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Download full textEducational Priorities Panel, New York, NY. – 2000
The Educational Priorities Panel carried out a study of the first year of the class size reduction program for grades K-3 in the New York City public schools by visiting five schools throughout the city and interviewing the principal and at least two teachers involved in implementing the program at each school. In all, 17 interviews were…
Descriptors: Class Size, Educational Change, Elementary School Teachers, Interviews
Krueger, Alan B. – School Administrator, 2001
Education lacks scientifically sound studies, whether researchers are examining promotion versus retention, class-size effects, or private voucher schemes. American public schools have educated the world's most productive work force, test scores are rising, and more kids graduate than formerly. Educators should demand compelling evidence before…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Vouchers, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics
Sanogo, Youssouf; Gilman, David – 1994
This study investigated the possible causes of the contradiction between the results of two projects. Indiana's Prime Time project compared the achievement of students in large (averaging 26 students) and small (averaging 19 students) classrooms in grades 1 through 3. Results indicated that 3 years in smaller classes had little effect on student…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Elementary School Students, Evaluation Problems
Detroit Board of Education, MI. – 1971
The purpose of the Neighborhood Education Center (NEC) Project, funded under Title III of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, is to significantly raise academic achievement in the areas of language arts and computational skills. The NEC encompasses four elementary schools in Region 8 of the Detroit Public Schools system. This region…
Descriptors: Black Students, Community Centers, Community Involvement, Compensatory Education
BALOW, IRVING H. – 1967
A 3-YEAR EXPERIMENTAL PRIMARY-GRADE READING PROGRAM CONDUCTED WITH A 50 PERCENT REDUCTION OF READING CLASS SIZE WAS EVALUATED IN THE RIVERSIDE, CALIFORNIA, UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE YEARS 1962-1965. TEST SCORES WERE ANALYZED FOR 656 CHILDREN IN THE EXPERIMENTAL GROUP WHO HAD 2 OR MORE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN THE EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM AND FOR…
Descriptors: Basic Reading, Comparative Analysis, Intelligence, Longitudinal Studies
Georgia State Dept. of Education, Atlanta. – 2000
This report discusses the activities and outcomes of Special Instructional Assistance (SIA) an early intervention, prevention program designed to help Georgia students with identified developmental delays overcome the effects of those delays on academic achievement. The central tenet of the program is to provide more individualized instruction to…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Developmental Delays, Early Intervention, Elementary Education
Kurecka, Paul; Claus, Richard N. – 2000
During 1999/2000, the Saginaw, Michigan public schools implemented a reduced class size program in grades 1 and 2. At grade 1 (23 rooms), reduced-size classes were maintained at no more than 18 pupils; at grade 2 (5 rooms), the limit was 21 pupils. Comparison classes were identified to assess the impact of the program. Students in both conditions…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Class Size, Classroom Environment, Educational Research
Drane, Jeanne George, Ed.; Connell, Tracy, Ed. – 1973
St. Louis schools are served by five major programs funded by Title I of the Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965. The Reading Improvement Teams help those children whose reading deficit is the greatest. Each team is composed of a principal, a reading assistant, a remedial reading teacher, a reading aide, and 10 classroom teachers. The Rooms…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Basic Skills, Dropout Prevention, High Schools
Kilbane, Marian; Fleming, Margaret – 1972
The Elementary Secondary Education Act of 1965 Title I Transition Classes were designed to establish a more stable yet flexible learning environment specifically adapted to the adjustment needs of selected disadvantaged pupils in the initial year of junior high school. Unique dimensions of the project included sefl-contained classes, teacher-team…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Family School Relationship, Junior High School Students, Mathematics Instruction
Hoffman, Louis J. – 1971
The Cluster program, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, is designed to be a school within a school in which the students receive the benefits of small class size, psychological support, and curricular innovation. The program this year was expanded to include both ninth and tenth year students. The two clusters of…
Descriptors: Class Size, Cluster Grouping, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth
Hoffman, Louis J. – 1970
The Cluster Program at Benjamin Franklin High School, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act, is designed to be a school within a school in which 249 ninth grade students attend classes in two separate clusters. Each cluster is formulated such that all students receive instruction from five teachers in classes whose…
Descriptors: Class Size, Cluster Grouping, Curriculum Development, Disadvantaged Youth
American Institutes for Research in the Behavioral Sciences, Palo Alto, CA. – 1969
From 2,000 to 3,000 ninth- and tenth-grade students in New York City, mostly black and Puerto Rican, were selected for an intensive educational program (small classes, double sessions of English, group and individual counseling, and cultural enrichment) with the hope that they would remain in the program throughout high school and then pursue…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Preparation, College School Cooperation, Cultural Enrichment
Drane, Jeanne G., Ed. – 1972
This document includes summaries of the annual evaluations of the five major programs in St. Louis funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act. The general purposes of the Reading Improvement Teams program were to improve the reading skills of the children with the greatest reading problems in the Title I schools and to…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Dropout Prevention, Elementary Education, Federal Programs
Kilbane, Marian; Fleming, Margaret – 1972
The Production Workshop Project was designed to promote the educational rehabilitation of selected ninth-grade students. Programs in block-scheduled academic instruction were integrated with vocational training in a Production Workshop setting. The 1971-72 Project activities served a total of 243 students--117 boys and 126 girls. Approximately 68…
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Drama Workshops, Dropout Prevention
Ancess, Jacqueline; Ort, Suzanna Wichterle – 1999
In 1992, a collaboration of educational reform organizations, the New York City Board of Education, a teachers' union, and private funders created a model of urban high school reform that was practitioner-driven. Two failing high schools, one in Manhattan and one in the Bronx, were phased out while 11 new, small autonomous high schools were…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Environment, Educational Practices, Graduation Rate
