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Padron, Eduardo J. – 1997
This memorandum reviews the implementation of new, state-mandated placement criteria at Florida's Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC). The first section focuses on placement criteria for degree-seeking students, indicating that MDCC uses scores on the Florida College Entry-Level Placement Test for making placement decisions in reading, writing,…
Descriptors: College Entrance Examinations, College Preparation, Community Colleges, Criteria
Allington, Richard L., Ed.; Walmsley, Sean A., Ed. – 1995
Responding to the growing consensus among researchers and educators that prevention of learning problems makes more sense than remediation, this book presents essays that suggest ways to improve literacy instruction for all children, particularly those who are at risk. Essays in the book discuss practical matters such as funding, curriculum,…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Cost Effectiveness, Early Intervention, Educational Change
Armstrong, Bill; Takahata, Gail – 1991
In the fall of 1988, a stratified sample of courses at City, Mesa, and Miramar colleges in the San Diego Community College District (California) were surveyed as part of a skills assessment research project. For classes into which students were placed on the basis of assessment test scores (in English writing and reading, and mathematics), student…
Descriptors: College English, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis, Mathematics
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. Div. of Human Resources. – 1992
A study of possible modifications to the Chapter 1 formula examined whether such change might better target the federal funds to the needs of low-achieving students in high poverty areas. The study used data from a national evaluation of Chapter 1. The data underwent a multiple regression analysis focusing on the relationship between low…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education
Chapter 1 Technical Assistance Center, Hampton, NH. Region A. – 1992
This publication reports on progress made regarding seven tasks of the Chapter 1 Technical Assistance Center (TAC) for Region A (Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, and Vermont). Chapter 1 is a federal program sponsoring remedial education projects nationwide. The TAC offers services…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Compensatory Education, Coordination, Disadvantaged Youth
Winfield, Linda F.; Hawkins, Randolph – 1993
This report analyzes the longitudinal effects of schoolwide Chapter 1 initiatives on student reading achievement in 40 elementary schools in a large urban school district. The analyses find that, compared to control students, first-graders in schoolwide projects showed no achievement effects, second-graders showed positive significant effects,…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Educationally Disadvantaged
Lange, Joseph E.; Fundis, Ronald J. – 1994
A study was conducted at Jefferson College, Hillsboro Campus, in Missouri, to determine the relationship between the characteristics of successful Learning Center students and their questionnaire responses on an entry survey and their final course grades. Jefferson College is a two-year, open admissions community college, and the college's…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Correlation, Grades (Scholastic), High Risk Students
Thomas, Rudy – 1986
To provide potential dropouts with increased opportunities for academic and social success and ensure school and community involvement, the Clinton County School District (Kentucky) has developed a comprehensive dropout prevention program emphasizing the assessment of student needs. This paper describes the program's purpose, target groups,…
Descriptors: Creative Teaching, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education, Low Income Counties
Fresno County Office of Education, Fresno, CA. – 1988
Migrant children who move constantly have trouble establishing a firm academic foundation. Poor readers experience problems in other learning situations, which in turn, have a marked impact on their self-esteem. The Early Reading Intervention program, a pilot project at San Joaquin Elementary School in Fresno County, California, targeted…
Descriptors: Grade 1, High Risk Students, Intervention, Migrant Children
Olson, Mary W.; and Others – 1988
A study was conducted to increase students' passing rates on the reading subtest of the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) by increasing their ability to answer reading items correctly, increasing their comprehension speed, and increasing their confidence in their test-taking abilities. Subjects were 27 students at Southwest Texas State…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Inferences, Reading Comprehension, Reading Improvement
Bean, Rita M.; And Others – 1989
A study investigated Chapter 1 students' activities and experiences during the time allocated to reading instruction. Subjects, 119 fourth and fifth grade students in a large city school system (66 subjects receiving remedial instruction in an in-class setting and 53 in a pullout setting), were observed systematically over a four-month period…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Research, Compensatory Education, Grade 4
1988
Millions of school children are currently at risk of academic failure; the potential costs to society are staggering. If the central factors causing a child's poor social adjustment can be addressed, both the rate of school failure and social service costs can be reduced. Attempting to control the school failure issue, the Wisconsin State…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, High Risk Students
Ast, Harley J. – 1987
Background information on Wascana Institute's (Regina, Saskatchewan) existing learning assistance programs is presented along with a proposal for a readily-accessible, one-stop learning assistance center (LAC) that will furnish the information and services underprepared adult learners require to achieve academic success. First, introductory…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Developmental Studies Programs, Foreign Countries, High Risk Students
Pomper, Marlene M.; Brown, Sandra – 1989
Written by instructors who not only accept but also elect the challenge of teaching basic skills classes in reading and writing to freshmen at the community college and technical college level, this paper examines, first, the basis for the pedagogy employed: the theoretical concepts and the actual students on which the teaching of developmental…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Basic Writing, Classroom Environment, Compensatory Education
Donaldson, William S. – 1989
This evaluation of a summer remedial education program found that a substantial number of clients demonstrated criterion-assessed growth. The 1989 Summer Academic Skills Achievement Program was funded by the Private Industry Council (PIC) of Franklin County (Ohio) through the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to provide JTPA clients from…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship, Federal Programs, High School Students
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