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ERIC Number: ED142642
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1976
Pages: 23
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Parent Resource and Tutorial Center, School Year 1975-1976.
Schwartz, Lester J.
This report is an evaluation of a selected New York City Umbrella Program, funded under a special grant from the New York State Legislature. The program, which operated in three East Harlem schools, served eighty disadvantaged monolingual and bilingual children in the third through sixth grades who were two years or more below grade level in reading and in mathematics. Program goals were (1) to significantly improve students' basic skills in reading and in mathematics and (2) to educate parents and students about social and educational problems and about the use of community and school resources in dealing with these problems. The evaluation objectives for parent workshops were only partially met because evaluation procedures were misunderstood. In reading and mathematics achievement, only the third and sixth graders and the bilingual group met the objectives. It was concluded that the parent workshops, had little impact on the community, that the tutorial center was effective in increasing the reading and mathematics skills of the participants, and that student workshops appeared to be an effective means of assisting students with their educational and social problems. (Author/BS)
Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
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Authoring Institution: New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, NY. Office of Educational Evaluation.
Identifiers - Location: New York (New York)
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