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ERIC Number: EJ537028
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1996
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-189X
Revisiting the Question: What Difference Does Reading Recovery Make to an Age Cohort?
Hiebert, Elfrieda H.
Educational Researcher, v25 n7 p26-28 Oct 1996
The author responds to Pinnell et al's (1996) call for caution in using cost-benefit analysis in measuring educational reform success. It is argued that reform already is being sold to state legislators and educators in cost-benefit terms and that research has been inappropriately used in the selling process. (GR)
Descriptors: Compensatory Education, Criticism, Educational Research, Educationally Disadvantaged, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Evaluation Problems, Limited English Speaking, Literacy Education, Program Effectiveness, Program Evaluation, Reading Instruction, Student Improvement, Tutoring
Publication Type: Opinion Papers; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Reading Recovery Projects; Reform Efforts
Note: Theme issue topic: "A Focus on Educational Reform and the Role of Research in the Reform Process." For related document, see UD 519 733.