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Project R-3, San Jose, Calif: Evaluation of Results and Development of a Cost Model.

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Title: Project R-3, San Jose, Calif: Evaluation of Results and Development of a Cost Model.
Authors: Rapp, M. L., Rand Corp., Santa Monica, CA.
Peer Reviewed: N
Page Count: 169
Publication Date: 1971
Sponsoring Agency: San Jose Unified School District, CA.
Report Number: R-672-SJS
Descriptors: Achievement, Arithmetic, Cost Effectiveness, Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Programs, Grade 7, Mathematics Instruction, Motivation, Reading, Secondary School Mathematics
Abstract: This report is an evaluation by the Rand Corporation of a project designed to raise reading and arithmetic achievement of disadvantaged junior high school students. The project was prepared by Lockheed Missiles and Space Company for the San Jose Unified School District. Described are both the original R-3 program for a small number of students and the current program for a seventh-grade student in a single junior high school. The basic concepts of the remedial programs were: motivational activities to provide curriculum relevance, intensive involvements to improve teacher-student rapport, reading and arithmetic tailored to individual needs, and parental involvement in their children's school activities. Effectiveness and cost are separately analyzed. During a period of four months the average reading gain of students was five months; arithmetic, three months. Students with the lowest entering scores gained eight months in both subjects. Absences increased, but referrals and suspensions decreased. Costs are summarized by major program components including management, dissemination, inservice-training, mathematics, reading, humanities, field trips, and parental involvement. Finally, a cost-effectiveness model is developed which can be used for assessing the impact of change in resource allocation. (JG)
Journal Code: RIEAUG1971
Entry Date: 1971
Accession Number: ED049933
Database: ERIC
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Abstract:This report is an evaluation by the Rand Corporation of a project designed to raise reading and arithmetic achievement of disadvantaged junior high school students. The project was prepared by Lockheed Missiles and Space Company for the San Jose Unified School District. Described are both the original R-3 program for a small number of students and the current program for a seventh-grade student in a single junior high school. The basic concepts of the remedial programs were: motivational activities to provide curriculum relevance, intensive involvements to improve teacher-student rapport, reading and arithmetic tailored to individual needs, and parental involvement in their children's school activities. Effectiveness and cost are separately analyzed. During a period of four months the average reading gain of students was five months; arithmetic, three months. Students with the lowest entering scores gained eight months in both subjects. Absences increased, but referrals and suspensions decreased. Costs are summarized by major program components including management, dissemination, inservice-training, mathematics, reading, humanities, field trips, and parental involvement. Finally, a cost-effectiveness model is developed which can be used for assessing the impact of change in resource allocation. (JG)