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Zajano, Nancy C.; Davidson, Amy B. – 1979
This final evaluation report of the Burrillville Reading Observes Necessary Communication Objectives and Skills (BRONCOS) project, a Right to Read program in Burrillville, Rhode Island, summarizes the results for each of the project's four general and ten specific objectives and describes the activities that have been carried out to accomplish…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Language Experience Approach, Parent Participation, Program Evaluation
District of Columbia Public Schools, Washington, DC. – 1971
Descriptions of reading programs and services related to elementary reading instruction in 16 Washington, D.C. schools are included in this report. Data are reported for grade levels only and combines information for all schools. Basal readers are the most commonly used materials, with approaches used with these materials varying greatly across…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Beginning Reading, Elementary Education, Initial Teaching Alphabet
Jenkins, Joseph R.; Pany, Darlene – 1978
This report describes several prominent reading comprehension programs for use in grades three through eight and discusses some research studies on these programs effectiveness in terms of student achievement. Three basal reading series are compared and descriptions are given of the DISTAR reading and language programs, objective-based reading…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Language Experience Approach
Schoener, John E.; Schwager, Istar – 1979
This is an evaluation of a program designed to improve the reading skills of Title I eligible children in grades 4-6 through the integration of a total art program with a total reading program. A total of 1,176 New York City school children were served by the program, which was conducted by the Board of Education in association with five city…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Compensatory Education, Demonstration Programs
Way, Florine L. – 1972
The DOVACK Reading System was field tested on 391 low income, minority, elementary and secondary students over a period of 3 years. The objectives were to test the system for its adaptability to the populations for which it was designed, its effectiveness in meeting goals and objectives, and its economic feasibility on a larger scale. Using five…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Language Experience Approach
Olson, LeVene A. – 1972
This document presents an evaluation of an exemplary project in career education limited to students in Grades 1 through 6 in the schools of Lincoln County, West Virginia. The project's objectives were to compare two groups of students on language achievement, mathematics achievement, and occupational awareness, an experimental group who had…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Analysis of Covariance, Career Awareness, Career Education