After a brief discussion of the problems and defects of junior college remedial or compensatory English programs, the need for adequately trained teachers for these programs is considered. The major areas essential to the training of such teachers are identified as (1) training in English, including oral language and linguistic studies and a broad…

This report presented the final evaluation of a Bilingual-Bicultural Program in a community school in the Bronx, grades one through six. The project was designed to increase the spoken English language comprehension of elementary school age children who were found to be below the 20th percentile on the Language Assessment Battery. Ten educational…

A four year study was made of the effectiveness of a chemistry preparatory course (Chemistry 51) on students' success in general chemistry (Chemistry 1A-1B) in the three colleges of the San Mateo County Community College District (California). Data indicated: (1) approximately 60% of the students enrolled in Chemistry 51 completed the course, and…

The intent of this annual conference is to provide a medium of exchange for practitioners in the field, with each person acting as a resource person for the others. To provide topical focuses, two presentations were made: Dr. Joan Roloff discussed "The Place of the Learning Center in Remedial/Compensatory Education in Community Colleges," and Dr.…

Career education is a vehicle which can capitalize on the interests of learning disabled students and, at the same time, show the relevance of academic skills. Project SELECT (Special Education Learning Experiences for Career Training), funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title III, was implemented in order to develop a…

This paper is concerned with the commitment of urban schools to human development goals. The urban school systems examined here are represented by localities with populations above 100,000 in each of the states on the eastern seaboard from Virginia to Florida. The vehicle for examining the relationship of school systems to human development goals…

The dissemination to schools of information about effective projects has been inadequate to bring about widespread replications. The purpose of this research was to test the feasibility of Project Information Packages (PIPs) as a means of widespread dissemination of effective programs. The study assumed that a project could be packaged with…

The document evaluates Navy Group Four personnel gains in basic arithmetic skills after taking experimental courses in linear measurement and recipe conversion. Categorized as Mental Group Four by receiving scores from the 10th to the 30th percentile of the Armed Forces Qualification Test, trainees received instruction tailored to the level of…

The authors offer remedial techniques which might help counselors to deal with children with learning disabilities. Ninety-five percent of children with learning disabilities suffer difficulties in the visual and auditory modalities. Children with visual problems may experience difficulties in visual discrimination, visual-motor coordination and…

A study was conducted to determine the academic and behavioral growth of 50 learning disabled students (in grades 2-5) who participated in a teacher-consultant program for 1 year. As part of the program, the consultant provided remedial instruction, visited the regular teachers to monitor and evaluate the work of special students, shared…

This report is the result of an evaluation of the Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I programs operated in the Maui District Schools, at the request of the State of Hawaii Department of Education. The evaluation was based on examinations of written documents, i.e., component project proposals, the analysis of achievement test results and…

Volume I of the St. Louis Public Schools evaluation report on programs, projects, services and activities funded in whole or in part under Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I is organized into Two Parts. Part One, Evaluation of Total Title I Program, presents the completed evaluation forms. Part Two, focuses on the Evaluation of Title I…

The learning center is an integrated, fully-coordinated facility, combining a number of traditional library, media development, and personalized learning functions. Conceptualizing the learning center is facilitated through a description of the premises for such a center, the components, and guidelines for developing a learning center. De Anza…

The Texarkana Dropout Prevention Program is an educational innovation in which (1) a private company was placed under contract to set up special, remedial instruction in the public schools, and (2) the company was to be paid according to the results produced under a performance contract. Dorsett Educational Systems operated six rapid learning…

The Expanded Language Arts program aimed to increase the basic language skills of educationally disadvantaged children by decreasing class size and improving instructional materials. Students were drawn from a low income inner-city area of Buffalo and ranged in age from 11 to 19 years (grades 7-12). Fifty percent of the students spoke a Southern…