The Louisiana State Department of Education (LSDE) competency-based education and accountability effort includes, as an integral component, a Compensatory/Remedial Education Program. The primary purpose of the program is to provide special instruction to those students who fail -- or, who are at risk to fail -- to meet the state's minimum…

The paper examines practices and procedures that are seen as contributory to disproportionate placement of Black and Hispanic students in special education programs and discusses various components of the Boston Public School's Remedial Plan. Practices and procedures critical in disproportionate placement are seen to include biased assessment,…

THIS GUIDE FOR SETTING UP REMEDIAL READING PROGRAMS IN IDAHO SCHOOLS EMPHASIZES THE IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTING READING DIFFICULTIES. THE GUIDE MAINTAINS THAT WHILE A REMEDIAL READING PROGRAM PRIMARILY DIAGNOSES READING DIFFICULTIES AND PROVIDES THE NECESSARY REMEDIAL TREATMENT, THE PROGRAM ALSO SUPPLEMENTS THE REGULAR CLASSROOM READING PROGRAM. TO…

A REVIEW OF 20 DOCUMENTS IN THE ERIC CLEARINGHOUSE FOR JUNIOR COLLEGE INFORMATION WAS THE BASIS FOR THIS REPORT ON REMEDIAL INSTRUCTION. MOST JUNIOR COLLEGES, HAVING AN "OPEN DOOR" ADMISSION POLICY, ARE ENROLLING INCREASING NUMBERS OF LOW ABILITY STUDENTS, AND ACCEPT REMEDIATION AS A LEGITIMATE FUNCTION. WHILE REMEDIAL PROGRAMS ARE COMMON AMONG…

THE TOWN OF BATAVIA, ILLINOIS, EXPERIMENTED WITH A PLAN FOR TRAINING ITS OWN READING TEACHERS. FORMER TEACHERS AND OTHER WELL-QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY WERE HIRED TO TEACH 2 TO 4 DAYS EACH WEEK. DURING THE PRESCHOOL PLANNING DAYS, THE SPECIAL READING TEACHERS (ONE FOR EACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL) MET WITH THE READING COORDINATOR TO…

This introduction to the Reading Instruction and Pupil Personnel Services (RIPPS) reading program briefly describes the program, which treats reading difficulties as a possible causal factor in a child's lack of progress in school, or as a symptom of other social, emotional, or physical problems that adversely affect the child. The introduction…

The purpose of this paper is to summarize for educational practitioners the progress made in identifying existing reading and mathematics remediation programs that might be appropriate for use in Kentucky schools. The information provided includes: (1) a description of the process used to obtain information about remediation programs currently in…

The purpose of this dissertation was to identify the effects of the educational science of cognitive style as an aid for teachers of educationally disadvantaged college students. The concept that was investigated was whether teachers, who had a variety of learning methods available to teach reading and mathematics to college freshmen could improve…

Scholarship and persistence statistics for low-aptitude students in the developmental studies program include: (1) a comparison of the fall 1967 developmental students' grades with the grades for those remaining in spring 1968 and taking regular college classes; (2) the spring 1968 grades in each subject for these same students, and a comparison…

By historical precedent and state legislation, community colleges are and will continue to be open-door colleges. They are properly viewed as the means of providing educational opportunity for all, including the low achiever. The open-door policy, however, will be valid only if students can achieve their goals. Their success will determine whether…

The first two phases of the EAU Claire County Youth Study were concerned with the relationships between classroom behavior and various facets of the child's family life. Phase II took two forms: (1) a major longitudinal evaluation of the relationships among classroom aggression, social adjustment, subsequent academic achievement, and juvenile…

This study of the Basic Skills Program (to prepare the student for enrollment in a regular course) was undertaken by the Student Service Center at the request of the Language Arts and Mathematics Departments. Its objectives were to examine (1) performance of students in the program, (2) student-measured achievement after one semester, and (3)…

Causal priorities between word meaning ability and paragraph meaning ability were examined in three types of readers across a period of nine months. Subjects were 180 pupils in seventh and eighth grade. They were categorized by relative performance in word and paragraphs meaning into three groups defined as "balanced," and "word dominant," and…

A cost analysis of the developmental education program on the North Campus of Florida Junior College at Jacksonville revealed that in the 1972/1973 fiscal year the special credit courses offered for remedial students cost over 80 percent more than regular credit courses. Among the developmental courses offered (English, reading, mathematics, and…