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The Later Effects of Direct Instruction Follow Through: Preliminary Findings. Draft.

Gersten, Russell; Carnine, Douglas – 1983

The present study examines the impact of the Direct Instruction (DI) program on the high school careers of the economically disadvantaged students who participated in the DI model of Project Follow Through. The study involves six sites: East St. Louis; New York City; Flint, Michigan; Williamsburg County, South Carolina; and Uvalde, Texas. A…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Attendance Patterns, Compensatory Education

The Lasting Impact of the Direct Instruction Follow Through Program: Preliminary Findings of a Longitudinal Study of 1500 Students.

Gersten, Russell; And Others – 1984

Fifteen hundred high school students who had taken part in the Direct Instruction (DI) Follow Through Program in elementary school were studied to examine the impact of DI on their high school careers. Positive effects were found in each of the six sites studied. Two sites demonstrated positive effects in both achievement and graduation/dropout…

Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Dropout Rate, Economically Disadvantaged