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Download full textOklahoma State Dept. of Education, Oklahoma City. – 1975
A description and evaluation of Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title I-funded programs for the state of Oklahoma are reviewed in this report. The project components include the following: remedial reading, speech therapy, learning disabilities, underachievers, remedial math, remedial language arts, remedial science, special education, and…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Delinquency, Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs
Peer reviewedMorante, Edward A. – Journal of Developmental Education, 1986
Reports findings on the continued positive effect of remedial/developmental programs on both retention and academic performance of skills deficient students who entered both public and private higher education institutions in New Jersey. (Author/DMM)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmental Studies Programs, Higher Education, Program Effectiveness
Colarusso, Kathleen – 2000
The report discusses the findings of a study on the reading and writing demands of college-level courses at Maryland's Charles County Community College (College of Southern Maryland as of July 1, 2000). The Language and Literature Department wanted to determine whether its developmental courses were actually preparing students for the reading and…
Descriptors: Basic Writing, Course Evaluation, Curriculum Evaluation, Developmental Studies Programs
Peer reviewedWalker, Valaida Smith – Exceptional Children, 1974
Twenty-nine 10-year-old educable mentally retarded Ss in a resource room program were matched on age, intelligence and reading level (preprimer) with 41 special class controls to determine the efficacy of the resource room as an alternative to special classes. (MC)
Descriptors: Children, Exceptional Child Research, Mainstreaming, Mental Retardation
Peer reviewedBaker, George A., III; Reed, Lester W., Jr. – Community College Review, 1980
Discusses the need for and the skill development and comprehensive approaches to postsecondary developmental education. Describes three models of student assessment/placement and proposes a five-step model. Considers the establishment of proficiency standards, screening test selection, student processing, assistance centers, and evaluation. (AYC)
Descriptors: Developmental Studies Programs, Educational Testing, Postsecondary Education, Program Evaluation
Sanchez, Bonnie – Journal of Developmental & Remedial Education, 1978
Presents abstracts of four documents from the ERIC junior college collection that deal with the special programs or techniques used by two-year colleges to help students needing remedial or developmental assistance. (DR)
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Community Colleges, Counseling, Developmental Programs
Levin, Henry M.; Calcagno, Juan Carlos – Community College Research Center, Columbia University, 2007
Remediation is the most common policy designed to prepare students academically and socially during their early stages of college. But despite its profound importance and its significant costs, there is very little rigorous research analyzing its effectiveness. The goal of this paper is to provide a conceptual framework for evaluation of remedial…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Remedial Programs, Remedial Instruction, College Students
Chunn, Eva Wells; And Others – 1991
This evaluation of the 1989-90 Cumulative Deficits in Basic Skills Program (CDBSP) in Washington (District of Columbia) public schools uses achievement gains on the Comprehensive Test of Basic Skills (CTBS) and teacher use of specially developed instructional materials to assess program effectiveness. Information was gathered from an analysis of…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials
Vazquez-Nuttall Associates, Inc., Newton, MA. – 1982
This interim process evaluation report focuses on the impact of funding cuts on Boston's 1981-82 Title I program, possible areas for further cutbacks, and several policy issues. Results of questionnaires completed by administrators, teachers, and paraprofessionals as well as interviews and classroom observations were all used in the evaluation.…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Financial Problems
Vazquez-Nuttall Associates, Inc., Newton, MA. – 1983
Boston's Chapter I English as a Second Language (ESL) Program is intended to provide intensified oral/aural instruction in English to students with limited-English-speaking ability who are lagging behind in regular bilingual classes. An ultimate goal of the program is to prepare students from a variety of linguistic backgrounds (including Spanish,…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language), Ethnic Groups
Peer reviewedBirch, Janet S.; Wolfe, Samuel – Journal of Medical Education, 1975
Evaluates the Meharry Medical College Biomedical Sciences Program (1969-73), which was intended to recruit college students from predominantly southern and black colleges by providing post-junior-year summer science training. Concludes that participants are more likely than a cross section of all applicants to gain admission to medical or dental…
Descriptors: College Admission, Enrichment Activities, Higher Education, Medical Education
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1989
The 1989 New York City Pupils with Compensatory Educational Needs (PCEN) Summer Remediation Program met or exceeded each of its objectives. The program comprised basic skills and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) courses, serving 12,785 students in 880 classes in the regular high schools and an unspecified number of students at 73 off-site…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, English (Second Language), High Schools
Tan, Norma – 1984
This report evaluates the 1984 Search for Elevation, Education & Knowledge (SEEK) prefreshman summer program at Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY), and describes its curriculum, staffing, recruitment of students, and objectives. Ninety-four students were enrolled: 73.4% were 18 or 19 years old; 73.0% were women; 90.4% were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Educationally Disadvantaged, Higher Education
Winchell, Leonard – 1981
The progress of elementary school students in Tacoma, Washington's Remediation Assistance Program (RAP) was examined and compared with the progress of similar non-RAP students. Pretest and posttest scores for RAP and non-RAP students in reading, mathematics and language were compared statistically, and no significant difference was found between…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Analysis of Covariance, Elementary Education, Language Skills
Ohio State Dept. of Education, Columbus. – 1980
This fifteenth annual report provides a summary of activities offered in Ohio through Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Information presented includes (1) statistics for fiscal 1980, (2) participation trends, (3) instructional impact, (4) expenditure and staffing patterns, (5) parent involvement, and (6) five-year trends. The…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Federal Programs, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation
