Self-teaching machines housed in trailer-classrooms were used for the fourth year to help 351 students in two Minneapolis Title I secondary schools improve their reading skills. A gain of 1.4 grade equivalent months by 25 percent of the students (using Gates-MacGinitie Comprehension tests) for each month on roll was the specific objective of the…

Self-teaching machines housed in trailer-classrooms were used for the third year to help 331 students in two Minneapolis Title I secondary schools improve their reading skills. A gain of one month or more in grade equivalents (using Gates-MacGinitie tests) for each month of attendance at the centers by at least 50 percent of the students was the…

The Mobile Learning Centers Project began operations in the 1970-71 school year with funds from Title 1 ESEA, Title III NDEA and local sources. The project was successful, so it was continued in 1971-72. The goal of this program was to raise the rate of reading growth of secondary students in selected Title I schools who were one or more years…

The aim of the Title I math program was to improve the teaching of mathematics at the primary level in Title I schools. School staff and Parent Advisory Committee members had suggested and helped plan the focus of the project. It was expected that improved teaching would raise the level of understanding of basic mathematics skills and concepts of…