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Lidstone, John, Comp. – 1979
This booklet contains a description of Reading Improvement Through the Arts, a prototype program funded by the Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I that was developed and implemented in the state of New York. The Reading Improvement Through the Arts (RITA) program is described as an alternative way to reach previously unreachable pupils. The…
Descriptors: Art, Art Education, Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education
Duncan, Margaret Haynes – 1975
The purpose of this study was to investigate the comparative efficiency of three summer programs in helping junior high school boys increase their reading ability. The study compared the alternatives of methods typically used in remedial reading programs, a content area program, and one which simply provided personal reinforcement. Each sample…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Junior High School Students, Males, Reading Ability
Download full textWurster, Stanley R. – 1974
The basic purpose of this project was to improve the reading achievement of educationally disadvantaged students, but improvement was also anticipated in the areas of self-reliance, feelings of self-worth, attitudes toward reading, and attendance. The 142 subjects (56 second graders, 50 third graders, and 36 fourth graders) attended one of the…
Descriptors: Attendance, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Reading Achievement
Grant, Eugene B. – 1969
The respective roles of remedial, corrective, and developmental reading relative to the high school reading program are delineated. The following reasons for reluctance in introducing secondary reading programs are noted: (1) the shortage of trained people to organize the program, (2) the lack of adequate financing, (3) a limited view of the…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Corrective Reading, Developmental Reading, Inservice Teacher Education
Schiffman, Gilbert B. – 1969
Greatest emphasis should be placed on the developmental and preventive aspects of the reading program, and the talents, skills, and responsibilities of the reading specialist should be redirected. At present too much time is spent by reading specialists in remediation work. To combat this and to work toward a total language arts program the author…
Descriptors: Day Programs, Inservice Teacher Education, Language Arts, Preservice Teacher Education
New York Univ., NY. Center for Field Research and School Services. – 1972
This report includes evaluations of four New York City school district educational projects funded under Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965. The Intensive Reading Program offered concentrated, individual reading instruction to needy open enrollment children as well as some indistrict pupils. The program's objectives…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Ecology, Environmental Education, Individualized Instruction
National Center for Educational Communication (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC. – 1971
The Thomasville City School District offers an 8-weeks summer program for students in grades 1 through 6. The program consists of individualized and small group instruction, with an emphasis on improving reading skills. Areas covered include vocabulary, comprehension, oral and written expression, and basic arithmetic. Evan though the program's…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Individualized Instruction
Bravo, Anne – 1970
The objectives of the program were to provide reading remediation and curriculum enrichment through the use of audiovisual resources and to train teachers in using new instructional media and developing new instructional techniques. The program was coordinated by a full-time teacher with the help of one paraprofessional assistant in each…
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Instruction, Curriculum Enrichment, Interviews
Rhodes-Kline, Anne K. – 1996
Information gained from program evaluation for Reading Recovery (RR) in Maine is used to continually improve implementation of the program, as well as to generate additional evaluation questions. This report summarizes statewide findings about the program based on data from the 1995-96 school year. The report is organized topically into brief…
Descriptors: Early Intervention, Grade 1, High Risk Students, Literacy
Meyer, Linda A. – 1983
The Direct Instruction Follow Through program of enhanced instruction for children in kindergarten through grade 3 was introduced in 1968 in schools serving disadvantaged students in 180 communities throughout the United States. To determine the long-term effects of the program, a study compared the performance of the first three cohorts of Follow…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Research
Newport-Mesa Unified School District, Newport Beach, CA. – 1982
Now in the 17th year of operation, this project is a laboratory program designed to provide remedial instruction to improve the achievement in reading and/or mathematics skills of children who test in the lowest quartile in these areas. Classroom and laboratory teachers work closely together to identify potential program participants and formulate…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Diagnostic Teaching, Elementary Education, Elementary School Mathematics
Syropoulos, M. – 1981
An evaluation of the Learning Resource Center, a Title I diagnostic/prescriptive learning program designed to provide help for students with extreme learning difficulties in 26 nonpublic schools, is discussed in this paper. The first part of the paper is a synopsis of the program evaluation, including a summary of findings and subsequent…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Inservice Teacher Education, Learning Laboratories
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Reading Education. – 1977
Responses to a questionnaire sent to 768 public school districts in the state of New York form the basis of this report on current practices in reading education. Each district was asked to define the terms "developmental,""corrective," and "remedial," and to comment on the availability of programs that fit each of…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Class Size, Developmental Reading, Inservice Education
Jongsma, Eugene A. – 1981
This summary report describes the three-year Special Emphasis Project, a large federal program directed at preventing and correcting reading difficulties among elementary school children. Section one of the report provides a brief history of the project, with descriptions of its rationale, intent, major and specific provisions, and the controlled…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Federal Programs, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation
Calfee, Robert C., Ed.; Drum, Priscilla A., Ed. – 1979
This book examines the study of compensatory reading programs which was undertaken by the Educational Testing Service (ETS) at 537 schools, and presents the results in a format usable by administrators, legislators, and teachers. Chapters deal with the following topics: the compensatory reading survey; communities and schools; a profile of…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Educational Research, Elementary Education, Questionnaires
