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Direct linkSnyder, Lisa M. – Journal of Educational Technology Systems, 2010
The purpose of this evaluation was to determine the effectiveness of an online reading teacher and literacy instructor training program. A mixed-method research design was used in conjunction with the improvement-focused model of program evaluation to help the researcher identify strengths and weaknesses of the program. Overall, data showed the…
Descriptors: Research Design, Literacy Education, Teacher Education Programs, Program Evaluation
McMasters, Angela B. – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Early identification and intervention for students at risk for reading failure is essential to establish the foundational skills necessary for students to become skilled readers. The focus on evidence-based practices and data-driven decision making leads educators to consider additional instructional approaches, such as formative assessment (FA)…
Descriptors: Evidence, Reading Difficulties, Qualitative Research, Group Discussion
SLAVET, JOSEPH S.; AND OTHERS – 1964
A PROGRAM TO REDUCE DELINQUENCY IS PRESENTED. THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE IS TO IMPROVE READING PERFORMANCE. THE PROGRAM IS THE RESULT OF A COOPERATIVE EFFORT OF BOSTON PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND ABCD, A PRIVATE ORGANIZATION. THE PROGRAM WILL CONCENTRATE ON THREE AREAS OF THE CITY OF LOW SOCIOECONOMIC LEVEL. TEST RESULTS WHICH ARE DESCRIBED INDICATE THAT…
Descriptors: Delinquency Prevention, Diagnostic Tests, Enrichment, Low Income Groups
Peer reviewedSanacore, Joseph – Journal of Reading, 1979
Provides references for administrators, supervisors, consultants, and others concerned with positive leadership of school reading programs. (MKM)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Annotated Bibliographies, Elementary Secondary Education, Principals
Action for Boston Community Development, Inc., MA. – 1965
DURING THE FIRST YEAR OF THE PROGRAM, CONSULTANTS PARTICIPATED IN PRESERVICE AND IN-SERVICE TRAINING AND THEY WERE ASSIGNED TO JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS AND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. FIFTH, SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADE STUDENTS WERE INCLUDED IN THE PROGRAM. DURING THE CURRENT YEAR, WHICH IS THE SECOND, SEVERAL STEPS HAVE BEEN IMPLEMENTED. THE FOURTH AND EIGHTH…
Descriptors: Ability Grouping, Educational Testing, Elementary Schools, Inservice Education
Download full textConnecticut Association for Reading Research, Hartford. – 1969
The Status of Reading Programs Committee of the Connecticut Association for Reading Research devised and sent a survey questionnaire which was returned by 43 percent of its membership, representing 33 different school systems in Connecticut. It was reported that the ratio of reading personnel to classroom teachers was 1:54 at the elementary level,…
Descriptors: Elementary Schools, High Schools, Professional Personnel, Program Evaluation
Manzo, Kathleen Kennedy – Education Week, 2005
Evidence is mounting that federal employees and their agents may have directed or even pressured states to choose specific assessments, consultants, and the criteria for evaluating core reading programs as conditions for getting funding under the Reading First initiative, possibly in violation of federal law. "Education Week" found such…
Descriptors: Reading Programs, Federal State Relationship, Professional Services, Audits (Verification)
Fitzgerald, Thomas P.; Clark, Richard M. – 1978
The reactions of participants to the presentation sessions of a staff development training program were assessed using participant questionnaires and non-verbal metabehavior estimates of participant attitudes. Fifty reading specialists and administrators participated in a two-session workshop dealing with reading material and methods. Each session…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Body Language, Inservice Teacher Education, Interaction Process Analysis
Herber, Harold L. – J Reading, 1970
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Evaluation Criteria, Inservice Teacher Education, Program Development
Peer reviewedSmith, Donald E. P.; And Others – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 1982
Graduates of a master's degree program for training reading specialists responded to a questionnaire concerning need for and competence in 40 teaching skills. Self-report data differentiated the competency training group (CTG) graduates (1973) from the conventionally trained group (1970), with the CTG clearly superior in their self-estimates of…
Descriptors: Competency Based Teacher Education, Evaluation Methods, Minimum Competencies, Program Effectiveness
Hoffman, Kay – Indiana Reading Quarterly, 1971
Descriptors: Educational Change, Inservice Education, Literacy, National Programs
Ramey, Madelaine – 1990
This report examines the effectiveness of four different instructional models used to deliver compensatory education in 1985-86 in Seattle (Washington) by analyzing "sustained gains" in student achievement. A student's "sustained gain" is the reading or mathematics achievement test score gain between spring 1985 and spring…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Compensatory Education, Computer Assisted Instruction, Conventional Instruction
Nickols, Bernice S. – 1976
A survey method was used in conducting this study of the status and direction of reading activity in selected middle schools in Pennsylvania which include grades six, seven, and eight. Among the purposes of the study were to investigate current practices in teaching reading in the middle schools of Pennsylvania and to present recommendations for…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Elementary Education, Middle Schools, Program Evaluation
Los Angeles Unified School District, CA. – 1968
Los Angeles Unified School District elementary school activities funded during 1967-68 under Title I/ESEA are evaluated in this volume. English language arts and prekindergarten activities, the two major areas included in the evaluation reports, are divided into the following components which represent a 3-year continuing implementation: (1)…
Descriptors: Counseling Services, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Education
Mosby, Josephine C. – Int Reading Assn Conf Proc Pt 1, 1968
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Inservice Teacher Education, Methods, Program Development
