidelity studies and applies them to an evaluation of an unprescribed intervention. We document the process of assessing the fidelity of implementation of the Math Recovery first-grade tutoring program, an unprescribed, diagnostic intervention. We describe how we drew on recent…

Most K-12 evaluations are designed to make inferences about how a program implemented at the classroom or school level affects student learning outcomes and such inferences inherently involve hierarchical data structure. One methodological challenge for evaluators is linking program implementation factors typically measured at the classroom or…

The use of increasingly more informative evaluations of a single innovation are documented. The innovation, The New Primary Grades Reading System (NRS), was implemented in a variety of settings, and the evaluations track the implementation from the early stages of pilot testing through large-scale adoption of the program. NRS is characterized as…

Part I of this report, a resume of the Dayton, Ohio, Early Childhood Education (ECE) Program for 1971, is an evaluation of the program. It includes the extent of the services provided an analysis of the needs of the children by preschool teachers, objectives, the team approach used by the staff including staff make-up and their responsibilities,…

This study evaluated the validity, reliability, and utility of five of the six subtests of Clay's (2002) Observation Survey of Early Literacy Achievement (OS), including Letter Identification, Word Reading, Writing Vocabulary, Hearing and Recording Sounds in Words, and Text Reading. In addition to a review of studies providing assessment of the…

A cafeteria-style approach for evaluating primary grade programs in a large metropolitan school district is described. This evaluation approach involved planning between one and four evaluation options for each of 17 program options available to the district's 70 elementary schools. About 20,000 kindergarten through grade 3 students were enrolled…

Following a brief discussion of the development of the "South Carolina Educational Objectives for 1975," needs assessment data are provided. These data provide the criteria, status measure, and discrepancy related to School Dropouts, Instruction in Basic Skills, Program for the Handicapped, State-Wide Kindergarten, First Grade Failures,…

During the 1985-1986 school year, the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) implemented the Writing to Read program, which is designed to improve the writing, language and vocabulary development, and reading of young children. The Planning, Monitoring, and Implementing (PMI) Evaluation Model for Decision Making was used to evaluate two…

Evaluation of a bilingual-bicultural education program indicates that significant progress was made in enabling all students to function equally well in both Spanish and English, in providing basic coping skills, and in developing the basis for a pluralistic society. The program included 210 kindergarten and first-grade children consisting of…

To assess the impact of the Follow Through program in Prince George's County, Maryland, data from five sources were collected and compiled. Participating kindergarten and first grade teachers submitted test scores from two readiness measures administered on a pre- and posttest basis for the children involved. Reports from specialized personnel…

This technical summary of the second phase of a four-phase study of Early Childhood Title I (ECT-I) programs, describes and analyzes the nature of early childhood programs currently supported under Title I. The summary is based primarily on information gained from field visits to 10 State Education Agencies (SEAs) and 29 Local Education Agencies…

During the 1969-70 school year, the Early School Admissions Program (ESAP) for 4-year-old disadvantaged pupils was offered in 22 Baltimore City Public Schools. Each center had both a morning and an afternoon session enrolling different children. The overall goal of the ESAP was to improve the disadvantaged pupil's ability to learn, to provide…

This paper describes the development of an oral language skills assessment instrument, called the Children's Language Assessment-Situational Tasks (CLA-ST), and its utilization in both formative and summative evaluation of the Tucson Early Education Model (TEEM) in Project Follow Through. First and third graders in Follow Through classrooms…