An evaluation of mathematics programs in Allen County, Kentucky focused on the COMPS program. The main research questions were: (1) Was the COMPS mathematics program effective for grades seven and eight in terms of increasing mathematics achievement and being favorably evaluated by former students? and (2) Was the program equally effective at…

An innovative communication skills laboratory, created in 1971 at the middle school of the Greenburgh School District of New York State, focused on non-verbal communication, as well as the language arts and literature. The laboratory was designed to replace an English program that stigmatized low achievers and separated them from their peers. A…