The purpose of this study was to evaluate the program initiated by EdReports.org for analysing instructional materials, improving local decision making for selecting materials, and providing professional learning to support implementation of high-quality materials in schools. The Context Input Process Product model was used to evaluate…

In this timely book, curriculum expert Gerald A. Lieberman provides an innovative guide to creating and implementing a new type of environmental education that combines standards-based lessons on English language arts, math, history, and science with community investigations and service learning projects. By connecting academic content with local…

Major objectives of the Cooperative Project in Native American Development during the 1976-77 school year were: development of 8 Michigan Woodland Indian Social Studies-Language Arts curriculum packages relevant to the needs of American Indian students (K-8) in 3 Michigan school districts; and development of a series of monthly cultural enrichment…

A study examined three recent language arts textbook programs for grades one through six to determine the frequency of writing activities, the nature of the writing tasks, and the frequency of process-approach activities such as selecting topics, prewriting, sharing, revising, and publishing. The programs analyzed were Scott, Foresman's "Language:…

Guidelines for the Memphis-Shelby County Adult Education Program were created to: aid in evaluating the city's present program; provide a curriculum guide; make suggestions to new teachers; and provide information for future improvements and evaluation. There are three levels: Level 1 focuses on reading, writing, and arithmetic in the fundamental…

The Human Relations Unit, in cooperation with the Bureau of Radio and Television, WNYE-TV, televised a teacher training workshop series. The overall aim of the course was to bring to the attention of the teacher the rich and relatively untouched resources to be found in the literature of minority groups of the United States. The course was…

The first segment of a long-term educational assessment plan, for which this three-part report was compiled, called for a study that would survey the status of English language arts programs in the province of British Columbia and serve as a pilot for future assessment programs. This portion of the study presents the results of the second phase of…

At the time of this report, the Western States Small Schools Project (WSSSP) had completed one full year of operation (1962-63) in the schools of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah. Major WSSSP objectives are identified as: developing ungraded programs (K-12); developing appropriate uses of programmed materials; providing teacher…

Presents a guide for five library media activities for physical education, reading and language arts, and social studies. Highlights include library media skills objectives, curriculum objectives, grade levels, resources, instructional roles, activity and procedures for completion, evaluation, and follow-up. (AEF)

Seven Chapter 1 elementary schools in the Jefferson Cluster in Portland (Oregon) Public Schools invited children who had completed second grade to a language arts summer school in 1992. As part of the program, parents were also invited to attend eight sessions on strategies and activities that would strengthen their children's language arts…

During the 1972-73 school year, the reading-language arts program of the Fort Gay-Thompson Schools was evaluated using data drawn from two major sources: intent--the planned-for conditions, behaviors, and effects; and observations--surroundings or events observed in a direct or personal way by the evaluator. Two categories of information were…

The Summer School beginning the second year of the three-district, cooperative project was administered by the Saginaw, Michigan, Intermediate School District. The program had two objectives: to field test three curriculum packages dealing with Woodland Indian Social Studies-Language Arts, and to "provide for the special needs of Indian…

This report is comprised of two reports: the Final Audit Report of the Hawaii English Project, submitted by the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, and the main report, the Hawaii English Program Project End Evaluation Report by the Hawaii English Project Staff. The Audit Report is limited to a review of data reduction, analysis, and…

The objective of the Gulfport Summer School project was to improve the teaching techniques in the English program so that unmotivated and underachieving students could experience some success. Students were grouped in English classes according to their spelling and language scores on the Stanford Achievement Test, Form X, in classes of from 10 to…

This article discusses a program entitled "Extended Reading Comprehension Skills through Language Transfer," whose goals were to expand and increase English skills through the study of the Latin language and Rome's culture. This program was implemented in Los Angeles based on the Philadelphia program pioneered by Masciantonio. (Author/CFM)