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Black, Sally; Washington, Ericka – ERS Spectrum, 2008
The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (BPP) is an internationally recognized school-based bullying prevention program. This project sought to evaluate pilot implementation of the program in one urban district using fidelity of implementation, bullying incident density (BID), student surveys, and serious incident reports as process and outcome…
Descriptors: Urban Schools, Bullying, Prevention, At Risk Students
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Chase, Elaine; Mutter, Davida; Nichols, W. Randolph – ERS Spectrum, 2001
Examines Chesapeake (Virginia) Public Schools' successful Reading Recovery Program, asking whether it provides early intervention services to enough children and to those needing it most. Unfortunately, many first-graders who might benefit from Reading Recovery were not served. Only 43 percent of the lowest achieving children were selected.…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Disadvantaged Youth, Early Intervention, Low Income Groups
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Borman, Geoffrey; Rachuba, Laura; Hewes, Gina; Boulay, Matthew; Kaplan, Jody – ERS Spectrum, 2001
Examines the effectiveness of Teach Baltimore, a program (using trained college student volunteers) to prevent summer learning loss, for a group of 300 low-income, public elementary students, compared with 135 control students. Except for low-achieving kindergarteners, results show consistent, if statistically insignificant, positive effects for…
Descriptors: College Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Elementary Education, Intervention