This report describes a program for improving academic productivity in an elementary school in Rockford, Illinois. Students were unmotivated, unproductive, and uninvolved in academic life, as measured by teacher observation and student behavior. Examination of teacher records revealed that the learning disabled or behavior disordered resource target students (6 sixth-graders) were completing, on average, less than half of their assigned work with a passing grade. Surveys and interviews of teachers, classroom observations, grades, and attendance records showed target students lacked motivation and organizational skills to complete an acceptable percentage of their homework; and some students had poor academic skills and parental support. Based upon a review of the literature, an intervention with three main parts was implemented: teacher use of motivation techniques to increase student involvement; instruction in organizational skills; and teacher use of techniques for increasing students' academic output. An evaluation of the 20-week project showed all symptoms of the original problem were reduced: motivation for academic success improved, assignment completion increased, parent involvement increased, and student behavior and study skills improved. (Appendices include copies of surveys, worksheets, and progress charts. (Author/TM)