This is an evaluation of a Title VII Bilingual/Bicultural Program that was conducted at a New York City high school in l979-l980. The program served Spanish speaking students. A demographic analysis of the school's neighborhood and a discussion of participating students' characteristics are provided. The program description outlines the project's…

THE FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS, PEER RELATIONS, PERSONAL VALUES, AND ATTITUDES WHICH DISTINGUISH BETTER FROM POORER READERS, AND TEACHER CHARACTERISTICS RELATED TO IMPROVEMENT OR DECLINE IN READING ABILITY BETWEEN THIRD AND SIXTH GRADE TESTING POINTS, WERE INVESTIGATED. INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED WITH 705 6TH, 8TH, 10TH AND 12TH GRADE STUDENTS WHO WERE…

THIS BIBLIOGRAPHY WAS PREPARED FOR CONSULTANTS WHO SERVE OEO MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARM WORKER PROGRAMS. THE FIRST SECTION PERTAINS TO CURRICULUM MATERIALS AND INCLUDES (1) READING AND LANGUAGE, (2) ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE, (3) SOCIAL STUDIES, (4) MATHEMATICS, (5) VOCATIONAL, AND (6) CHILDREN'S SERIES. THE SECOND PART IS A LIST OF TESTING…

FOURTEEN MASTER'S THESES ON READING AND FOUR ON THE EDUCATION OF THE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED COMPLETED AT THE CARDINAL STRITCH COLLEGE, MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, IN 1966 ARE SUMMARIZED IN VOLUME 8 IN A SERIES OF RESEARCH ABSTRACTS. THE READING STUDIES--DEALING WITH KINDERGARTEN, ELEMENTARY, SECONDARY, AND ADULT STUDENTS--ARE FOCUSED ON READINESS TESTING…

The last of eight related documents, this monograph describes the process for selecting students for the Reading Instruction and Pupil Personnel Services (RIPPS) program. The Title I guidelines for educationally deprived children are outlined, and the selection score criteria for kindergarten, grade one, grades two through four, and grades five…

Offered as a guide to the teaching of reading and the development of reading skills, this publication provides information on assessment, teaching methods, and published resource materials and is directed to elementary school teachers and reading specialists. The ten chapters include information on the stages of reading, reading readiness, the…

Six reading textbook series and two standardized reading tests were examined for their uses of 16 syntax structures and the sequential patterns of increasing complexity of syntax structures within each series. Results were as follows: although the series showed overall increases in complexity across the six grades, the increases were not…

A REMEDIAL READING INSTRUCTION PROJECT TO IMPROVE THE SKILLS OF HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS IS EVALUATED. CENTERS WERE ESTABLISHED AT THREE SITES TO SERVE 750 DROPOUTS REFERRED BY VARIOUS COMMUNITY AGENCIES. THE PROJECT WAS STAFFED BY SIX REMEDIAL READING TEACHERS, SEVEN COMMUNITY AIDES, AND ONE LIAISON WORKER. INDIVIDUALIZED INSTRUCTION USING A VARIETY…

PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS, DESCRIPTIONS OF PROCEDURES, AND SAMPLES OF RECORDS, LESSON PLANS, EXERCISES, TEST ITEMS, AND ACTIVITIES ARE INCLUDED IN THIS GUIDE FOR BEGINNING TEACHERS. THE GUIDE IS ORGANIZED UNDER THE FOLLOWING CHAPTER TITLES -- (1) LEARNING ABOUT THE CHILD, (2) CLASS ORGANIZATION, (3) BECOMING ACQUAINTED WITH MATERIALS, (4) GETTING…

As part of a two-year project that examined the processes by which children initially approach the reading task, a screening test was designed to aid in the selection of the four kindergarten children who were to participate in the project. Consisting of seven parts, the test asked each child to do the following tasks: write his/her name; isolate…

Two bills concerning national reading programs were the subjects of a hearing held in Washington, D. C. on November 13, 1975, by the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary, and Vocational Education of the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of Representatives. H. R. 9048 is a bill to provide federal assistance for the distribution of…

As an evolving program of action research, this Project for Adult Literacy focused on the complex problems of adult illiteracy and its mitigation in a major urban community (Boston, Massachusetts). It was undertaken to teach reading; assess the use of volunteers in adult literacy education; evaluate two reading methods for use with adult…

In developing a model to utilize simulation techniques for assigning remedial reading to children, 100 third graders in a St. Paul, Minnesota, school district were placed in 16 remedial classes at 12 schools under the supervision of seven experienced remedial reading teachers. All of the subjects had scored 90 or above on a group IQ test and were…

This study was designed to determine (1) the relevance of a child's "language map"--his expressed attitude toward reading as developed by early experiences with reading material and oral reading--to his potential reading achievement and (2) the accuracy of a previously developed instrument for measuring the "language map" and thus the semantic…

A detailed analysis was made of 600,000 New York City school children in grades 2 through 6 to ascertain the effects of nonschool periods (vacations) on reading and word knowledge. The Metropolitan Achievement Test was administered to the children in September and April of 2 school years, 1965-1966 and 1966-1967. The schools involved were divided…