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Peer reviewedBarclay, Kathy Dulaney; Thistlethwaite, Linda – Reading Research and Instruction, 1992
Determines, for reading specialists in general and for reading specialists in the federally funded Chapter 1 program specifically, (1) their professional training; (2) their actual responses as compared to their perceived "ideal" responsibilities; and (3) their topic preferences for in-service education offerings. (RS)
Descriptors: Reading Consultants, Reading Research, Reading Teachers, Teacher Attitudes
Download full textBean, Rita M.; And Others – 1992
A study obtained information from classroom teachers, principals, and reading specialists about what they believed was important in creating effective Chapter 1 programs. One-day meetings were held in three different parts of Pennsylvania during which each group of educators (who were recommended by an advisory board) were interviewed using focus…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Principals
Peer reviewedTancock, Susan M. – Journal of Reading Behavior, 1995
Interviews classroom teachers and reading specialists regarding their Chapter 1 reading programs. Finds specialists constructed their roles differently with each teacher, a lack of joint planning, different definitions of program impact reflecting different goals, and different philosophies regarding reading processes. Suggests that all teachers…
Descriptors: Ethnography, High Risk Students, Primary Education, Program Design
Peer reviewedRickert, Colleen – Journal of Reading, 1990
Describes a Coordinators Applying Whole Language (CAWL) group that provides a way for reading coordinators in a number of school districts in a metropolitan area to support each other. Argues that reading supervisors can influence classroom reading and writing instruction among local school districts. (RS)
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Elementary Secondary Education, Reading Consultants
Ramey, Madelaine – 1990
This report examines the effectiveness of four different instructional models used to deliver compensatory education in 1985-86 in Seattle (Washington) by analyzing "sustained gains" in student achievement. A student's "sustained gain" is the reading or mathematics achievement test score gain between spring 1985 and spring…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction
Peer reviewedBean, Rita M.; Hamilton, Rebecca – Reading Research and Instruction, 1995
Finds that the keys to success were communication and collaboration between specialists and teachers. Notes that the participants expressed an awareness of the changing roles of reading specialists. Finds that major strengths were promoting self-esteem, fostering a love of reading, providing specialized instruction, serving as a student advocate,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Elementary Education, Parent Participation, Program Effectiveness
Fairchild, Miriam E.; And Others – 1988
A cost effectiveness study by the Austin (Texas) Independent School District of its elementary compensatory reading programs, namely, the Chapter 1 Reading Improvement Program (Chapter 1 Regular) and Schoolwide Projects (SWP), found that the Schoolwide Projects cost two to three times as much to achieve the same gains in student achievement as did…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Education
