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Thompson, Michael L. – Ill Sch Res, 1969
An evaluation of how successful services rendered the classroom teacher in the form of in-service training for those recommending children to the Diagnostic Learning Center were. (Author)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Problems, Program Evaluation
Naron, Nancy K.; Perlman, Carole L. – 1981
The Chicago EARLY Program identifies and provides remediation for prekindergarten-age children who are considered likely to have school learning problems later. Consisting of an assessment and a corresponding curriculum, the program is designed for any preschool teacher to use as part of his or her regular program. The EARLY materials were first…
Descriptors: Identification, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Problems, Parent Participation
Download full textHicks, John S. – 1976
This report is an evaluation of a selected New York City Umbrella program funded under a special grant from the New York State Legislature. The program, which served eighty children in two Brooklyn schools, focused on the early identification of learning problems and the remediation of these problems in first and second grade children in each of…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Learning Problems, Minority Group Children, Program Descriptions
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
The report presents data on the effectiveness of Program Alternatives to Special Education (PASE), an effort to reduce the number of students referred to special education in New York City schools. Four major evaluation issues are addressed: number of students participating in PASE during the 1985-1986 school year; reasons for student selections…
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Problems
Peer reviewedFilipczak, James; And Others – Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 1979
The article reports on ways in which the Preparation through Responsive Educational Programs (PREP) project developed and conducted process and outcome assessment in a behavioral program for junior high students with behavior and learning problems. (Author/DLS)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Behavior Change, Behavior Problems, Evaluation Methods
Andrew, Dean C.; Roberts, Lawrence H. – 1970
The Texarkana Dropout Prevention Program is an educational innovation in which (1) a private company was placed under contract to set up special, remedial instruction in the public schools, and (2) the company was to be paid according to the results produced under a performance contract. Dorsett Educational Systems operated six rapid learning…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Contracts, Dropout Prevention, Dropouts
Meier, Robert S.; And Others – 1975
Tutoring has been widely accepted as a remedy for academic deficiencies, yet actual short and long range results of tutorial programs are seldom examined. In this study 201 students from four associate degree nursing programs received tutorial assistance in freshman courses. Results indicated that students and tutors perceived tutoring as helpful…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Associate Degrees, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1972
The Fernald School's program of remedial instruction for disadvantaged children began in 1966. As a facility of the Psychology Department at the University of California at Los Angeles, the school has been concerned since its founding in 1921 with the diagnosis and treatment of learning disorders, particularly those not due to mental retardation…
Descriptors: Black Students, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth
Rallis, Sharon F. – 1990
A program, in Rhode Island, to reduce student referrals to special education programs is evaluated in this study together with its impact on classroom teacher policy. The Classroom Alternative Process (CAP) addresses strategies for regular education teachers to remediate students' problems prior to, or instead of, referral to special education.…
Descriptors: Educational Diagnosis, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Labeling (of Persons)
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. Div. of Quality Assurance. – 1983
The Evaluation System of the District of Columbia Public Schools has several purposes. It is designed to enable the school system to evaluate the effectiveness of programs and to identify characteristics of programs that seem to increase effectiveness. Also, it is designed to enable the schools to follow particular students over a period of years,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Data Collection, Elementary Education
