This program was designed to improve reading skills and to provide intensive remediation for students in grades six through nine. Specialized materials and equipment were provided by Educational Development Laboratories (EDL). The EDL Reading Laboratory utilized the Learning 100 program, a multi-modality developmental and remedial program. Small…

IN JANUARY 1966, THE MILWAUKEE PUBLIC SCHOOLS EXTENDED READING SERVICES TO PUBLIC AND NONPUBLIC SCHOOL CHILDREN IN GRADES 3 TO 8 WHO WERE RETARDED IN READING. THE PROJECT PROVIDED ADDITIONAL READING CENTERS AND WAS CARRIED OUT IN FIVE OF 12 PROPOSED ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. THIRTY TO 35 MINUTES OF SMALL-GROUP READING WAS GIVEN 5 DAYS A WEEK.…

Reviews materials from the ERIC database describing the variety of functions a high school reading lab can perform and suggesting ways to evaluate student improvement in the reading lab situation. (MKM)

An evaluation of the reading laboratory clinic at the Sulzberger Junior High School, Philadelphia, is reported. On the basis of a group informal reading inventory (IRI) 120 from a total of 467 grade-7 students were assigned to the clinic. Pupils who scored below third-grade second-semester book level were considered eligible for the clinic…

This project funded under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I, was designed to improve the mathematics skills of 328 males and females serving prison sentences or awaiting trial in the Rikers Island Penitentiary. For the male population exclusively, the project was designed to improve reading skills and English usage and comprehension. The…

A total of 1,922 pupils participated in this Title I Elementary Secondary Education Act Program, which was designed to improve the reading and/or mathematics skills of the students. The program aimed to serve students in special schools or residential treatment centers in New York City who were in kindergarten through grade 12. The majority of…

A college-level reading center program was adapted for use in helping a group of state employees improve their reading skills. This paper explains how the program originated and describes program procedures (including diagnosis, the determination of individual and course objectives, record keeping, class format, and class presentations) materials…

A determination of the optimal time needed for treatment of various types of third-grade remedial readers in the Broward County, Florida Reading Center Remedial Program was sought. As students were admitted into the program, they were given a pretest and randomly assigned to one of four groups. Each group received either 2, 3, 4, or 5 months of…

The 1974-1975 Reading Skills Center component of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I Remedial Services for Eligible Nonpublic School Pupils Program was designed to provide intensive diagnostic-prescriptive reading instruction for students in grades four through eight who had evidence of reading retardation in excess of two and one…

The reading program developed at Niagara University in New York has undergone a number of changes in response to long term evaluation. In the early 1970s, the only program evaluation tools used were pretests and posttests. These were misleading, as they measured only short term gains, not retention after completion of the course. Based on ideas…

During the 1974-75 school year, reading laboratories were established in Dade County, Florida senior high schools as an approach to the remediation, development, or acceleration of the reading skills of senior high school pupils. This evaluation sought to determine the reading program's potential for improving the reading skills of senior high…

A successful 2-year reading program in Atlanta, Georgia, is evaluated from several points of view and in various ways. The program involved changes in the physical plant, teaching techniques, instructional objectives, inservice education, and community involvement of the three participating elementary schools. Emphasis was on the improvement of…

This summary contains instructors' discussions of an independent research report which evaluated the compensatory education program at El Paso Community College, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Because of open admissions policies, many students enter this college without the prerequisite basic skills necessary to understand their texts. Over 75% of…

An assessment of the activities of the Learning Center (LC) at South Plains College is provided in this 1991-92 annual report. Introductory material describes the scope of the LC's operations, including reading and study skills remediation, developmental communications instruction, collegiate instruction in reading and human development, peer…

This paper describes the Graphics Expression System Reading Center Program, which provided students with limited learning motivation and with below norm achievement in reading, as well as those students reading on and above grade level with the opportunity to use the compact recording studio equipment in the production of television shows. The…