The purposes of this study were to evaluate the effect of a diagnostic structured kindergarten program on the predicted reading levels of disadvantaged urban children and to compare the effect of this program with the effect of the traditional kindergarten curriculum. The subjects were 196 children in eight kindergarten classes. More than 70% of…

This project demonstrates an individualized continuous progress reading program for pupils identified as educationally disadvantaged in reading. The program uses Sullivan reading materials, supplemented by other reading activities according to individual need. A daily programed individualized reading period was provided and teachers and aides…

Discipline records and reading test scores revealed that students in the Redding Middle School (Middletown, Delaware) were achieving low reading scores while the number of discipline referrals remained high. This report of a practicum project shows how the school's teachers and administrators succeeded in changing the direction of this trend,…