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California State Dept. of the Youth Authority, Sacramento. – 1985
This evaluation of the Education Consolidation and Improvement Act (ECIA) Chapter 1 programs in the 16 participating schools and camps of the California Youth Authority presents findings for the year 1983-84. The students enrolled in the program were severely academically disadvantaged teenagers (reading and mathematics abilities five or more…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Compensatory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Evaluation
Peer reviewedWilson, Maurice T.; Jeremiah, Milford A. – Research & Teaching in Developmental Education, 1985
Describes a study of reading skills improvement among 362 Morgan State University freshmen who were assigned to a corrective reading course after scoring below the tenth grade level on the McGraw-Hill Reading Test. Posttest scores showed significant improvement in reading skills. (PAA)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Comparative Testing, Higher Education
Peer reviewedGoyen, Judith D. – Educational Psychology: An International Journal of Experimental Educational Psychology, 1992
Argues that effective instruction for children with reading difficulties relies little on accurate diagnosis. Maintains that standardized reading tests can help identify children with reading problems. Asserts that children with reading difficulties would be better served by more instruction and less diagnosis. (CFR)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Difficulties, Reading Failure
