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Download full textSILVER, A.B. – 1967
IN SUMMER 1967, ALL ENTERING STUDENTS WHO SCORED BELOW THE 11TH PERCENTILE ON THE BAKERSFIELD COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAMINATION, SCAT, AND ENGLISH CLASSIFICATION TEST WERE GIVEN ADDITIONAL READING, ARITHMETIC, AND GROUP NONVERBAL INTELLIGENCE TESTS. FROM THIS GROUP, 27 VOLUNTEERS WERE CHOSEN TO PARTICIPATE IN A 6-WEEK, 4-HOUR DAILY PROGRAM OF REMEDIAL…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, College Entrance Examinations, Developmental Programs, Low Achievement
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
Porterfield, Craig; Eglsaer, Richard – 1980
A total of 359 retained seventh and eighth grade students from the Austin (Texas) Independent School District's junior high schools participated in a summer enrichment program that was designed to improve their basic skills and decision making skills and to provide them with a successful school experience. Diagnostic information was used to assign…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Decision Making Skills, Educational Research, Junior High 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
Bailey, Donn F. – 1974
An appraisal of the study skills component of the Equal Opportunities Program's Summer Intensive Program at Pennsylvania State University in 1973 is the subject of this dissertation. Evaluation of certain aspects of this program was undertaken to determine whether a given teaching strategy (based on the structural method utilizing goal-setting…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Doctoral Dissertations
Donaldson, William S. – 1989
This evaluation of a summer remedial education program found that a substantial number of clients demonstrated criterion-assessed growth. The 1989 Summer Academic Skills Achievement Program was funded by the Private Industry Council (PIC) of Franklin County (Ohio) through the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) to provide JTPA clients from…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Education Work Relationship, Federal Programs, High School Students
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
Educational Research Services, Inc., White Plains, NY. – 1968
Evaluated is the third year of an Elementary Basic Skills Program in Baltimore, Maryland, public schools, a project funded by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Title I. The aims of this compensatory and enrichment effort are discussed and the components of the project are described. Findings are presented separately for the 1967-68…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Schools
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
Philadelphia School District, PA. Office of Research and Evaluation. – 1977
This volume compiles technical reports of Title I Elementary and Secondary Education Act project evaluations conducted during the 1976-77 academic year in the school district of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The reports include rationale, expected outcomes, mode of operation, previous evaluative findings, current implementation, and attainment of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth
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
Plato, Kathleen C. – 1984
To examine the diversity and productivity of the Educational Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) Chapter 1 Migrant Education Program, three types of information were drawn from states' applications and end-of-year evaluation reports: state program descriptive data, student service data, and student impact data. The Migrant Student Record…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Eligibility
Chicago Board of Education, IL. Dept. of Research and Evaluation. – 1985
The findings of an evaluation of the Chicago Public Schools 1984 Summer Basic Skills Centers program are presented. The program, which relied on the extensive use of youth tutors as well as trained teachers, was designed to extend participants' mastery of skills in the basic curricula of reading and mathematics. Participating students came from…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Elementary Education, Limited English Speaking
Hansen, Joe B.; And Others – 1986
The evaluation of the Portland (Oregon) Public Schools' Summer Program focused on academic achievement of its students, grades K-8, who participated in 1985. Courses included arts and crafts as well as basic and remedial instruction in reading, mathematics, and language. The achievement gains of summer school students were compared to the whole…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Achievement Gains, Basic Skills, Elementary Education
