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ED365467 PS022027
Title: Preventing Early School Failure: Research, Policy, and Practice.
Author(s): Slavin, Robert E., Ed.; And Others
Pages: 237
Publication Date: 1994
Notes: Special printing for the California Alliance for Elementary Education, July 1993.
ISBN: 0-205-15684-3
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Longwood Division, Allyn and Bacon, 160 Gould Street, Needham Heights, MA 02194-2310.
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Collected works--General (020)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Massachusetts
Journal Announcement: RIEMAY1994
Target Audience: Policymakers; Researchers; Practitioners; Students
Noting the
growing consensus among researchers and policy makers that prevention
of learning problems makes much more sense than remediation, this
book reviews research into the effects of various early childhood
interventions on the academic performance of young children, particularly
those who are at risk for reading failure. The reviews presented
use a review method called best-evidence synthesis, a technique
combining meta-analytic and traditional narrative elements. The
book's nine chapters are: (1) "Preventing Early School Failure:
The Challenge and the Opportunity" (Robert E. Slavin); (2)
"Off to a Good Start: Effects of Birth to Three Interventions
on Early School Success" (Barbara A. Wasik and Nancy L. Karweit);
(3) "Can Preschool Alone Prevent Early Learning Failure?"
(Nancy L. Karweit); (4) "Issues in Kindergarten Organization
and Curriculum" (Nancy L. Karweit); (5) "Extra-Year Kindergarten
Programs and Transitional First Grades" (Nancy L. Karweit and
Barbara A. Wasik); (6) "School and Classroom Organization in
Beginning Reading: Class Size, Aides, and Instructional Grouping"
(Robert E. Slavin); (7) "Preventing Early Reading Failure with
One-to-One Tutoring: A Review of Five Programs" (Barbara A.
Wasik and Robert E. Slavin); (8) "Success for All: A Comprehensive
Approach to Prevention and Early Intervention" (Robert E. Slavin
and others); and (9) "Preventing Early School Failure: Implications
for Policy and Practice" (Robert E. Slavin). References are
included with each chapter. (TJQ)
Descriptors: *Academic Failure; Early Childhood Education; *Early
Intervention; Educational Practices; *Educational Research; High
Risk Students; Learning Problems; *Prevention; *Reading Failure;
Reading Research
Identifiers: *Early Prevention of School Failure
