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Implementation of Reforms to Improve Comprehension Skills at an Unusually Effective Inner City Intermediate School.

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Levine, Daniel U.; Sherk, John K. – Peabody Journal of Education, 1989

Describes reforms at a Bronx intermediate school which registered large gains in students' comprehension performance. The success depended on active, engaged learning, intensive assistance for low achievers, personal development of students, coordination of instruction, availability of instructional support personnel, outstanding leadership, and…

Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Change Strategies, Comprehension, Educational Change