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ERIC Number: ED387549
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1994
Pages: 18
Abstractor: N/A
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: N/A
EISSN: N/A
Holland House/Boysville Chapter 1 Neglected and Delinquent Program. Product Evaluation Report, 1993-94.
Saginaw Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation Services.
Holland House is a residential program for neglected and delinquent youth in Saginaw (Michigan). In 1993-94, the program received Education Consolidation and Improvement Act Chapter 1 funding that was used toward the purchase of materials and toward teacher and aide salaries for a reading skills tutorial program in a special classroom at a Catholic high school and in the evenings at Holland House. This product review focused on the degree to which participants achieved the major program objectives. Ten of the program's 24 participants were considered in this study of reading achievement. Measurement with the Woodcock-Johnson Tests of Achievement indicated that 6 of the 10 students evidenced gains in both basic and advanced reading, 2 gained in 1 area and lost in the other, and only 1 demonstrated losses in both areas. These results support the contention that the program achieved its objectives in basic and advanced reading, since the defined performance criterion specified that they would show gains in the aggregate over and above the Michigan standard gain of three normal curve equivalents. Recommendations are offered for program improvement. Four appendixes present a weekly evaluation form and information about disbursements, teacher inservice attendance, and reading gains. (Contains three tables and two references.) (SLD)
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: N/A
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: Saginaw Public Schools, MI. Dept. of Evaluation Services.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Education Consolidation Improvement Act Chapter 1
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A