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Vincent, Vern C. – 1983
The impact of a Learning Assistance Center (LAC) program on the achievement and retention of disadvantaged students at a predominately Hispanic institution was evaluated over a two-year period. Tutoring was limited to freshmen and sophomores in the general subject areas of English, mathematics, biology, chemistry, and social studies. Trends for…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Students, Disadvantaged, Grade Point Average
Gallagher, Michael P. – 1986
The 1984-85 cost-effects study represents the third annual analysis of the components of Cleveland's Affirmative Reading Skills Plan, which offers three instructional strands--developmental (regular reading/language arts), support (additional enrichment, corrective or remedial), and compensatory (instruction for students having reading scores in…
Descriptors: Black Students, Compensatory Education, Educational Assessment, Educationally Disadvantaged
Download full textButte Coll., Oroville, CA. – 1985
A description is provided of a pilot study conducted at Butte College to develop and test evaluation procedures for the college's remedial and developmental reading, English, and math programs. Part I of the report includes five sections: (1) a description of the remedial reading, English, and mathematics programs as they existed at Butte College…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Studies Programs
Toledo Univ., OH. Coll. of Education. – 1981
This report: (1) describes the operation of a junior high school learning laboratory for low achieving students; and (2) presents findings and conclusions of an assessment of its impact. Seventh and eighth grade students with average abilities but with failing marks in mathematics, social studies and science, and reading were participants. These…
Descriptors: Junior High Schools, Learning Laboratories, Low Achievement, Mathematics Instruction
Petrello, George J. – 1976
The Auxiliary Services for High Schools Program (ASHS) in New York City is a service oriented alternative school concept and optional learning environment established to serve educationally disadvantaged students who have found it difficult to function in the traditional high school setting, and as a result, have become school dropouts. This…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Counseling, Dropout Programs, English (Second Language)
Schneider, Karl A.; And Others – 1976
This paper describes the results of the first year of the Eagleville Reading Academy and Satellite Program, a demonstration project funded by the U.S. Office of Education, Right to Read. Eagleville Hospital and Rehabilitation Center treats addicts and alcoholics in a combined abstinent therapeutic community program setting. The goals of the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Alcoholism, Antisocial Behavior, Drug Addiction
Phoenix Union High School District, AZ. – 1981
This manual provides guidelines for implementing the instructional program in reading prescribed for the Basic Skills Project of the Phoenix, Arizona, Union High School District. The project supplements instructional efforts for students whose basic skills in reading, English/writing, and mathematics are in greatest need of improvement. The…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Diagnostic Teaching, Educationally Disadvantaged, High Schools
Crawley, Nora S. – 1980
Atlanta Public Schools received $604,250 to operate a program under the Emergency School Aid Act (ESAA). The program provided remedial reading and mathematics to eligible students. Students were selected on the basis of scoring 90 age achievement quotient points or below on the "Iowa Test of Basic Skills." Four objectives were included…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Aid, Federal Programs, Financial Support
Smith, Lawrence L.; Bengston, John – 1978
This report documents the results of a special reading program offered to low income high school students involved in a youth incentive entitlement work/study project in Alachua County, Florida. The first section of the report discusses the need for literacy training through a reading enrichment program for entitlement students and the inadequacy…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, High School Students, Instructional Design, Literacy
Langlois, Margaret – 1979
Through the Title I/Impact Aid programs, special reading and math services were provided for 2,385 students in grades one through nine. Three levels of the Metropolitan Achievement Tests were used as objective pre and post test measures. Pupil activities in reading varied according to diagnosed needs, grade level, and demonstrated task mastery.…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged
Halliwell, Joseph – 1979
The Program for Reading Success was designed to improve the reading skills for first through ninth graders identified as being in need of remediation. Funding was supplied by Title I and Impact Aid. The program served 1,320 students and employed 22 teachers. Teachers gave individualized and small group instruction based on an intensive diagnostic…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education, Junior High Schools
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1980
The State of New York Education Department requires that school districts submit applications demonstrating their efforts to provide remedial instruction to all students in need. The program plans reported in the applications should reflect unified procedures for needs assessment, evaluation, and data analysis. The reporting procedure should…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Support, Program Development
Fram, Ralph D. – 1978
This evaluative report provides information about a remedial reading program in a Canadian school district. Various sections of the report deal with the following areas: the purpose of the evaluation project; procedures and sample; major findings according to remedial reading teachers, two groups of taxpayers, remedial reading pupils, and…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Foreign Countries, Formative Evaluation, Program Evaluation
Hartford Public Schools, CT. – 1980
Hartford, Connecticut's Intensive Reading Instructional Teams (IRIT) were designed to improve achievement levels of elementary pupils deficient in basic language and reading skills. In 1978-1979, 683 students in grades two through six received instruction in reading vocabulary and comprehension and in decoding. This report updates and expands an…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Decoding (Reading), Elementary Education
Henderson-Barrick, Ann; And Others – 1979
The document contains three papers presented at the Annual International Convention of the Council for Exceptional Children in 1979, on the establishment, function, and impact of a preschool speech, language, and hearing program (the Preschool Speech, Language and Hearing Program of the School District of Philadelphia). The first paper, "The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Early Childhood Education, Hearing Impairments, Identification
