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Download full textJohnson, Charmaine D. – 2000
The Exit Skills Summer Learning Academies of the Detroit Public Schools, Michigan, were created to provide additional instruction to students in kindergarten and grades one through five who did not master specific objectives during the regular school year. A total of 174 schools participated in the 1998-1999 Exit Skills Summer Learning Academies,…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students
Tompkins, Leroy J. – 1982
The 1981 Basic Skills Summer School Program in Montgomery County, Maryland public schools provided intensive remedial instruction in reading, writing, and mathematics to pupils who scored very low on national standardized achievement tests. An evaluation of the program's effects found that (1) over all, participating students in grades 4-8 scored…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Attendance, Basic Skills, Elementary Education
Knight, Michael E. – 1979
The Summer Program objectives were to increase pupil competency by providing remedial and corrective instruction in reading and mathematics for children who were likely to be held back, needed strengthening in basic skills, or were one or more years below grade level in reading or math achievement. Eight elementary and junior high schools…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Compensatory Education
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1982
Students of the Austin (Texas) Independent School District who had been in first through sixth grade and had been retained at some point in their school careers were eligible to attend the 1982 summer school for retainees. A total of 1,193 students were enrolled for at least part of the summer school, with a 94 percent attendance rate for the days…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Observation Techniques, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Education
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1983
The Austin (TX) Independent School District presents its second report to the Texas Education Agency concerning the Summer School Pilot 1983. It contains a final report summary, a teacher checklist, and an observation followup. The report summary includes the following major findings: (1) retainees who attended summer school and those who did not…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Check Lists, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education
Austin Independent School District, TX. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1983
Students of the Austin (Texas) Independent School procedures, and results District who had been in first through sixth grade during 1982-83 and were recommended for retention at the end of the year were eligible to attend the 1983 summer school for retainees. The program was designed to provide additional basic skills instruction so that retainees…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Classroom Observation Techniques, Elementary Education, Grade Repetition
Wiener, Harvey S.; Everson, Howard T. – 1988
The results of the City University of New York's 1988 Prefreshman Summer Program are presented, noting that the program provides small group instruction, peer tutoring, and counseling in an effort to offer both effective instruction in one or more of the basic skills of reading, writing, and mathematics and to facilitate students' transition from…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Basic Skills, College Applicants, College Bound Students
