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What Works Clearinghouse, 2010
This study examined whether the "Experience Corps" program improved the reading skills of elementary school students who were at risk of academic failure. Nearly 900 first through third grade students in 23 schools in Boston, New York City, and Port Arthur, TX participated in the study. These students were randomly assigned to either a…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, At Risk Students, Reading Skills, Reading Instruction
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Yazejian, Noreen; Peisner-Feinberg, Ellen S. – NHSA Dialog, 2009
This quasi-experimental study evaluated the effects of a supplementary preschool classroom music and movement curriculum on Head Start children's language skills. The curriculum consisted of sequenced music and movement activities conducted by outside interventionists. The evaluation compared the language skills of children attending either…
Descriptors: Intervention, Music Education, Disadvantaged Youth, Phonological Awareness