Observer's ratings of teachers of interracial sixth grade classrooms are related to their pupils' academic growth, self-concept, and interracial friendship behavior. (Author/AG)

Low-income fifth and sixth graders who had completed the full three years of a first- through third-grade Direct Instruction Follow Through program were tested. Students appeared to retain the knowledge and problem-solving skills they had mastered in the primary grades. (Author/BW)

The effects of computer-assisted instruction (CAI) on basic skills achievement and attitudes toward instruction were compared for two groups of third- through sixth-grade Spanish-speaking migrant children. Results indicated that students who used CAI had greater achievement gains, but students in the non-CAI program had more favorable attitudes…

The implications that cognitive approaches to the study of reading can have for the assessment of reading achievement are discussed. Research in word decoding, semantic access, sentence processing, and discourse analysis is summarized with emphasis on processing efficiency required in one area affecting performance in another area. (Author/CM)