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Download full textSherer, Jennifer Zoltners; Grunow, Alicia – Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 2010
The authors prepared this report after exploring programs using a 90-day cycle process borrowed from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). The IHI 90-day cycle scans activity in the field as a "quick way to research innovative ideas and assess their potential for advancing quality improvement". The goal was to "get under…
Descriptors: Remedial Mathematics, Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Instructional Innovation
Bulgakov-Cook, Dina – Wake County Public School System, 2010
NovaNET is a technology-based teacher-facilitated educational approach used at schools to support students at risk of not meeting graduation requirements to accrue credits in a variety of subjects. NovaNET contributes to the WCPSS goal of closing achievement gaps and creating opportunities for all students to graduate on time. In 2008-09, 38…
Descriptors: At Risk Students, Graduation Requirements, Achievement Gap, High Schools
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Direct linkShippen, Margaret E.; Reilly, Amysue; Dunn, Caroline – Journal of Direct Instruction, 2008
This study investigated the effects of two levels of intensity (one lesson per day or two lessons per day) of a spelling intervention on students at risk for school failure. A quasi-experimental group design with random assignment was used. Elementary-level participants (n = 39) enrolled in a 4-week summer remedial program progressed through the…
Descriptors: Spelling, Remedial Programs, At Risk Students, Spelling Instruction
What Works Clearinghouse, 2009
Summer Training and Education Program (STEP) is a summer employment, academic remediation, and life skills program intended to lower school dropout rates by reducing summer learning loss and preventing teen parenthood. The program is integrated into the federal summer jobs program and is offered during six-to-eight-week sessions in two consecutive…
Descriptors: Summer Programs, Temporary Employment, Remedial Programs, Daily Living Skills
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Research, Evaluation, and Assessment. – 1989
The 1989 New York City Pupils with Compensatory Educational Needs (PCEN) Summer Remediation Program met or exceeded each of its objectives. The program comprised basic skills and English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) courses, serving 12,785 students in 880 classes in the regular high schools and an unspecified number of students at 73 off-site…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, English (Second Language), High Schools
Tan, Norma – 1984
This report evaluates the 1984 Search for Elevation, Education & Knowledge (SEEK) prefreshman summer program at Baruch College, City University of New York (CUNY), and describes its curriculum, staffing, recruitment of students, and objectives. Ninety-four students were enrolled: 73.4% were 18 or 19 years old; 73.0% were women; 90.4% were…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Attendance Patterns, Educationally Disadvantaged, Higher Education
Tan, Norma – 1985
In 1984, 94 college freshmen attended the SEEK Prefreshman Summer Program at Baruch College in the city of New York. This program, held for six weeks during the summer prior to college, provided skills remediation, counseling, and financial aid to freshmen from educationally and economically disadvantaged backgrounds. Its goal was to improve…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Economically Disadvantaged, Educationally Disadvantaged
Donaldson, William S. – 1993
The Summer Academic Skills Enhancement Program (SASEP) was offered in June-August 1993 to provide Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) clients with the reading comprehension and language mechanics skills required for employment in entry-level positions. A total of 125 referred clients were enrolled into both of two remedial courses of study.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Grammar, Pretests Posttests
Silverman, Dorothy; Bank, Stanley – 1979
This document presents evaluations of summer Title I and Impact Aid reading, writing, and mathematics programs and their Parental Involvement component. The Title I and Impact Aid programs are briefly described as are the evaluation procedures, program activities, program materials, interviews with staff members, process evaluation findings, and…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation, Program Effectiveness
Albuquerque Public Schools, NM. – 1985
This report summarizes the findings of a 1985 study of the Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) summer school program. Statistics, charts and survey results provide a picture of the student population, school financial situation, course offerings, participant attitudes, etc. The APS summer school is self-supporting, but tuition is rising rapidly and…
Descriptors: Acceleration (Education), Attendance, Course Content, Course Selection (Students)
Hayes, LaMarian – 1985
An evaluation was conducted of the Atlanta Public Schools Sunclasses program, which was designed to reinforce basic reading and mathematics skills of retained or administratively placed students in grades 1-4, through 10 instructional television programs aired during a 6-week period in the summer of 1984. Supplementary activities implemented to…
Descriptors: Educational Television, Elementary Education, Learning Activities, Mathematics Instruction
Bildner, Beatrice; And Others – 1979
The Summer Umbrella Program was designed to provide remedial instruction to children with demonstrable needs in reading, mathematics, and English as a second language. Instruction functioned on an individual or small group basis, employing a flexible, eclectic, multi-modality methodology. The instructional design was diagnostic/prescriptive. Pre…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, English (Second Language), Junior High Schools
Torres, Marcia; Askins, William – 1990
This report evaluates a summer program funded under Chapter 1 of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) and administered by the Division of Special Education of the New York City Board of Education. The 1989 Chapter 1 Reading and Mathematics with Athletics summer program served 1,537 students with mild to moderate handicaps in…
Descriptors: Athletics, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Mathematics Instruction
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn. Office of Educational Assessment. – 1986
In the summer of 1985, New York City's High School Preparation for Raising Educational Performance (PREP) Program included an English as a second language (ELS) component. The ESL component was designed to help recent immigrant students develop the listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in English necessary for success in the mainstream…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, English (Second Language), High School Students, High Schools
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
