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Download full textRoueche, John E. – 1984
By the late 1960s, the most offered courses in American community colleges were remedial reading, remedial writing, and remedial arithmetic. The success of the early efforts in community colleges was marginal at best, as is evidenced by a 1968 study indicating that nearly 90 percent of all remedial students failed or dropped out of remedial…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Needs, Educational Practices
Lore, Rosemary; Chamberlain, Ed – 1989
Intended to improve language and reading skills of selected underachieving students, the 1988-89 Compensatory Language Experiences and Reading Program (CLEAR) of the Columbus, Ohio, public schools served 4,902 pupils in grades 1-8 in 102 schools. The program featured individual and small group instruction arranged according to pupil needs, as well…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education
Washington State Board for Community Coll. Education, Seattle. Research and Planning Office. – 1990
A statistical overview is provided of trends in course enrollments and student characteristics in the Washington community colleges. The report considers data related to total course enrollments; full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment in academic, vocational, and basic skills programs; state-supported FTE's by college; headcount and FTE enrollment…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Enrollment Influences
Morrow, Daniel Hibbs; And Others – 1987
This study evaluates a 1-year, pre-vocational intervention--Project OASES (Occupational and Academic Skills for the Employment of Students)--for at-risk middle school students in the Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania) Public School District. The study sample consisted of 502 former participants and 148 active participants (1988-1989 school year) plus…
Descriptors: Attendance Patterns, Comparative Testing, Dropout Rate, Enrollment
Morris, Cathy; Belcher, Marcia J. – 1990
In 1990, a study was conducted at Florida's Miami-Dade Community College (MDCC) to identify institutional factors that predict pass rates on the College-Level Academic Skills Test (CLAST). Statewide results of the October 1989 administration of the CLAST were used for the study, including the scores of all students who indicated that they had…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Enrollment Trends
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Higher Education Opportunity Programs. – 1989
This report reviews the activities of the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) for disadvantaged students at the independent colleges and universities of New York State. HEOP provides supportive services to eligible students, including pre-freshman summer work; remedial, developmental, and supportive courses; tutoring; and counseling. HEOP…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Programs, Compensatory Education, Economically Disadvantaged
Stocky, Rosemarie – 1987
Outlining an alternative to the basic English classes that segregate slower learning students from their peers, this booklet describes the English Skills Program for ninth graders at Parkway North High School in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Following an introduction explaining the origins of the program, the first two sections describe the program's…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, English Curriculum, High Schools, Individualized Instruction
Brophy, Donald A. – 1984
A study was conducted in fall 1981 and spring 1982 to determine whether participation in selected components of Sierra College's (California) comprehensive student development program had a positive effect on student retention among first-time day students. The study focused on individualized counseling-advising appointments; personal development…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Counseling Effectiveness, Developmental Studies Programs, Dropout Characteristics
North Carolina State Dept. of Public Instruction, Raleigh. Div. of Support Programs. – 1986
The in-school suspension program, an integral aspect of a comprehensive dropout prevention program, insures the opportunity for high-risk students to achieve minimum competencies as outlined in North Carolina's Basic Education Program standards for student performance. Accordingly, the purpose of this program guide is to provide assistance to…
Descriptors: Educational Facilities Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, High Risk Students
Solomon, Henry; And Others – 1987
In 1985-86, after five years of implementation, the New York City (New York) Public Schools transferred responsibility for the Promotional Policy Program to the community school district. This report provides information about the success of the remedial reading program under this new organization in terms of student outcomes. Promotional…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Board of Education Policy, Educational Assessment, Elementary Education
Lore, Rosemary; Chamberlain, Ed – 1988
Intended to improve language and reading skills of selected underachieving students, the 1987-88 Compensatory Language Experiences and Reading Program (CLEAR) of the Columbus, Ohio, public schools served 4109 pupils in grades 1-8 in 94 schools. The program featured individual and small group instruction arranged according to pupil needs, as well…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Education
Mohite, Prerana – 1983
The aims of the study summarized in this document were to develop a viable classroom instruction program of reading and writing for elementary school children of standards (grades) 1 and 2 who faced difficulties in learning to read and write. Specific steps included: (1) developing a quick and easily administered screening device to identify…
Descriptors: Developing Nations, Elementary School Students, Foreign Countries, Grade 2
Washington State Board for Community Coll. Education, Olympia. – 1988
A statistical overview is provided of trends in course enrollments and student characteristics in the Washington community colleges. The report considers data related to: total course enrollments; full-time equivalent (FTE) enrollment in academic, vocational, and basic skills programs; state-supported FTE's by college; headcount and FTE enrollment…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges, Enrollment Influences
Pennsylvania State Dept. of Education, Harrisburg. – 1985
Pennsylvania Governor Dick Thornburgh initiated an education reform package, "Turning the Tide: An Agenda for Excellence in Pennsylvania Public Schools" in October 1983. The statewide competency testing program which followed was "Testing for Essential Learning and Literacy Skills (TELLS), and it tested reading and mathematics…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Grade 3, Grade 5, Grade 8
Sigurdson, Sol E. – 1982
Second-year results of the Block Plan, initiated in the seventh grade of a large junior high school in Alberta, Canada in 1980, indicate that the program is successful. The Block Plan uses the concept of a pair of teachers being assigned to two classes for the homeroom period plus four academic core courses--language arts/social science and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Cooperative Planning, Flexible Scheduling, Foreign Countries
