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Mason, Pamela A. – 1981
The reading program of the Reading Public Schools encompasses skills which facilitate reading a wide variety of materials, reading as a source of enjoyment, and reading as a lifelong activity. The goals for each student address word recognition skills, comprehension, reading skills needed to function in society, reading skills for individual…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Reading, Program Evaluation, Reading Achievement
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1976
The 1973 statewide (Maryland) educational accountability plan, for which this report was compiled, called for the development and establishment of statewide and local goals in reading, writing, and mathematics; a comprehensive and uniform statewide testing program; procedures for collecting data on student, home, community, and school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Cognitive Processes, Criterion Referenced Tests
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1978
The 1973 statewide (Maryland) educational accountability plan, for which this report was compiled, called for the development and establishment of statewide and local goals in reading, writing, and mathematics; a comprehensive and uniform statewide testing program; procedures for collecting data on student, home, community, and school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests
Maryland State Dept. of Education, Baltimore. – 1977
The 1973 statewide (Maryland) educational accountability plan, for which this report was compiled, called for the development and establishment of statewide and local goals in reading, writing, and mathematics; a comprehensive and uniform statewide testing program; procedures for collecting data on student, home, community, and school…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Achievement Tests, Criterion Referenced Tests
Jefferson County Board of Education, Louisville, KY. – 1979
Through the Jefferson County Adult Reading Project, 293 students functioning at a 3.9 reading level and below attended reading classes. Test results demonstrated the growth in educational advancement while retention rates and growing enrollment showed other measures of success in the project components. The Word Identification, Word Attack, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Enrollment
Jefferson County Board of Education, Louisville, KY. – 1980
Through the 1979-80 Jefferson County Adult Reading Project, 508 students functioning at a 5.9 reading level and below attended reading classes. Test results demonstrated the growth in educational advancement while retention rates and growing enrollment showed other measures of success in the project components. Recruitment techniques used were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Reading Programs, Enrollment
Fairbanks, Marilyn M.; Elliott, Mary K. – 1979
A study was conducted focusing on three aspects of a developmental English program in which underprepared freshmen were able to earn regular composition credit while receiving additional help in both reading and writing. An examination of the scores on the Iowa Silent Reading Test compared to scores on two writing tests was made and some…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Content Area Reading, English Instruction, Functional Reading
Download full textLore, Rosemary; Chamberlain, Ed – 1987
Intended to assist underachieving high school pupils in improving their reading and communication skills, the Secondary Developmental Reading Program in the Columbus, Ohio Public Schools, emphasized literacy survival skills and reached 809 pupils in grades 9 and 10 in 13 senior high schools during the 1986-87 school year. The program used…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Functional Reading
Lore, Rosemary; Chamberlain, Ed – 1987
The 1986-87 Compensatory Language Experiences and Reading Program (CLEAR) of the Columbus, Ohio Public Schools was implemented to provide assistance to selected underachieving pupils in grades one through eight so that they might attain more fully their potential for and improvement in language and reading skills. The program featured individual…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
Lashof, Judith R. – 1992
The Vermont Institute for Self Reliance (VISR) conducted a Basic Educational Skills for Training (BEST) program, a national demonstration project in workplace literacy, from April 1990 to March 1992. BEST provided learner-centered, context-based literacy instruction onsite, on company time, at two General Electric (GE) Aircraft Engines Rutland…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills
