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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
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
Gersten, Russell – 1989
The first major objective of this paper is to describe in some detail the research that documents the proposition that even extremely disadvantaged 5-year-olds can be taught to read in kindergarten, and that, contrary to popular belief, there is no evidence of negative side effects from such teaching. The paper also describes an effective academic…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Developmental Programs, Early Childhood Education, Economically Disadvantaged
