The 1967-68 Teacher Training and Reading Institutes constituted the third cycle of a program funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and performed under contract with the New York City Board of Education. The main objective of the training institutes was to provide teachers with training and insights particularly…

Focusing on a New York City school district educational project funded in December 1968 and performed under contract with the New York City Board of Education, this publication evaluates the continuation of several 1967-68 Title I activities, including two decentralized parts of the Early Childhood Program--diagnosis and special instruction in…

The primary objective of the College Discovery and Development Program (CDD), funded under the Elementary Secondary Education Act Title I, has been the discovery and development of the college potential of high school youth who are academically and financially disadvantaged. This program was designed to improve the reading and mathematics…

Presented is an evaluation of a program providing physically handicapped and mentally retarded children (4-21 years old) in 19 special educational facilities in New York City with an intensive remedial program in reading and mathematics. The program, involving instruction by paraprofessionals of a minimum of 1/2 to 1 hour each week for a total of…

Presented is an evaluation of a program providing mentally retarded students in two occupational training centers who were two or more years retarded in reading and/or mathematics with individual or small-group instruction supplementing the basic program. It is noted that 110 participants were given 2 hours, 15 minutes a week instructional time by…

The Degrees of Reading Power (DRP) Pilot Project was implemented at 13 New York City high schools during the 1985-1986 school year. The project involved training English Instructional Services (EIS) teachers in techniques for teaching reading holistically and then assessing the improvement on the DRP reading comprehension test. During the 1986…

The Bilingual Pupil Services (BPS) Program has been operating for 11 years in 24 New York City schools. During the 1984-85 school year BPS provided bilingual instruction to 1,616 Hispanic students and (for the second year) to Chinese students of limited English proficiency (LEP) in grades one through six. BPS has two functions: providing services…

INCLUDED ARE CASE DESCRIPTIONS OF TWO RETARDED READERS WHOSE ORAL READING SCORES WERE TWO GRADE LEVELS ABOVE PLACEMENT, A DESCRIPTION OF CLASSROOM TEACHNIQUE THAT TEACHES WITH A 25 TO 1 PUPIL-TEACHER RATIO, AND A DISCUSSION OF THE PSYCHOSOCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF DIFFERENTIATING INSTRUCTION TO MEET INDIVIDUAL NEEDS. CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE…

A SATURATION COMPENSATORY EDUCATION PROGRAM IN A BEDFORD-STUYVESANT (NEW YORK CITY) PUBLIC SCHOOL IS BEING ORGANIZED BY PROJECT BEACON OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY. THE 140 PUPILS IN THE FOURTH GRADE WILL BE HETEROGENEOUSLY GROUPED AND THEN GROUPED BY TALENT IN THE AREAS OF ART, MUSIC, AND DRAMA. AN EXPERIMENTAL CURRICULUM, INDIVIDUAL AND SMALL GROUP…

This project was aimed at correcting reading difficulties in first and second grades in order to prevent later reading retardation, and was implemented in 22 of the 26 school districts eligible to receive Title I funds. Evaluation procedures, personnel, implementation patterns, affiliated hospital and university plans, reading clinic plans, and a…

Designed as a comprehensive district-wide elementary education program, the Directed Learning Program, funded under Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act, is meant to encourage learning at an individual rate related to achievement ability rather than to age. The basic for instruction is the home base group in which students…

This is a report of a New York City school district educational project funded under Title l of the Elementary and Secondary Act of 1965 which provided a supplementary reading and mathematics readiness program for early childhood CRMD pupils ranging in age from five to seven. The major goal of the program was to increase the levels of student…

DESCRIBED IS THE USE OF AUDIOVISUAL MATERIALS IN PROGRAMS IN SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK CITY, MILWAUKEE, SAN DIEGO, DETROIT, AND CHICAGO. THE PROGRAMS OFFER INSTRUCTION IN SUCH AREAS AS LANGUAGE SKILLS AND DEVELOPMENT, READING, CULTURAL ENRICHMENT, DRIVER EDUCATION, HEALTH EDUCATION, AND JOB TRAINING. SOME OF THESE CITIES HAVE DEVELOPED AUDIOVISUAL…

The knowledge and training of 80 bilingual elementary school teachers in the areas of Spanish language, reading skills, and reading methodology were studied. The teachers met the following criteria: they were bilingual (English and Spanish), they were licensed and currently teaching in New York City, and they had been exposed to the teaching of…

This report presents evaluations of the programs implemented by District 17 in Brooklyn, New York which were funded by Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Impact Aid during the 1978-1979 school year. The following programs are discussed: (1) Upgrading Reading Grades 3-9, (2) Program for Learners of English as a Second…