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Download full textBean, Rita M.; And Others – 1992
A study obtained information from classroom teachers, principals, and reading specialists about what they believed was important in creating effective Chapter 1 programs. One-day meetings were held in three different parts of Pennsylvania during which each group of educators (who were recommended by an advisory board) were interviewed using focus…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Compensatory Education, Elementary Education, Principals
Plecki, Gerard D. – 1977
The implementation of a content reading program at Urbana High School, Urbana, Illinois, is discussed in this document. Reading staff hired with Title VII funds offered assistance to all teachers in the high school by working with classroom teachers in their classes for 60 minutes of class time per week. Free reading time devoted to high-interest…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Reading Consultants, Reading Instruction, Reading Programs
Beyer, Walter; Lichtenstein, Jack – 1976
Working in cooperation with reading specialists, English teachers designed a program to meet the needs of a class of seventh graders with reading disabilities. The reading specialist role was expanded from that of small consultant to include actual classroom instructor. The teaching of literature and reading skills was facilitated through the…
Descriptors: Cooperating Teachers, English Instruction, Grade 7, Individualized Reading
Sneed, Letha Cofield – 1978
Courses in remedial and corrective reading in Gary, Indiana, middle schools are examined in this paper. The basic reading skills test, which examines 20 areas of reading skill, is administered initially to all entering seventh grade students. Students who score below 50% on the test or have instructional reading levels below 4.0 are placed in…
Descriptors: Corrective Reading, Developmental Reading, Elementary Education, Inservice Teacher Education
Farren, Sean; Johnston, Mary – 1979
A survey was conducted of 42 secondary schools in the North-Eastern Education Board area of Northern Ireland concerning remedial reading practices and procedures adopted by remedial reading teachers. The survey consisted of 50 questions divided into seven parts: general background information on the schools; number of pupils receiving remedial…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Reading Consultants, Reading Diagnosis, Reading Research
Burg, Leslie A.; Kaufman, Maurice – 1979
A study was conducted to determine the impact on remedial reading instruction of recent Massachusetts legislation aimed at providing diagnostic/prescriptive services to identified special needs children in the public schools. Specifically, the study concerned available programs, certification and deployment of specialized personnel, delivery of…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Learning Problems, Reading Consultants, Reading Difficulties
Fairchild, Miriam E.; And Others – 1988
A cost effectiveness study by the Austin (Texas) Independent School District of its elementary compensatory reading programs, namely, the Chapter 1 Reading Improvement Program (Chapter 1 Regular) and Schoolwide Projects (SWP), found that the Schoolwide Projects cost two to three times as much to achieve the same gains in student achievement as did…
Descriptors: Accountability, Compensatory Education, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Education
