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The Intermediate and Junior High Reading Programs of the 1974-75 Minneapolis Emergency School Aid Act Project: An Evaluation.

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Higgins, Paul S. – 1976

Two Emergency School Aid Act (ESSA)-funded compensatory education reading programs served 1900 Minneapolis students in desegregated schools during 1974-75. Both programs generally met their objectives for comprehension gain among disabled readers. Students in the ESAA Intermediate Reading Program achieved a median rate of about 3 grade-score…

Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Federal Programs, Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools

Hartford's 1978-1979 IRIT Program: An Evaluation Revisited. Report 80-2.

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