ERIC Number: ED142351
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1977-Mar-15
Pages: 39
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Responsive Environment Early Education Program (REEEP). Final Evaluation Report, 1976-1977 (Second Year).
Askins, Billy E.; And Others
Formerly the Responsive Environment Program for Spanish American Children, REEEP is an educational intervention program for "high risk" (of low birth weight) 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old children, living in the Clovis, New Mexico area. Goals of REEEP, an Elementary and Secondary Education Act Title III program, are: to prevent school failure with an intervention program which includes early identification and remediation of developmental learning deficiencies and to integrate handicapped children into the regular school program; to provide in-service training to selected early childhood and kindergarten teachers and aides employed by various New Mexico school districts; and to disseminate information concerning the program. Evaluation of student achievement was based on pre- and posttests using standardized tests which measured language development in Spanish and English, school readiness, and self-concept. In-service training and dissemination activities were subjectively evaluated using site visits, observations, records, and self-reports by the staff. Major findings included: students made significant gains in language development in English and school readiness; students indicated a positive and continuous growth concerning self-concept and social development; the variable making the greatest contribution to language development in English was IQ; and the in-service training provided to the 47 teachers and aides was extremely successful and effective. (Author/NQ)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academically Handicapped, Bilingual Education, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Handicapped Students, Inservice Teacher Education, Intervention, Language Acquisition, Outreach Programs, Personality Development, Preschool Education, Program Evaluation, School Readiness Tests, Self Concept, Social Development, Spanish Americans
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Sponsor: Office of Education (DHEW), Washington, DC. Projects to Advance Creativity in Education.; New Mexico State Dept. of Education, Santa Fe.
Authoring Institution: Askins (B.E.) and Associates, Lubbock, TX.; Clovis Public Schools, NM.
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