The neurological impress approach to remedial reading was investigated in a spring session involving 20 children and in a summer session involving 24 children. Children ranging in age from 7 to 14 were paired according to age and intelligence and then were assigned randomly to experimental or control treatments. All were at least a year behind in…

The effects of an extended, individualized reading program on vocabulary, comprehension, and total reading skills were investigated in a sample of 39 underachieving, black seventh-grade pupils. No significant differences were found between experimental groups and control groups on any of the measures of reading achievement, but the experimental,…

This report discusses the fourth year of a remedial reading program for disadvantaged second-through-fourth-grade pupils. Separate sections deal with program goals and objectives; selection of participants; reading resource centers; measurement and analysis of reading achievement, self-concept attitudes toward reading, attendance, and parental…

Since July 1971, the Educational Testing Service has planned and conducted a study of compensatory reading programs in United States public schools. This document, an addendum to the final report for phase two of the study, includes a discussion of the relationship of classroom observations and effectiveness in the phase two sample of noteworthy…

Since July 1971, the Educational Testing Service has planned and conducted a study of compensatory reading programs in United States public schools. This document, an addendum to the final report for phase two of the study, focuses on the reclassification (according to funding) of the 92 schools originally categorized as unclassifiable, reporting…

This report describes the results and methods of analysis in a study of reading program costs undertaken as part of a large-scale evaluation of compensatory reading programs. Using a resource approach to program-cost analysis developed for this study, costs were estimated for over 2,000 classes. The cost model provided a convenient and consistent…

Several traits were measured in dyslexic and normal children: self-concept, achievement motivation, general manifest anxiety, test anxiety, and behavior deviance. Dyslexic children showed poorer personality adjustment; those dyslexic children who were successful in remedial training showed better emotional adjustment. Implications for remediation…

The Baltimore Learning Center is designed to provide functionally illiterate adults with the basic skills they need to compete for jobs. The Center's success is largely due to PLATO (Programmed Logic for Automated Teaching Operations), a computer-aided instruction system that lets the student work at his own pace. (MF)

This paper presents a case study of a skills development program for so-called high-risk students. The "Systems Approach to Learning Resources" summer course stressed analytical and verbal skills development, while serving a complementary and integrative role with the other summer courses. (Author)

Reports on a study of the reading strategies of 14 black adult college students who were nonproficient readers; compares results with those from earlier studies of children's reading strategies. Offers suggestions for remedial reading courses at the college level. (TJ)

Describes the development at Jefferson Community College of a method for identifying students with insufficient cognitive skills for success in nonmajor biology courses, and for improving these skills in remedial programs which have no relation to course material. (TP)

Cites the need for remedial courses in writing at the college level. (MKM)

The purpose of this proficiency legislation is to create a public dialogue regarding high school graduation standards, restore meaning to the high school diploma, and ensure that students who have difficulty with basic skills receive appropriate instruction. (Author/IRT)

The author takes the position that the use of a diagnostic-remedial model to provide special education services to the "mildly handicapped" is often inappropriate. (Author)

Discusses dropping out from a historical and theoretical perspective. Suggests that although the sociocultural context in which schools operate has changed drastically, the solutions sought to educational problems attempt to re-create the good schools of the 1950s. Notes specific areas where school change has not kept pace with social change,…