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Becker, Wesley C.; Gersten, Russell – 1981
The later effects of the Direct Instruction Follow Through program were assessed in five diverse sites in the United States. Low income fifth and sixth graders who had completed the full 3 years of this first through third-grade program were tested on the Metropolitan Achievement Test (MAT), Intermediate Level, and the Wide Range Achievement Test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arithmetic, Comparative Analysis, Decoding (Reading)
Pollock, John S. – 1991
The Early Literacy Program in the Columbus, Ohio public schools provided early intervention to underachieving first- and second-grade pupils who appeared unlikely to read and write successfully without additional reading instruction. The program featured small group instruction for 40-45 minutes daily. During 1990-91, 65 teachers served 1477…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Compensatory Education, Early Intervention, Emergent Literacy
Download full textHartford City Board of Education, CT. Research and Publication Dept. – 1966
This document describes two third- and ninth-grade experimental centers which were established to develop language competence and academic motivation in disadvantaged students in Hartford. Evaluation of the ninth-grade "Higher Horizons 100" center is presented. Composed of six staff members, the center provided intensive small-group…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Cultural Enrichment, Disadvantaged Youth, Grade 3
