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EJ353785 EA521004
Title: Long-Term Benefits from Direct Instruction.Author(s): Gersten, Russell; Keating, Thomas
Source: Educational Leadership, v44 n6 p28-31 Mar 1987
Publication Date: 1987
Language: English
Document Type: Guides--Non-classroom (055); Journal articles (080)
Journal Announcement: CIJSEP1987
Presents results
from a followup study of students who participated in Project Follow
Through, an innovative program in direct instruction established
in innercity and rural elementary grades throughout the country
in 1968 by the United States Office of Education. These students
scored higher on standardized tests, dropped out less, and applied
to college more often. Includes tables. (MD)
Descriptors: *Academic Achievement; Dropout Rate; Educational Attainment;
*Educational Research; Elementary Secondary Education; High School
Graduates; *Rural Schools; *Urban Schools
Identifiers: *Direct Instruction; *Project Follow Through
