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Heuristics, Inc., Dedham, MA. – 1979
In this evaluation report for Boston's Title I Elementary Enrichment Program (reading, math, and language arts) for 1978-79, reading students in Grades 2 through 6 are shown as equalling or exceeding the specified criterion for success. Grade 1 students finished the year an average of two months below grade level. In math, gains at all grade…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Download full textMiles, Curtis; And Others – 1984
This collection of essays focuses on various aspects of research and instruction related to developmental education. The collection includes: (1) "Evaluating Instructional Software for Developmental Education," by Curtis Miles, which includes information on types of microcomputer software, developmental student characteristics,…
Descriptors: Computer Software Reviews, Consultants, Courseware, Developmental Studies Programs
Moresi, Mereline; Lovelace, Terry – 1986
The Lafayette Parish Compensatory/Remedial Program for 1985-86 involved remedial teachers in 31 schools serving 1,022 students in grades 2 through 6 who had previously failed the state Basic Skills Test (BST). A minimum of 70 hours instruction was provided to the children in the area(s) in which each was deficient. Focus was on assessing the…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education
Halasa, Ofelia – 1983
The Reading Strategy Project in Cleveland, Ohio, is designed to assist upper elementary school pupils who have deficits in basic reading skills as reflected in performance on city-wide reading tests. The project design is based on an "in-class model" in which the reading strategy teacher and the classroom teacher work as an instructional…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Diagnostic Teaching, Educationally Disadvantaged
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1984
Using a question/answer format, this report provides program descriptions and evaluation findings for the 1983-84 Chapter 1 and Chapter 1 Migrant programs in the Austin Independent School District. Topics covered include student eligibility, numbers of students served, teacher characteristics, teacher satisfaction, special programs, achievement…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1989
Evaluation of South Carolina's 1987-88 Remedial and Compensatory Program, funded by the state's Education Improvement Act of 1984 (EIA), shows that the program was successful in raising the participants' achievement. The programs include basic skills learning in reading and mathematics in all grades, and writing in grades 6-12, but not all grades…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Ratekin, Ned – 1977
The effectiveness of Oralographic reading instruction was investigated with a sample of 89 disabled readers in second to fifth grade from five cities; children in each city were randomly assigned to experimental or control groups. All children in the experimental group received reading instruction using the materials and procedures of the…
Descriptors: Attention Control, Elementary Education, Program Evaluation, Reading Achievement
Kilian, Lawrence J.; Kagen, Edward – 1981
The effect of Title I reading instruction was examined in a group of students as they progressed from grade two through grade six. The number of students who fell below the twenty-third percentile on a reading achievement test (the criterion for Title I participation) was tabulated for each year to determine the program's effectiveness both in…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Federal Programs, Longitudinal Studies
Smith, Jeffrey K.; And Others – 1981
The original impetus for this monograph was a grant from the New Jersey Basic Skills Council of the New Jersey Department of Higher Education to evaluate two college basic skills remedial programs (one in a four-year state college, one in a two-year community college) and to produce a handbook for conducting such evaluations. This monograph is…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Basic Skills, Data Analysis, Data Collection
Kaye Educational Evaluators, Inc., Bronx, NY. – 1979
Major characteristics of seven Title I and Impact Aid components implemented in New York City School District 29 in 1978-79 are described in this evaluation. The components are: (1) an elementary grade Reading Diagnostic Program; (2) a project to raise reading achievement in the intermediate schools; (3) an Early Childhood Center for students in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, English (Second Language)
Cohen, Edward G.; And Others – 1973
This study was designed to determine whether or not students assigned to remedial reading courses at Queensborough Community College were actually improving their reading skills. Students (1,543) who scored below 33% on the Reading Comprehension Subtest of the Cooperative English Test (COOP) were divided into four classes of ascending ability and…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Developmental Reading
Food Research and Action Center, New York, NY. – 1974
This report is the result of a 2-year study of existing day care and summer feeding programs sponsored by the USDA undertaken to provide background information, define the current status, determine restraints and make recommendations for improvement in such programs. A history of the creation of the Special Food Service Program for Children…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Day Care, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary School Students
Aarons, Howell – 1975
In order to assess the effects of the remedial (foundations) program at Mohegan Community College (Connecticut) on students' academic performance and persistence in college, a study was made of 180 students who had enrolled in the Foundations Program between September 1971 and 1974, and 180 students who had scored below the 50th percentile on the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Dropout Prevention, Grades (Scholastic)
Florida State Dept. of Education, Tallahassee. – 1975
This final report of the 1974-75 Florida Right to Read Effort staff development program provides an evaluation by participating administrators, reading contacts, and teachers. The first two sections of this report give background information about the National Right to Read Effort as well as the Florida Right to Read program. The third section…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation, Reading Improvement
Logan, Juanita – 1976
The Talking Typewriter program has operated in the Cleveland Public Schools as a strategy to improve the reading skills of identified fourth and fifth grade pupils in Title I schools. A responsive environment, augmented with selected materials, special teaching techniques, and the availability of trained staff formed the core of an instructional…
Descriptors: Attitude Change, Elementary Education, Program Content, Program Descriptions
