ERIC Number: ED136485
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976
Pages: 50
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DSEPPS Supplementary Reading Program for Handicapped Children 1975-76. Evaluation Report.
Ramsay, James G.
Reported is the evaluation of the Division of Special Education and Pupil Personnel Services (DSEPPS) 1975-76 Supplementary Reading Program for Handicapped Children which operated in 43 schools in New York City and served 1,578 children (5-16 years old) through two agencies--the Bureau for the Education of the Physically Handicapped (BEPH) and the Bureau for Children of Retarded Mental Development (CRMD). The reading program is noted to have employed a repeating sequence of diagnosis, prescription, remediation, and evaluation. Among the evaluation objectives listed were statistically significant improvement of Ss in their reading grade level and mastery of eight previously failed instructional objectives in reading. Findings are reported in terms of evaluation objectives, field evaluation check list, discrepancy analysis, and recommendations from the prior year's evaluation. It is concluded that the DSEPPS Reading Program did produce statistically significant improvement in children's reading level; that it was not demonstrated that 70% of any of the groups of children were able to master eight or more instructional objectives from the California Prescriptive Reading Inventory; that for the majority of children, participation in the program resulted in the mastery of instructional objectives which were failed on the pre-test; and that the program coincided with the project proposal. Tables with statistical data are provided; and appended materials are given which include a sample information report form, a data loss form, and a program abstract. (SBH)
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Sponsor: Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education (DHEW/OE), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation.
Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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