A study examined whether implementing reading computer assisted instruction compared to traditional reading instruction will produce more effective comprehension at the elementary school level. Subjects, 30 fifth-grade boys and girls in a low socioeconomic area of Brooklyn, New York, were divided into experimental and control groups. Subjects in…

This report evaluated the Advanced Reading Development Program designed to enrich reading instruction for 360 junior high school students in New York City who were reading two or more years below grade level. Students received individualized reading instruction for four forty-five minute periods per week. Students were pre tested in October, 1975…

The Children's Art Carnival (C.A.C) is a community arts organization founded in Harlem in 1969. The organization aims to improve the language skills of pupils with low academic achievement through intensive participation in creative arts activities. In 1983-84, the program served 305 second, third, and fourth graders from eight schools in…

DATA SECURED FROM SECOND GRADERS INVOLVED IN A COMPARISON OF THE USE OF THE INITIAL TEACHING ALPHABET (ITA) AND OF TRADITIONAL ORTHOGRAPHY WHILE IN THE FIRST GRADE ARE REPORTED. IN THE SECOND GRADE, 132 EXPERIMENTAL PUPILS TAUGHT BY ITA AND 123 CONTROL PUPILS TAUGHT WITH TRADITIONAL ORTHOGRAPHY WERE AVAILABLE FOR STUDY. A COMPARISON WAS MADE BY…

A study investigated whether there is a difference in the self-concept of retarded readers and achieving readers at the high school level. Subjects, 30 retarded readers in a special education program and 30 normal or above achieving readers from two suburban high schools in Staten Island, New York, completed the Piers-Harris Children's…

This report concerns the setting of minimum standards for the New York City public schools. The commission recommends that a universal standard be set for all public schools with an improvement target of at least 50% reduction in deficits over a three-year period. Limited English proficient (LEP) students, special education students, and…

A READING PROGNOSIS TEST TO MEASURE FUTURE ABILITY, BASED ON PRESENT SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE, OF CHILDREN FROM DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC LEVELS WAS CONDUCTED. IT SOUGHT TO AVOID TWO MAJOR SHORTCOMINGS OF STANDARDIZED READING READINESS TESTS (1) THAT CHILDREN OF LOW SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL WERE INCLUDED IN THE NORMS AND THEREFORE SCORES OF THESE CHILDREN…

SIX NEW YORK CITY DAY CARE CENTERS WITH PROGRAMS SIMILAR TO HEAD START WERE SELECTED AS STUDY SAMPLES TO DETERMINE WHETHER THERE IS A MEASURABLE LONG-RANGE EFFECT OF PRE-SCHOOLING UPON READING ACHIEVEMENT. EACH CENTER WAS CONSIDERED TO HAVE A GOOD PROGRAM, HAD BEEN OPERATING FOR AT LEAST SIX YEARS, AND HAD RACIALLY MIXED POPULATIONS. DAY CARE…

SEX DIFFERENCES IN READING ACHIEVEMENT AND THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PHONOVISUAL METHOD OF READING INSTRUCTION IN GRADES 1 TO 3 WHEN USED AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE STATE-ADOPTED CO-BASAL READING SERIES WERE STUDIED IN TWO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS IN PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. SUBJECTS IN THE EXPERIMENTAL SCHOOL (60 IN GRADE 1, 68 IN GRADE 2, 54 IN GRADE 3) WERE…

This report summarizes the results of the March, 1978, reading examination that was administered to New York City public school pupils in grades 2 through 9 (with the exception of those in high schools). Section A delineates New York City student reading achievement compared to national norms. Section B compares pupil reading achievement by school…

Designed to improve standardized reading scores, a structured reading program was implemented for third grade students at Community Elementary School 73 in the Bronx, New York City. From 1982 to 1987, this school ranked near the bottom of all New York City elementary schools in reading achievement, a ranking based primarily on results of reading…

P.S. 192 IN NEW YORK CITY'S HARLEM HAS DEMONSTRATED THAT NEGRO AND PUERTO RICAN STUDENTS CAN ACHIEVE IN A RACIALLY ISOLATED GHETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF A DEDICATED PRINCIPAL. SINCE 1962, WITH A CHANGE OF ADMINISTRATOR ALL FIRST- AND SECOND-GRADE PUPILS HAVE RECEIVED 45 MINUTES OF READING INSTRUCTION THREE OR FOUR TIMES A WEEK,…

THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN AUDITORY AND VISUAL FUNCTIONING AND READING ACHIEVEMENT WERE EXPLORED. AN ADDITIONAL OBJECTIVE WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE INFLUENCE OF DEVELOPMENTAL FACTORS ON THESE VARIABLES. A WIDE RANGE OF AUDITORY AND VISUAL SKILLS WAS SAMPLED IN POOR AND NORMAL READERS AT THREE DIFFERENT GRADE LEVELS (FIRST, THIRD, AND FIFTH). DATA…

Describes the implementation of "Success for All," a reading program developed by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, in an elementary school in an economically disadvantaged area of New York City. "Success for All" works successfully in this school, as in many others, because each of its elements is a proven, effective,…

This paper describes the organization and accomplishments of schools in New York City's East Harlem School Distirct, referred to locally as Community School District 4. Schools in this district use choice as the conceptual framework for the organization of public education. Once students and parents have been informed of the choices open to them,…