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Download full textNational Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance, 2006
This is one of three documents constituting the mandated Interim Report on the National Assessment of Title I. This Executive Summary describes the studies that comprise the National Assessment of Title I and provides executive summaries of the findings of Volumes I and II. Volume I, Implementation of Title I, focuses on implementation of key…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Federal Legislation, Program Evaluation, Program Effectiveness
Pinette, Clayton, Ed.; Smith, Kent, Ed. – 1978
Five articles concerning college reading instruction are included in this special interest journal. Bill Fowler and Barry M. Kroll investigate hidden factors in tests of reading comprehension, revealing that most conventional tests have question-design weaknesses allowing students to perform successfully by the use of test wisdom alone. Imogene…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Postsecondary Education, Program Evaluation, Reading Ability
Weiss, James; And Others – 1980
Three programs, one in reading, one in mathematics and one English as a Second Language (ESL) component, are described in this evaluation. The programs were designed to provide remedial instruction to students in New York City's Community School District 5. For each program component, data presented in this report include: a description of program…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Compensatory Education, Diagnostic Teaching, Educationally Disadvantaged
ROBERTS, HERMESE E. – 1961
THE LANGUAGE ARTS LABORATORY WAS ESTABLISHED TO IMPROVE READING ABILITY AND OTHER LANGUAGE ARTS SKILLS AS AN AID IN THE PREVENTION OF DROPOUTS. THE LABORATORY WAS OPERATED ON A SUMMER SCHEDULE WITH A FLEXIBLE PROGRAM OF FROM 45 MINUTES TO 2 1/2 HOURS DAILY. ALL PUPILS WERE 14 YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, AND EXPRESSED A DESIRE TO IMPROVE THEIR READING…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Dropouts, Educational Media, Language Acquisition
Platt, Gail M. – 1992
An assessment of the activities of the Learning Center (LC) at South Plains College is provided in this 1991-92 annual report. Introductory material describes the scope of the LC's operations, including reading and study skills remediation, developmental communications instruction, collegiate instruction in reading and human development, peer…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Learning Laboratories, Learning Resources Centers
Lindsey, Melinda – 1989
A study was conducted to investigate the curricular experiences of the low achievers, including the quality of the programs they participated in and the congruence between their classroom and pullout programs. Three lower-middle-class first graders in the Pacific Northwest participated in the study: John spent the entire day in the classroom;…
Descriptors: Classroom Research, Curriculum Evaluation, Grade 1, High Risk Students
Lore, Rosemary; Chamberlain, Ed – 1988
Designed to improve underachieving high school students' reading and communication skills, the Secondary Developmental Reading Program served 741 ninth, tenth, and eleventh graders in 13 Columbus, Ohio, public schools. Funding was made available through the Ohio Disadvantaged Pupil Program Fund (DPPF). Fourteen teachers participated in the 1987-88…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, High School Students, High Schools
Way, Flo – 1982
This revised evaluation supplement to the "DOVACK Method for Teaching Reading Project Report" corrects errors in the report's original evaluation supplement with respect to the results of the 72-day and 108-day DOVACK Random Sample Vocabulary Recognition Tests employed to measure the effectiveness of DOVACK as a language experience…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Experience Approach
Scofield, Sandra – 1979
Practical ways principals can modify and monitor their school's reading programs are suggested in this report that also presents reading theory and research results. The bulk of the report focuses on the elementary school and is divided into a short section on theory and a longer section on practice. Suggestions are given about establishing…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Grouping (Instructional Purposes)
Portsmouth School Dept., RI. – 1979
The sixth of eight related documents, this monograph describes the parent study group aspect of the Reading Instruction and Pupil Personnel Services (RIPPS) program. The document describes the background and rationale for this parenting program, designed to help parents understand their child and the role parents play in a child's development, and…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Parent Child Relationship, Parent Conferences, Parent Influence
Bloomington Public Schools, MN. – 1967
The reading program (K-12) of the Bloomington Public Schools, Bloomington, Minnesota, is defined and described. The program revolves around four major divisions: developmental reading, supplementary reading, library reading, and remedial reading. These major divisions are discussed relative to specific purposes, organization, materials, and…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Corrective Reading, Curriculum Guides, Developmental Reading
Artley, A. Sterl – 1968
Information from more than 180 research studies reported during the last decade is presented on (1) secondary school reading achievement, (2) status factors related to growth in reading, (3) progress of reading instruction, (4) instructional procedures, (5) student reading interests, and (6) secondary reading personnel preparation. The research…
Descriptors: Individualized Reading, Instructional Materials, Programed Instruction, Reading Ability
Shelton, Dick – 1973
A study of the literature on reading can introduce teachers to current methods for improving reading instruction. One current approach is the individualized reading program, in which children read trade books; such a program is built around individual conferences devoted to the accomplishment of individual objectives. A second approach, the…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, College Programs, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education
Spencer, Gary D. – 1970
A program designed to provide instruction in fundamental English, mathematics, science, and reading skills to 200 students entering college under a federally supported open enrollment plan is described. The program began as a 6-weeks summer program aimed at diagnosing needs of students and offering them assistance with reading and study skills…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Admission, College Freshmen, College Programs
Moore, Paula; Lysy, Daria C.; Bamford, Rosemary; Cook, Laura – 1999
In an effort to discover how Maine schools are operating their Reading Recovery (RR) programs, Maine Reading Recovery teachers provided information related to school-level implementation. Although completion of the Maine data forms was optional, three-fourths of the 346 Maine RR teachers completed the forms. Two types of implementation data were…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Early Intervention, Grade 1, High Risk Students
