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Download full textNewman, Dianna L.; Kundert, Deborah K. – Evaluation Consortium, 2012
In October 2009, The New York State Education Department (NYSED), in partnership with the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE), was granted funding as part of the "Striving Readers Project" to address the literacy needs of adolescent struggling readers early in middle school. The goal of the project was to implement and examine…
Descriptors: Intention, Middle School Students, Reading Difficulties, Student Needs
Direct linkKozol, Jonathan – Phi Delta Kappan, 2006
The author was startled by the carelessness and selectivity of Robert Slavin's comments, which give his words the ring of a promotional release rather than of intellectual reflection. He agrees that Slavin is accurate in saying that the scores on reading tests at P.S. 65 in the South Bronx improved during a period in which, among a number of other…
Descriptors: Reading Tests, Reading Achievement, Racial Segregation, Program Effectiveness
Gaman, Vivian Clarke – Education for the Disadvantaged Child, 1974
Argues against a proposed two-year suspension of reading achievement testing of black and Puerto Rican children. Suggests that teachers should develop expertise in interpreting test data and in appropriately revising curriculum and teaching strategies. (SF)
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Minority Group Children, Public School Teachers, Reading Achievement
Shuller, Stephen M. – 1979
Test wiseness (TW) has been recognized as an important source of variance on standardized achievement tests, independent of content or random error. To help students develop the type of TW skills necessary for optimal performance on reading achievement tests (ie. time using, guessing strategies), a comprehensive TW skills instructional program…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Materials, Reading Achievement, Reading Tests
American School Board Journal, 1974
No longer will New York City elementary school children be promoted to the next grade, even though they are known to be over two years behind grade level in reading. (Author)
Descriptors: Age Grade Placement, Elementary Schools, Grade Repetition, Reading Ability
Beeken, Basil B. – 1976
This project provided individual and small group remedial reading instruction to pupils in 14 alternative high schools in New York City. Students were assigned on the basis of a minimun of two years retardation in reading skills as determined by standardized reading achievement test scores, recommendations of guidance counselors and staff…
Descriptors: High School Students, Nontraditional Education, Program Descriptions, Program Evaluation
Eagle, Norman; Ridenour, Gene – Urban Educ, 1969
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Rating, Achievement Tests, Elementary School Students
New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation. – 1980
This is a report on the results of the Citywide Reading Test administered in June, 1979, in the elementary, intermediate and junior high schools of New York City. The testing instruments used were the California Achievement Tests. Section A of this report presents information on pupil performance for the school system as a whole. Section B…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Junior High Schools, Reading Achievement, Reading Skills
JUSTMAN, JOSEPH – 1965
CHANGES IN ACADEMIC APTITUDE AND ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES OF PUPILS ATTENDING PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN DISADVANTAGED AREAS IN NEW YORK CITY WERE INVESTIGATED. AN ATTEMPT WAS MADE TO DETERMINE WHETHER VARYING DEGREES OF MOBILITY WERE ASSOCIATED WITH VARIATION IN CHANGES IN TEST SCORES. THE CUMULATIVE RECORD CARDS OF SIXTH-GRADE PUPILS WERE EXAMINED TO…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Achievement Gains, Child Development, Disadvantaged Youth
SOLOMON, MARILYN – 1966
THIS INVESTIGATION STUDIED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN READING ACHIEVEMENT AND MORAL REALISM IN 7- TO 12-YEAR-OLD BOYS. INTRAGROUP TRENDS AND INTERGROUP DIFFERENCES IN MORAL REALISM AMONG RETARDED AND SUCCESSFUL READERS WERE COMPARED AND EVALUATED. A HORIZONTAL ANALYSIS AND A VERTICAL ANALYSIS WERE PERFORMED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THE PRESENCE OF A…
Descriptors: Concept Formation, Developmental Reading, Males, Moral Values
Kippel, Gary M.; Forehand, Garlie A. – 1987
The School Mastery of Reading Test (SMRT) program was designed to give administrators and teachers information about reading performance and recommendations for improving the instructional program. The project includes development of a valid and reliable reading test based on the New York City curriculum in order to assess the potential linkage…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grade 3, Grade 4, Reading Achievement
Almeida, Cynthia H.; O'Shaughnessy, Thomas – 1975
This document presents a description and evaluation of the Corrective Reading Services Program designed to serve approximately 13,769 eligible, educationally deprived pupils in 229 nonpublic schools of New York City during the 1974-1975 school year. The purpose of the program was to improve the reading level of the students through a corrective…
Descriptors: Corrective Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Private School Aid, Program Evaluation
Mobilization for Youth, Inc., New York, NY. – 1964
CULTURALLY DISADVANTAGED LOW-ACHIEVING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PUPILS WERE TUTORED BY 10TH AND 11TH GRADE STUDENTS FROM ACADEMIC AND VOCATIONAL HIGH SCHOOLS. THE PURPOSE WAS TO HELP THESE FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADERS INCREASE THEIR SCHOOL ACHIEVEMENT, ESPECIALLY READING ABILITY. TWO GROUPS WERE USED, A CONTROL AND AN EXPERIMENTAL GROUP, ONE GROUP MET ONCE A…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Disadvantaged, Grade 4, Grade 5
FORD, MARGUERITE P. – 1967
THE RELATIONSHIP OF AUDITORY-VISUAL AND TACTUAL-VISUAL INTEGRATION TO INTELLIGENCE AND READING ACHIEVEMENT WAS INVESTIGATED. IN ADDITION, THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE TWO INTERSENSORY INTEGRATION TASKS TO EACH OTHER AND TO THE TYPE OF READING ERRORS MADE ON AN ORAL DIAGNOSTIC READING TEST WAS ALSO EXPLORED. THE SAMPLE WAS COMPOSED OF 121 WHITE…
Descriptors: Auditory Tests, Comparative Analysis, Intelligence, Measurement Instruments
Peer reviewedWheeler, Roberta – Reading Improvement, 1976
Descriptors: Grade 3, Learning Disabilities, Metropolitan Areas, Primary Education
