The South Australian Education Department introduced the School Entry Assessment (SEA) Policy in 2001 to help teachers assess young learners and plan relevant learning events, to help collect information about South Australian education from Pre-School to Year 3, and to facilitate collaboration within and between educational and social…

The report presents evaluation data on a program to provide remedial reading instruction to eligible handicapped students in public and nonpublic schools. Students received individualized, diagnostic prescriptive instruction from a program remediation team consisting of a reading teacher and paraprofessional assistant, as well as from their…

An instructional model for improving reading skills of poor readers is described and progress data of mildly handicapped elementary and secondary students are reported. The approach includes curricular assessment and placement in lower levels of classroom curricula, direct instruction in deficit skills areas, data-based instruction, repeated…

This program was designed to improve reading and mathematics achievement by directing intervention toward diagnosed deficiencies in these areas. Two thousand thirty-five students in grades one through nine participated in the reading component. Diagnostic-prescriptive teaching approaches were implemented in both components with an emphasis on…

The document contains technical papers on the Pilot Models for Mainstreaming Students with Behavior Disorders project which served 124 secondary students. The first paper presents the results of a factor analysis of the Student Referral Form used in the project which revealed six basic factors (socialization, anxiety, authority, activity level,…

The Children's Art Carnival (C.A.C) is a community arts organization founded in Harlem in 1969. The organization aims to improve the language skills of pupils with low academic achievement through intensive participation in creative arts activities. In 1983-84, the program served 305 second, third, and fourth graders from eight schools in…

Five hundred twenty-six second through sixth graders were identified as needing supplementary reading instruction, their specific needs were diagnosed, and intensive prescriptive instruction was provided. A lab oriented learning center environment was prescribed which included a listening/viewing center, a decoding center, a game center, a library…

The Program for Reading Success was designed to improve the reading skills for first through ninth graders identified as being in need of remediation. Funding was supplied by Title I and Impact Aid. The program served 1,320 students and employed 22 teachers. Teachers gave individualized and small group instruction based on an intensive diagnostic…

The District 6 program for Pupils with Special Educational Needs (PSEN) was designed to provide (1) supplementary reading instruction to English speakers, and (2) bilingual instruction and reading skills, including English as a Second Language (ESL), to Spanish and Greek speakers. A total of 3,856 kindergarten through third grade children and 227…

The Reading Strategy Project in Cleveland, Ohio, is designed to assist upper elementary school pupils who have deficits in basic reading skills as reflected in performance on city-wide reading tests. The project design is based on an "in-class model" in which the reading strategy teacher and the classroom teacher work as an instructional…

This report presents 1979-80 evaluation findings of the Non-Public Schools Learning Resource Center, in Detroit, Michigan. The center, funded by Title I, provided diagnostic/prescriptive-learning techniques to 1,400 students (in 27 non-public schools) who had learning difficulties in mathematics and reading. The first section of the report…

Based on observations of all Title I reading teachers participating in the Program for Optional Assignment in District 20K, Brooklyn, New York, this report summarizes the program's policies, practices, and student achievement results. The program proposal called for assigning special reading teachers to work with second through ninth grade…

Seven programs funded under Title I Umbrella and Impact Aid and carried out in elementary and intermediate/junior high schools of District 24, Queens, New York, are described in this report. The programs are: (1) Strengthened Basic Skills Program; (2) Diagnosis and Treatment of Reading Disabilities; (3) Diagnostic/Prescriptive Mathematics Program;…

The results of a study in applied educational psycholinguistics are presented. The project used a theoretical model of communicative competence to develop testing techniques for diagnosing levels of ability in functional language skills, and to develop training techniques to promote the acquisition of speaking and listening skills among elementary…

The Pupil Adjustment Project (PAP) in the Cleveland Public Schools is designed to develop basic social and academic skills among kindergarten pupils exhibiting special needs (but not identified as learning disabled or developmentally handicapped). The highly individualized instructional model involves extensive diagnosis, places strong emphasis on…